Ever Eat What You Were Planning To Save?

Mojo · July 15, 2011

Mid-July and I still have isolated tomatoes coming in. I grabbed the last Spudakee on the 9th and was letting it ripen up for seed-saving.

This morning, without thinking about it, I ate it.

Mind you, it was quite tasty. But I didn't realize what I was doing until it was gone.

Worth1 · July 15, 2011

I do this all of the time.

Worth

Stepheninky · July 15, 2011

Yep. It happens, Last year I messed up and gave the contractor I have work on my house a bag full of goodies I was planing to save seeds from.

kath · July 15, 2011

Nope- I tie a piece of hot pink yarn around the stem of the tomatoes that are for seed saving while they are still on the plant after removing the tulle bag. The yarn stays on until the tomato is cut. It's too hard to get those tomatoes to set inside of the bags to make a mistake!

Mojo · July 17, 2011

Tulle bags? Okay I've missed something here....

kath · July 17, 2011

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mojo

Tulle bags? Okay I've missed something here....

Any tomato for seed saving has been bagged to prevent cross pollination.

Worth1 · July 18, 2011

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mojo

Tulle bags? Okay I've missed something here....

It's what they make wedding veils from, I had to ask this about 8 years ago on garden web.

Its like a netting.

Worth

kath · July 18, 2011

Sorry Mojo- and thanks Worth- I didn't understand what was missed.

Kath

July 15, 2011	#1
Mojo Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Houston, TX Posts: 317	Ever Eat What You Were Planning To Save? Mid-July and I still have isolated tomatoes coming in. I grabbed the last Spudakee on the 9th and was letting it ripen up for seed-saving. This morning, without thinking about it, I ate it. Mind you, it was quite tasty. But I didn't realize what I was doing until it was gone. __________________ There is no logical response to the question, "Why won't you let me plant more tomatoes?"

July 15, 2011	#3
Stepheninky Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Kentucky Posts: 682	Yep. It happens, Last year I messed up and gave the contractor I have work on my house a bag full of goodies I was planing to save seeds from. __________________ tomatoprojects.blogspot.com

July 17, 2011	#5
Mojo Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Houston, TX Posts: 317	Tulle bags? Okay I've missed something here.... __________________ There is no logical response to the question, "Why won't you let me plant more tomatoes?"

July 15, 2011	#2
Worth1 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Den of Drunken Fools Posts: 38,539	I do this all of the time. Worth

July 15, 2011	#4
kath Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: zone 6b, PA Posts: 5,664	Nope- I tie a piece of hot pink yarn around the stem of the tomatoes that are for seed saving while they are still on the plant after removing the tulle bag. The yarn stays on until the tomato is cut. It's too hard to get those tomatoes to set inside of the bags to make a mistake!

July 18, 2011	#8
kath Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: zone 6b, PA Posts: 5,664	Sorry Mojo- and thanks Worth- I didn't understand what was missed. Kath