Am new here i need your helop in tomato

[fakahany]

hello all,
am new to this forum as well as new to gardening.
my question here is that how can I extract totamto seeds from normal tomatos . i heard a method of drying the tomato and then taking the seeds after it is black or something like that.

Thank you guys, waiting your replys :)

[Newt]

Hi Fakahany,

From this site at the bottom of the page:
http://nctomatoman.topcities.com/From_The_Vine.htm

"Saving Tomato Seed:

1. Use tomatoes that are edible ripe – NOT overripe or rotting.

2. Label a Dixie cup with the name of the tomato

3. Cut the fruit in half and squeeze the contents into the cup- seeds, juice, pulp and all

4. Place the cup in the shade in a covered area outside or in a garage or shed – it will really smell bad and attract fruit flies!

5. After about 3 days, once a white fungus layer forms, add water to fill the cup – carefully remove the fungus layer and discard. Pour the contents into a fine mesh sieve and, with water running over the seed mass, press with a spoon so that everything but the seeds passes through the mesh.

6. Scrape out the cleaned seed, spread onto a labeled unglazed paper plate and let air dry in the house for about 2 weeks.

7. Tomato seeds, if stored in glass or plastic vials, will last 10 years or more, stored at room temperature."

Newt