Tell me about your seeds

[tam91]

This thread is... dunno, lost for words.

Shame you probably wasted your time going through those links Carolyn. Nice of you to try though.

[Worth1]

Here are some of my San Marzano seeds I just got through saving.
Good enough for me.
Worth
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[efisakov]

I personally do not think that paper/research from Africa was conclusive at all. Seeds germinate without fermentation too, and it can give high percentage of seeds germinating as well. BUT, the reason for fermentation is to get rid of deceases. That paper did not test that the seeds fermented 1 day were not infected. Second, it had just one container for each 1/2/3/4 days fermentation. It is not research to me at all. There has to be multiple containers to prove a point. To show consistency in outcomes. They would have to start with infected tomatoes, process seeds in multiple containers and grow out plants to show that deceases were not shown in 1 day fermented seeds...
I know from my own FOOD fermentations that 3 days usually is what it takes to ferment.
What is posted in that article is not a scientific experiment to prove anything at all. Plus, it was only one tomato variety.