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Wed, Aug 20, 14 at 9:14
| Since septoria leaf spot is so common, how do you all save seeds from these fruits? Do you treat the seeds and if so with what? Thanks! |
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| Septoria, like most of the common tomato plant diseases, are not seed-borne and do not affect the seed in any way. So saving the seed from the fruit is not an issue. On the other hand it never hurts to disinfect the seeds. The fermentation process, done properly, does that for the most part. Further disinfecting the seeds can be done in a number of ways. The most common method used is a brief soak in a 10% chlorine bleach solution (1 part bleach to 10 parts water) before drying the seeds. There are "how-to" FAQs over on the Seed Saving forum here with more details. Dave |
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