Re: Kumato

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I've been having pretty good luck with milkweed seed, but certain species are much easier than others. To generalize, the larger the seeds, the easier to sprout them. I have not been stratifying the seed.

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>From: "Dargan, Mary Palmer" <mpdargan@dargan.com>
>Sent: Mar 10, 2015 2:24 PM
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>Subject: Re: [GWL] Kumato
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>My little cherry tomatoes did the same thing, unless the varmints got them
>first!
>
>I love collecting seeds. Has anyone had luck with milkweed? Mine
>seldom germinate even if stratified.
>
>On Tuesday, March 10, 2015, Catriona Erler <Catriona@catrionatudorerler.com>
>wrote:
>
>> 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!
>>
>> Catriona
>>
>> Catriona Tudor Erler
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>> > On Mar 10, 2015, at 1:41 PM, tanya <tanyagarden@gmail.com <javascript:;>>
>> 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 <javascript:;>> 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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