Friday, April 1, 2011

Creating Organic Tomato Seeds With Ease

By Danica Thomas


The food market of today is one that is filled with an incredible amount of variety and options in regard to how they are grown as well as what is able to be purchased. One of the latest trends that has grown rather substantially over the past several years has been the process of making foods much more natural and organic in nature which simply means the seeds are pure and there are no chemical used in the soil they are grown in. Thus, there is now a trend in knowing how to create organic tomato seeds to grow on your own.

Basically, organic foods are known to be much more expensive than the standard offerings found in markets. Purely economies of scale, this often because they require different growing techniques and procedures than other foods which is why they are price at much higher rates. Hence, the process of growing them should be understood in order to save a great deal of money in the process.

First, an organic tomato must be purchased and sliced which is then allowed to ripen. Basically, once ripened, the interior of it is at its fullest potential and able to have much larger and more natural seeds to use for future use. Hence, this process is crucial for better and healthier tomatoes as an end result.

Getting the seeds out is rather easy to do. Basically, once cut, they are often squeezed out into a bowl which is why they need to be ripened first. If they are not able to be squeezed out, they are also easily removed by hand if necessary.

Pour chilled water into a glass jar that has an air tight lid. Once there, place the seeds inside the jar and close the lid as tight as possible. Allow the seeds to remain the jar for at least a week while stirring them around at least every other day.

As this process is aimed at removing the pulp from the seeds, they then actually need to be rinsed in order to be fully removed from this natural material. In such, one should remove them from the jar and rinse them carefully with cold water in a strainer or sieve. This allows for any remaining pulp to be effectively removed.

Once rinsed, they should be set out and allowed to dry for at least a week. During this process, they will often stick together which are easily separated. Hence, the seeds are then ready for growing when necessary.




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