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Can you save seed from a tomato that ripens indoors?

Posted by clones2 (My Page) on
Wed, Aug 24, 11 at 13:25

I always save seeds from tomatoes that ripen on the vine... Can you save seeds from a tomato that you let ripen indoors?


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RE: Can you save seed from a tomato that ripens indoors?

as long as when you harvested it, it showed some color at the blossom end (called the breaker stage). At this point seeds are mature and the ripening process is triggered (to help disseminate those seeds).

Breaker stage is second from left:


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RE: Can you save seed from a tomato that ripens indoors?

Bumping this so it will stay around a bit longer.

And here's a new fruit development chart:
http://www.lagorio.com/assets/pdf/lagorio-tomato-guide.pdf
[Firefox pointed out that this did not open in a clean format, and offered to open it in Adobe instead: luckily, that version came up without errors.]


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