http://nisekogreenfarm.com/2010/04/save-your-own-seed/ ニセコ グリーン ファームで育った新鮮な野菜を全国に直送いたします Thu, 29 Dec 2011 18:15:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://nisekogreenfarm.com/2010/04/save-your-own-seed/comment-page-1/#comment-114 dennis Fri, 02 Apr 2010 14:31:52 +0000 http://nisekogreenfarm.com/?p=872#comment-114 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. 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.

]]> http://nisekogreenfarm.com/2010/04/save-your-own-seed/comment-page-1/#comment-113 satoko m. Fri, 02 Apr 2010 14:23:07 +0000 http://nisekogreenfarm.com/?p=872#comment-113 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? 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?

]]>