How Do You Extract A Tomato Seed?
Tomatoes are present in many home gardens. Instead of purchasing seeds each year, save seeds from your existing plants for next year’s tomato garden. Extracting the seeds from tomatoes requires a different method than used in most other vegetables. Avoid saving seeds from hybrid varieties as they don’t produce plants the same as the parent. Save seeds from heirloom and non-hybrid varieties to ensure the new tomato plants grow to be as strong and tasty as the plants the seeds came from. Most seed suppliers mark the seeds that are heirloom and non-hybrid. Choose tomatoes from the healthiest tomato plant in your garden to save seeds from. Allow the largest fruit to ripen on the vine until the skin begins to wrinkle, then pick it. Cut the tomato in half with a serrated knife. Scoop out the seeds and the gel-like pulp that surrounds them and place in a glass. Cover the glass with a paper plate or cheesecloth to keep dust and debris out. Set it aside for two to three days or until the seeds
