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tessa
head gardener
Australia
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Posted - 19/01/2009 : 18:24:38
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soft.
LOL.
not very descriptive, eh?
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Di Taylor
assistant gardener
New Zealand
188 Posts |
Posted - 19/01/2009 : 18:28:41
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I think I'm gonna pick it for breaky as it feels as soft if not a little softer than a couple of subarctics that I know are ripe.... breakfast me thinks
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Di Taylor
assistant gardener
New Zealand
188 Posts |
Posted - 20/01/2009 : 03:18:12
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BTW - the pink tomato was delicious, it was ripe although I would never have know from looking at it if I was waiting for it to turn red, it was way tastier than the subarctics, I am going to have to save some seed from it whatever it is :-)
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tessa
head gardener
Australia
3682 Posts |
Posted - 20/01/2009 : 07:26:36
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do you know how to do the fermenting thing, di? it helps a lot with the seed saving.
i should have asked sooner...but which subarctics are you growing? are they the beaverlodge ones?
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Di Taylor
assistant gardener
New Zealand
188 Posts |
 Posted - 20/01/2009 : 16:21:45
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Beaverlodge??? I have no idea, all I know is subarctics. My next piece of research was going to be tomatoville to find out about seed saving as I read somewhere about soaking and fermenting. I dont know that I got it right last year as I dont think any of my yellow cherries have grown, but I certainly want to save some of my Mystery Pink 
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tessa
head gardener
Australia
3682 Posts |
Posted - 20/01/2009 : 16:40:15
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okay...all you do, di, is find a little container or jar (i use a tiny plastic tub i got in a take-away dish. it had a dipping sauce in it. do you know the size?) squeeze the seeds from your tomato into that...and add about a tablespoon of water. put it somewhere you will not forget about it. somewhere in the way. in a few days...you will see that it has started to rot. often...you will smell it before you see it. *disgusting*.
then take that foul miasma...tip it into a sieve...and wash the seeds. i don't mind rubbing the seeds all over the steel mesh of the sieve...until all the goo bits are gone and you're left with only seeds.
then i *thwack* them from the sieve onto a paper towel to dry. i write their name on the paper towel for good measure...and then i let them air dry like that for about 3 days. then i pluck the seeds apart because often they are dried together...and i bag, label and date them.
it's as easy as that...and providing you haven't forgotten them for too long in the fermenting process....you'll get close to 100% germination.
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medburygardens
gardener
New Zealand
639 Posts |
Posted - 20/01/2009 : 18:30:34
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| how sold you that seed mix Di |
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Di Taylor
assistant gardener
New Zealand
188 Posts |
Posted - 21/01/2009 : 03:52:14
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Thanks Tessa, the insides will be sacrificed from the next Mystery Pink... With regard to where I got the seeds... I got them from a seller on Trade Me, pretty sure it was a person selling as babz nz, could have been kaiotes down in Otago but I don't think so as I last bought from them a couple of years ago and sure I only got these last year. They come in little plastic bags and the info in it says [font=Tahoma]"TOMATO HEIRLOOM RAINBOW BLEND MIXTURE - A mixture of many of our Heirloom Tomato Varieties plus some other. Many shapes, colours and sizes. Inderterminate (68-110 days) 20 seeds"[/font=Tahoma]. I still have 9 seeds left in the packet and am now fascinated as to what they may yield, shame it's too late in the season to do them now, not sure if they will be as good if I save them till next year. 
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medburygardens
gardener
New Zealand
639 Posts |
Posted - 22/01/2009 : 02:55:38
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| The last of that seed should be fine if you keep them in a cool place Di. |
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Mystery Tomato