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Thu, Mar 7, 13 at 21:58
| OK, so last year was my first REAL attempt at saving seeds from my garden. I have been growing all heirloom/ open pollinated for several years now but this was the first time I have really tried saving seed. This first attempt was, well...a total flop. I can't figure out what I did wrong. All the peppers and tomatoes were ripe, I let the tomato guts ferment like I was told to; I let everything dry completely before storing in envelopes in a glass jar out of the sunlight. I am getting maybe 1 plant for every 8 or 10 seeds sown. The only thing I can think of is that my AC went out when it was over 100, so my house was 80-90 degrees for part of a week before we could get the new unit installed, could that have effected the seed viability that much? Any ideas on what I probably did wrong? How should I go about saving my seed this year? I would very much appreciate some veteran seed saving advice! |
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| I'm sorry but Seed Saving has its own forum. It is direct linked from the top of this forum's front page. Dave |
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- Posted by wally-1936 8b Tx (My Page) on Sat, Mar 9, 13 at 9:15
| When I ordered my tomato seeds from wintersown.org they send me a leaflet that shows how to save tomato seeds. They do not say to let them ferment but they do say to use a disinfectant powder. That could be the same process I do not know but they seem to send this with every tomato seed order. Paul |
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