tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1414505450356893387.post4787968662034118221..comments2024-02-28T06:15:48.314-08:00Comments on The Scientific Gardener: Processing Tomato SeedsJayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12461600014446853297noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1414505450356893387.post-27486376054174185162016-03-18T16:07:02.812-07:002016-03-18T16:07:02.812-07:00Dear Aish M,
Thank you so much for the compliment...Dear Aish M,<br /><br />Thank you so much for the compliment. It has been hard living without a garden since moving to California. Hopefully, I can start growing one again soon!<br /><br />Happy Gardening!Jayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12461600014446853297noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1414505450356893387.post-82619089712552898972016-03-17T10:23:24.227-07:002016-03-17T10:23:24.227-07:00Thank you jay
the tutorial was easy to follow... w...Thank you jay<br />the tutorial was easy to follow... we so happy we got out first batch of seed... all your post are helpful for a beginner like us.thank you once again Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14459048417995188597noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1414505450356893387.post-49745518742362866932012-03-26T10:19:40.215-07:002012-03-26T10:19:40.215-07:00If you like Celebrity, I would highly recommend Si...If you like Celebrity, I would highly recommend Siletz (sold by Territorial Seed Company). It has many of the qualities of Celebrity with a much better taste. Siletz seed is a bit pricy but it is open-pollinated and very worth the price! I wrote about it in one of my posts under "Tomatoes". If you choose to grow Siletz and want to save seed, make sure to get out there with a paintbrush Jayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12461600014446853297noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1414505450356893387.post-40443123720985176292012-03-26T10:12:43.614-07:002012-03-26T10:12:43.614-07:00Thank you for your comment!
My understanding is t...Thank you for your comment!<br /><br />My understanding is that Monsanto did not develop Celebrity but rather Celebrity is owned by a company that Monsanto bought out. Monsanto does make money off of each Celebrity seed sold - though I am hopeful that in the future someone will select a stable and disease-resistant open-pollinated descendent of Celebrity with all of Celebrity's positive Jayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12461600014446853297noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1414505450356893387.post-19177518936863045982012-03-25T10:17:12.366-07:002012-03-25T10:17:12.366-07:00Thanks for this article. Great blog. I'm going...Thanks for this article. Great blog. I'm going to read your archive today!!<br />I don't know if this is important to you all, but Celebrity tomato is a Monsanto seed. I personally won't use any of their seed. I grew a celebrity tomato plant last year before I knew about Monsanto. It really is an awesome tomato, I'll miss it.Erinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03394245146898073227noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1414505450356893387.post-13097328170521564292012-03-21T08:01:23.648-07:002012-03-21T08:01:23.648-07:00Thank you for your reply!
I have one tomato hybri...Thank you for your reply!<br /><br />I have one tomato hybrid I would love to de-hybridize - Celebrity. Alas, selecting for disease resistance and fruit type is incredibly difficult! I believe the fruit of the disease resistant parent is quite different from the fruit type of the F1 we know of as Celebrity.Jayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12461600014446853297noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1414505450356893387.post-45595697487608463662012-03-21T05:46:01.775-07:002012-03-21T05:46:01.775-07:00Jay,
Thanks for the reply. I was getting confused...Jay,<br /><br />Thanks for the reply. I was getting confused why people advise against hybrids. I thought they would not be producing any seedlings. Now, I know better :-). <br /><br />KLKLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06737654325235566310noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1414505450356893387.post-58303693112330814102012-03-20T19:37:34.167-07:002012-03-20T19:37:34.167-07:00Very interesting! I had no idea! I have yet to s...Very interesting! I had no idea! I have yet to save veggie seeds (indeed I have yet to get a really productive veggie garden going), but this is definitely something to remember for the future. There's just something so great about using generations of seeds that you keeping saving throughout the years. And it gets you basically free plants!Indiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08120631846270350947noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1414505450356893387.post-56257369155709659892012-03-19T08:14:01.937-07:002012-03-19T08:14:01.937-07:00Dear Jennifer,
Thank you so much for your comment....Dear Jennifer,<br />Thank you so much for your comment. I'm glad I could help. I'm still learning a lot too!Jayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12461600014446853297noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1414505450356893387.post-36904963936432750542012-03-18T03:04:15.326-07:002012-03-18T03:04:15.326-07:00Hi Jay, I had the same question as the previous co...Hi Jay, I had the same question as the previous commenter and so am glad to have the extra benefit of your answer. This was a very interesting post to read. I had no idea how to collect tomato seeds and now I do!Jenniferhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00116583212813729057noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1414505450356893387.post-23813120627154266742012-03-17T07:27:16.399-07:002012-03-17T07:27:16.399-07:00You asked a good question.
A hybrid is a child pla...You asked a good question.<br />A hybrid is a child plant of two varieties that can have drastically different characteristics. If you would like to save seed from a hybrid plant you need to save a lot of the seed from that plant, then you may need to grow a lot of plants until you find the tomato plant with the same characteristics as the hybrid that you grew. You may get incredibly lucky the Jayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12461600014446853297noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1414505450356893387.post-26658899172093131112012-03-16T19:16:44.392-07:002012-03-16T19:16:44.392-07:00This is really an informative article. Thanks for ...This is really an informative article. Thanks for sharing. I hope to collect some seeds this summer. I will definitely try. By the way, do you know why I should choose open-pollinated or non-hybrid to save seeds? Is it because the hybrid seeds will not produce seedlings?KLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06737654325235566310noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1414505450356893387.post-3378090899366958912012-03-15T07:58:23.925-07:002012-03-15T07:58:23.925-07:00Thanks for the advice! I have very few, if any bee...Thanks for the advice! I have very few, if any bees in my area right now and I pollinate all of my tomato plants by hand, which isolates them from cross-pollination. Come to think of it, I have never seen a regular bee pollinate my tomato plants, though I have occassionally seen some wild bees doing so - in the middle of the summer.<br /><br />I used to think that processing tomato seeds via Jayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12461600014446853297noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1414505450356893387.post-15615163856047330982012-03-15T05:14:15.873-07:002012-03-15T05:14:15.873-07:00Don't forget that if you want the seeds to gro...Don't forget that if you want the seeds to grow true to type, the bloom should be isolated if there are any other tomato types in the vicinity!<br /><br />My seed saving attempts give me blobs of seeds gobs too. Primarily because I usually forget about them and don't rinse them before the fluid all evaporates.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com