posted 1 year ago
Reading down through the posts here I see that some seeds varieties are not known. Here is how I handle that problem plus how I save the seeds from plants that do good. This requires some cheapie Venetian blind cutoffs, some #1 coin envelopes or larger, some jelly jars, and a computer/printer combo.
Seeds that I purchase I track with graphics of plots for seeding with the Variety NAME printed to track the seed to replant. This info eventually becomes a TAG typed again in large text. The TAG gets clear taped onto a length of Venetian blind about 4" in length. Punch a hole in one end of the plastic blind and us a large paper clip to attach that to the tomato cage.
The purpose of tagging the cage is to be able to pull tomatoes from specifically productive plants and to cut ope and save the seeds. The jelly jars are put to use now with the name of the Variety applied to tape on each of the jars. The seeds are inserted, water-filled to about 2/3 of the height of the jar. Each jar is shaken daily for 3 days.
The seeds can then be laid out on paper towels to dry out with the matching jelly jar as an anchor for the paper towels. Keep the seeds out of direct sunlight. Once totally dried the seeds go into the small envelopes where the name, reprinted on labels have been attached to the envelopes, with the year stated also.
It SEEMS like a lot of work but once you get the routine down it works out well. NOW you have absolute knowledge about what is in each of the envelopes. And you can control the number of seeds you wish to add to each envelope.
May all of your wishes for a great garden patch of tomatoes come true! :-)
IF you check for drying methods for other types of seeds and stick to that the same procedures,above, of IDing your seeds will work well for those also.
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