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After removing seed from the fruit you will need
to place seed into some type of container to ferment. A plastic
disposable cup is ideal. You will need to add enough water to
cover the seed.
Depending on the temperature the seed can take any thing from
4 days to 1 week to ferment.Once the liquid develops a white scum
layer on the surface your seeds are ready to be dried.
See Fig 1
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Now the seed can be washed in clean water.You may wish to use
some sort of strainer. I have made my strainer out of scrap
pine and fly screen. See Fig 2
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When the seed is clean it can be placed on a paper
plate or paper towel to dry. Once again I have made some drying
racks . See fig 3. I place my seed on top of a refrigerator close
to the back so the heat will help dry the seed. Do not leave your
seed in the sun to dry. Again drying will depend on your weather
conditions.
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When dry seed will need to be stored away from sun light and heat
preferably in an airtight container. I use zip lock plastic bags.
See Fig 4. It is always a good idea to keep accurate records regarding
your seed. If kept correctly your tomato seed will be viable up
to 5 years and beyond.
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