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Re: Kumato

Iâve never had it happen with full-sized tomatoes, but cherry and grape tomatoes will self-sow prolifically from fruit left to rot on the ground.  In other words, itâs not necessary to do time-consuming seed extraction and paper towel drying.  With the little tomatoes, you can just leave fruit on the ground in the fall where you want it to grow, and come spring, it will.  They are very generous plants!

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> On Mar 10, 2015, at 1:41 PM, tanya <tanyagarden@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Yes, the gel contains germination inhibitors.
> 
> And yes, you can grow tomato plants from seeds saved on a paper towel.
> 
> Fermenting tomato seed removes both the germination inhibitors and
> pathogens. So planting seed saved on a paper towel is comparable to
> planting heirloom potatoes that  have sprouted in the fridge, rather than
> buying certified disease-free seed potatoes. (I've done that, too, with red
> potatoes and yellow potatoes bought at farmers' markets. I wouldn't do it
> with grocery-store russets.)
> 
> Tanya Kucak
> 
> On Tue, Mar 10, 2015 at 5:02 AM, Teri Chace via gardenwriters <
> gardenwriters@lists.ibiblio.org> wrote:
> 
>> Fun thread!
>> However, please correct me if I am wrong, the "gelatinous sack" enveloping
>> a tomato seed has chemicals that inhibit germination (else, the seeds would
>> sprout inside the wet flesh of the tomato fruit, which I for one have never
>> seen).
>> 
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