Seed Saving question

[Lavenderblue]

I got given some local proper blaby tomatoes for Christmas, grown by the MIL in her green house - she wants me to seed save them, no problem. I wouldn't mind including them in my early tomato experiment so my question is do i need to leave the seeds to dry before i plant them or can i go ahead and plant them straight away.

Sorry for being a dumb person.

[SarzWix]

You need to get the jellyish stuff off before planting, because it's a germination inhibitor. If you individually space the seeds on kitchen paper, you can, very gently, remove the jelly stuff with a fingernail. They dry out in a day or 2 then.

[Lavenderblue]

I am soaking them to get the jelly stuff off, its how i got the stuff off from the seeds I saved in the summer. So you think they will be ok to go almost straight away then?

[seasprout]

Try this...

I got given some local proper blaby tomatoes for Christmas, grown by the MIL in her green house - she wants me to seed save them, no problem. I wouldn't mind including them in my early tomato experiment so my question is do i need to leave the seeds to dry before i plant them or can i go ahead and plant them straight away.

Sorry for being a dumb person.

From Garden Organic Member only section..... (ho Dam)

Tomato Seed Saving tips.

Harvesting
The seeds are fully mature once the tomatoes are ripe. Allow the fruits to ripen on the plants, if possible, or bring the fruits indoors and ripen them as you would for eating, e.g. in a box or drawer with ripe apples or bananas.

Cleaning Seed
Cleaning refers to the removal of debris, leaving only seed. Cleaned seed keeps better.

Some varieties contain more seed than others. Large beefsteak or plum tomatoes may yield less than ten seeds, while small or cherry tomatoes can produce scores of seed.

To save a small quantity of seeds for your own use next year
Remove seeds from the fruit and rinse in a sieve under cold running water, rubbing them against the sieve to remove the gel. Spread on paper towel or kitchen paper, label, and leave to dry. In spring you can plant the paper towel with the seeds attached into moist compost in a seed tray to start the plants.

[Lavenderblue]

don't have a sieve but i will improvise - thanks very much for the top tips

[vicky]

Vegetable Seeds : Bush Tomato Seed

If you scroll down on the above site there's excellent instructions!