Grocery store tomatoes tend to be hybrids. This is because many hybrids have been created to handle shipping long distances better than often fragile heirlooms. Sometimes you may rarely trip over an heirloom in the produce section, but these are usually labeled if so.
If the label does not say that a tomato is an heirloom, odds are, it’s a hybrid. You will not get an exact copy of the tomato you’re saving seeds from if it is a hybrid.
This is going to be rather anti-climatically simple. To do this, you will need:
Slice your tomato in half to expose the seeds and pulp. If there’s a thin inner membrane inside covering the seeds, cut a slit in it to expose them.
Collecting seeds from a ripe cherry tomato.Now, simply squeeze the seeds out onto your paper towel, and use your finger to break up the cluster and move them around, so they’re not in one great mass.
Beyond that? Simply label the paper towel with the tomato variety and the date, and set it aside somewhere with good air circulation out of direct sunlight to start drying! Make sure to place the paper towel somewhere that it can get air underneath it to prevent molding.
Two weeks later, retrieve the paper towel. The seeds should be completely dried at this point.
The seeds can be left on the paper towel or cloth scrap, or peeled off and placed in a seed-saving container of your choosing- glass vials, paper envelopes, or folded paper packets are popular choices. Once in a container, move your seeds to somewhere cool, dark, and dry for best shelf life.
Congratulations: you just saved tomato seeds – no fermentation process or rinsing needed!
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