Allotment Gardening Advice Help Chat

Growing => Grow Your Own => Topic started by: Kathy on November 17, 2007, 16:00

Title: seed collecting..tomato
Post by: Kathy on November 17, 2007, 16:00

Hi,I've got a tomato plant with a few toms still left on,how do i collect the seeds?wait for them to rot or bring them in now? any ideas much appreciated  Kathy

Title: seed collecting..tomato
Post by: WG. on November 17, 2007, 16:50

Hi Kathy & welcome

If it is an F1 variety then best not to bother.  Otherwise have a look at this thread : http://www.chat.allotment-garden.org/viewtopic.php?t=9838

Title: seed collecting..tomato
Post by: Kathy on November 17, 2007, 17:10

Thanks i'll look,as for the variety it was 20p off the side of the road!!
It is a plum tho, cropped loads and is still trying despite the weather !

Title: seed collecting..tomato
Post by: mashauk on November 17, 2007, 17:30

Just do what I do.

I've never managed to grow tomatoes from seed.  However, I do throw my leftover tomatoes in my garden compost, and year in year out, among my flower beds I get great tomato plants!!

Title: seed collecting..tomato
Post by: GrannieAnnie on November 17, 2007, 22:39

Quote from: "mashauk"

Just do what I do.

I've never managed to grow tomatoes from seed.  However, I do throw my leftover tomatoes in my garden compost, and year in year out, among my flower beds I get great tomato plants!!

I'm not sure you realised what you said there Mashahuk!!!!  You don't grow toms from seed,  you just chuck your leftover toms on the compost heap and get great tomatoes.  Well, if that isn't growing them from seed, what is?    :D  :D   My Brian said the best tomatoes he ever had he used to get from a man who worked at the local sewage plant!!!!  Until he tasted mine of course!!!!!   :lol:  :lol:

Title: seed collecting..tomato
Post by: shaun on November 17, 2007, 22:45

have a look here guys

seed saving (http://www.realseeds.co.uk/seedsavinginstructions.doc)

and here

 seed saving (http://www.seedsave.org/issi/issi_904.html)

Title: seed collecting..tomato
Post by: Rob the rake on November 18, 2007, 09:37

Thanks Shaun, That second link is spot on. :D

Rob.

Title: seed collecting..tomato
Post by: mashauk on November 18, 2007, 11:15

Quote from: "grannieannie"

Quote from: "mashauk"

Just do what I do.

I've never managed to grow tomatoes from seed.  However, I do throw my leftover tomatoes in my garden compost, and year in year out, among my flower beds I get great tomato plants!!

I'm not sure you realised what you said there Mashahuk!!!!  You don't grow toms from seed,  you just chuck your leftover toms on the compost heap and get great tomatoes.  Well, if that isn't growing them from seed, what is?    :D  :D   My Brian said the best tomatoes he ever had he used to get from a man who worked at the local sewage plant!!!!  Until he tasted mine of course!!!!!   :lol:  :lol:

I know, but all I ever manage to grow is your bog standard salad tomatoes from the supermarket, not the nice cherry or yellow or whatever ones that I've bought the seeds of.  Maybe next year instead of trying to grow my bought seeds in trays etc I'll just chuck them straight in the compost!

Title: seed collecting..tomato
Post by: Rob the rake on November 19, 2007, 09:14

Are you growing them indoors or out? Try Sungold next year. The best flavoured cherry tomato ever (IMHO) and dead easy to grow.
Ailsa Craig is hard to beat for flavour if you find cherry types difficult.

Rob :D

Title: toms
Post by: gaynorthegardener on November 25, 2007, 13:39

:(  another failier of mine. I planted 54 plants, some from seed and some cuttings and I got the dreaded blight. I lost the lot.