Baz wrote:
I will just have to keep on buying seeds. Not a big deal, but I spend a
small fortune on the veg. garden so any savings I can make I will try.

Baz. If you have a local Wilkinsons, pop in and have a look, all of their
seeds are half price atm. Also, if you have a The Works, they have 4-for-
a-pound seeds, although I don't think they had many tomatoes on offer. Lots
and lots of flowers and veg, though.

Vicky wrote ...

Baz wrote:
I will just have to keep on buying seeds. Not a big deal, but I spend a
small fortune on the veg. garden so any savings I can make I will try.

Baz. If you have a local Wilkinsons, pop in and have a look, all of their
seeds are half price atm. Also, if you have a The Works, they have 4-for-
a-pound seeds, although I don't think they had many tomatoes on offer.
Lots
and lots of flowers and veg, though.

Wyvales GCs are doing the same at the moment, 50p a packet I think.
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Bob Hobden wrote:
Baz. If you have a local Wilkinsons, pop in and have a look, all of their
seeds are half price atm. Also, if you have a The Works, they have 4-for-
a-pound seeds, although I don't think they had many tomatoes on offer.
Wyvales GCs are doing the same at the moment, 50p a packet I think.

Wyevales was why we ended up with a million packets of seeds 4 years ago,
some of which we still have!! They were 25p at the time.

Sacha wrote:
This is what I do - probably learned from urg! - and it works well. I
don't bother with the fan but just leave them to dry in the sieve
overnight and rest the sieve on some paper towel to absorb moisture. So
far, so good.

My dad always just dries his out on kitchen roll, doesn't seem to have had
any problems with it.

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Sacha wrote:
This is what I do - probably learned from urg! - and it works well. I
don't bother with the fan but just leave them to dry in the sieve
overnight and rest the sieve on some paper towel to absorb moisture. So
far, so good.

My dad always just dries his out on kitchen roll, doesn't seem to have had
any problems with it.


This is what we do. Highly recommend the method.

Mike

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On 18/09/2011 02:05, wrote:
wrote:
This is what I do - probably learned from urg! - and it works well. I
don't bother with the fan but just leave them to dry in the sieve
overnight and rest the sieve on some paper towel to absorb moisture. So
far, so good.

My dad always just dries his out on kitchen roll, doesn't seem to have had
any problems with it.

That is what I've just done with my tomato seeds. However, a number of
them tend to stick to the paper and are a bugger to remove without
tearing the paper.

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On 18/09/2011 09:47, David in Normandy wrote:
On 18/09/2011 02:05, wrote:
wrote:
This is what I do - probably learned from urg! - and it works well. I
don't bother with the fan but just leave them to dry in the sieve
overnight and rest the sieve on some paper towel to absorb moisture. So
far, so good.

My dad always just dries his out on kitchen roll, doesn't seem to have
had
any problems with it.

That is what I've just done with my tomato seeds. However, a number of
them tend to stick to the paper and are a bugger to remove without
tearing the paper.

Why bother removing them from the paper...?
Just fold the whole thing up & keep it 'til next planting season -
then simply cut out the little square of paper with the seed attached &
plant it. Simples! g

On Fri, 16 Sep 2011 07:20:31 +0000, adam-alexander
Gary Woods;936621 Wrote:
Baz wrote:

of water; put in a jar for 2 or 3 days (if longer, some varieties may
start to sprout). The pulp will start to ferment, which helps break down the
gel


Just back from Harrogate Show. spoke to the gent from the heritage
seed bank, he had a display on just how to save Tomato seed, using
just this method, but he suggest a longer time in water, past the
mouldy stage, properly seven days in water. This he said can be of
benefit.
(Did ask if he had any Sacha's ' Jersey Gold', but no luck )

Sacha wrote:
Just back from Harrogate Show. spoke to the gent from the heritage
seed bank, he had a display on just how to save Tomato seed, using
just this method, but he suggest a longer time in water, past the
mouldy stage, properly seven days in water. This he said can be of
benefit.

Isn't 7 days going to make them sprout?

(Did ask if he had any Sacha's ' Jersey Gold', but no luck )
I sent them some two or three years ago so either it failed or they're
not selling it yet.

My label says Jersey Sunrise, not Jersey Gold. Are there 2 varieties, or
have I mislabelled?

David in Normandy wrote:
My dad always just dries his out on kitchen roll, doesn't seem to have had
any problems with it.
That is what I've just done with my tomato seeds. However, a number of
them tend to stick to the paper and are a bugger to remove without
tearing the paper.

I think he just plants them with the paper still stuck on. :-)