Time to Save Tomato Seeds

If you haven’t saved seeds of your open-pollinated tomatoes now is the time. Actually, anytime during the season when you pick a tomato that has all the finer points that you want to preserve is a good time.

Black cherry tomatoes

Or if you want to learn how to do so save tomato seeds you can get the simple instructions in this post. First to know is that hybrid tomatoes such as ‘Early Girl’ will not necessarily come true from seed. If you’re not sure if your tomato is open-pollinated or hybrid, Google the variety. The Tomato Dirt website has FAQ’s on saving tomato seeds.

Read my previous post with the step-by-step instructions on saving tomato seeds. Each time you save your seeds snd grow another year, by selecting the best tomatoes to save seed, you improve the variety’s performance in your garden conditions.

Saving Tomato Seeds

‘Indigo Rose’ tomatoes