Hey soleil, I learned all about seed saving last year and wrote a few notes that might be helpful "Cross Pollination":http://myfolia.com/journals/26659-cross-pollination-in-heirloom-tomatoes- "Isolating Seeds":http://myfolia.com/journals/25776-seed-saving-step-one-isolating-seeds "Fermention":http://myfolia.com/journals/33470-seed-saving-step-two-fermentation "Cleaning & Drying":http://myfolia.com/journals/34058-seed-saving-step-three-cleaning-drying Good luck! 2009-06-13T19:30:23Z false 11060 2417 2009-07-01T16:29:13Z 1452 I can vouch for ceae's method. Best germination I got was the self-saved Heirloom Blacks. The commercial seeds did very poorly. 2009-06-13T20:42:09Z false 11062 2417 2009-06-13T20:42:09Z 3568 My brandywine looks just like your description: double flower, potato leafed. Guess I'll look into bagging the buds. 2009-06-13T20:45:21Z false 11063 2417 2009-06-13T20:45:21Z 1357 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. 2009-06-14T22:55:30Z false 11092 68206 2417 2009-06-14T22:55:30Z 1357 It's actually pretty hard to get a tomato to NOT self-pollinate, since the flowers are small and have both parts right there. 2009-06-30T19:24:00Z false 11502 2417 2009-06-30T19:24:00Z 9148 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. 2009-07-01T14:49:50Z false 11520 2417 2009-07-01T14:49:50Z 6528