Niseko Green Farmは、羊蹄山とニセコアンヌプリに囲まれた杜で、 新鮮なオーガニック野菜やハーブを育て、直接皆様にお届けいたします。
Save your own seed.
From most of the tomatoes you buy from Niseko Green Farm, you can save your own seed. It is really easy and fun to do.
Follow these easy steps and you can have a life time supply of your favourite tomatoes.
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- Let the seeds and the pulp ferment for 7-10 days.
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- After fermenting add to a large cup or bucket.
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- Add lots of water. The seeds will sink to the bottom.
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- Pour of the debris.
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- Keep repeating this process. the water will get more clear every time.
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- Continue until the liquid is clear.
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- Put the wet seeds in something to dry them in. Something like a sieve.
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- Keep them dark and not too warm and good air circulation is important!
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- Separate the seeds and store them air tight, dark and cool.
2 Responses so far
satoko m.
April 2nd, 2010
11:23 pm
very interesting. but why do those seeds have to be fermented first? can’t i take out the seeds from fresh tomatoes and just clean them and let them dry?
dennis
April 2nd, 2010
11:31 pm
The tomato seeds are covered with a jelly coating that contains a substance that prevents the seed from germinating while its in the fruit and on the vine.
When the fruit is ripe and falls on the ground it will rot and the coating breaks down.
By scraping the seeds and pulp out and fermenting it in a cup or bucket, you copy the natural process. It also invigorates the germination process when planted the next time.
If you wouldn`t ferment it, it will also be hard to get nice clean seeds. They get really dirty and stick to each other.
Good clean seeds have nice shiny hairs on them.
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