How do I extract seeds from large tomato and save for next year garden?

Question

I am told that my three pound tomato is a Polish tomato! never heard of it before, but it's huge and yummy!

Answer 1

Sounds like it is worth a go!
Squirt some seeds (including the juices) onto a tissue or paper towel and put it on a window sill to dry for a few days.

When it is dry, the seeds will peel off easily and you can save them in an envelope.

Good luck

Answer 2

Tomato seeds have best germination if they've been fermented.

Remove the seeds and the gooey stuff and put into a clean container. Put a couple TBS of water in with the mater seeds. Take a piece of plastic wrap and a rubber band and cover the top of the container. Put a small hole in the plastic wrap to let a little air in. Set the container in a warm location for about 3 days. On 2nd day...at a TB of water and give it a gentle stir.

On the third day, remove the plastic wrap. This will not smell pretty and will look pretty gross too. LOL Use a spoon and remove as much of the fermented goo as possible from the top of the water in the container. The viable seeds will have fallen to the bottom of your container and the non-viable seeds will be at the top, mixed in with the goo. You WANT the seeds that sank. Carefully strain the seeds in a wire mesh strainer...rinse them well to remove as much of the goo as possible. Tap to remove as much water as possible also.

Put seeds on a paper plate and spread them out evenly (in one layer...not touching) to dry. Make sure you have a place without too many drafts and no direct sunlight. Tomato seeds will take about 1 week to dry.

After they're dry, seal them in a ziplock baggie and store in a dark cool place until next year.

Answer 3

In the past I have saved tomato seeds from my garden by cutting the tomato open scooping out the seeds and putting them in a fine strainer, rinse carefully under slowing running water and then putting them on paper towel to dry. When they are dry pick them off the paper towel and put in a seal-able container and put in a cool, dark spot to keep them for the spring.

Answer 4

Redneck gal had the best suggestions. You need to soak the seeds for several days (they don't have to ferment, simply soaking them and removing the gooey pulp is enough). Dry them on waxed paper because they will stick like hell to anything else. But...

BETTER RESEARCH THAT POLISH TOMATO. If it is an heirloom tomato, you're good to go. If it is a HYBRID, forget about saving seed. Hybrid seeds do not come true - they revert to the parent plant. No one told you this!

Answer 5

Crush the tomato into a sieve or a sifter. Dry the seeds and save in a paper bag until next year.

Answer 6

Never heard of a polish tomato, & I know you would have to cut it in half, dry it out & there's your seeds!

Answer 7

Just scrape the seeds onto a container, discard the pulp, and wait for the seeds to dry out naturally. Then keep in a sealed container in a dry place until you're ready to sow them.

Answer 8

my mother used to just let several tomatoes ripen and fall to the ground. when they come up in the spring, you simply transplant them where you want them to grow.

ps - my mother is polish - I've never heard of a polish tomato, but there sure are some huge varieties of beefsteak tomatoes out there.

Answer 9

scoop the seed out and put them in a small holed strainer. Rinse them good and place them on a paper towel to dry. When dry put them in an air tight container out of the light until you are ready to plant next spring.