Isolate and save seeds
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As my brandywine flowers, I start to think about seed saving. I have a few tomato plants very close to each other. How do I make sure that they don’t cross-pollinate? I have heard things like wrapping a few buds in a plastic bag. Anyone has tips to share?
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Hey soleil, I learned all about seed saving last year and wrote a few notes that might be helpful
Cross Pollination-
Isolating Seeds
Fermention
Cleaning & DryingGood luck!
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0 thumbs up!Posted almost 4 years ago
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I can vouch for ceae’s method. Best germination I got was the self-saved Heirloom Blacks. The commercial seeds did very poorly.
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0 thumbs up!Posted almost 4 years ago
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My brandywine looks just like your description: double flower, potato leafed. Guess I’ll look into bagging the buds.
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0 thumbs up!Posted almost 4 years ago
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Just made a little pouch for my brandywine. The grid is a bit tight, so I’m not sure if I can see what’s going on inside. I’ll remove it when the other flowers start fruiting.
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0 thumbs up!Posted almost 4 years ago
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It’s actually pretty hard to get a tomato to NOT self-pollinate, since the flowers are small and have both parts right there.
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0 thumbs up!Posted almost 4 years ago
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Years ago, I worried about Tomatoes cross pollinating. I read somewhere that 25 feet was a safe isolation distance, so I adhered to that for the first 5 or so years that I saved seed. Yet some of the better known experts of tomato genetics say that an isolation distance of five feet is all you need. Others say, like LeslieP, that they are selfpollinating and not to worry. I learned not to worry. ;)
But remember that we are talking about Tomatoes here. The rules change drastically for other veggies.
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0 thumbs up!Posted almost 4 years ago
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