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Post by Yoris on Jul 28, 2018 22:04:25 GMT -7
I'm wondering if you freeze tomato fruits (in the freezer for a few days), will some of the seeds still sprout?
I plan to experiment with this. I've noticed benefits in seeds frozen in fruits for Morelle De Balbis versus non-frozen ones. So, that's why I'm curious.
Of course, tomato seeds will overwinter from frosted fruits, which may get frozen some. I just don't know if they can handle being wet-frozen for a constant period at very cold temperatures.
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Post by Yoris on Jul 28, 2018 22:30:51 GMT -7
Here are the four tomatoes I just harvested and put in the freezer. I'll probably attempt to sprout their next week. They're from my Galapagos Island cross (which appears to be potentially parthenocarpic by the fact that the stigma stay on the fruits for so long; so, I think it must have crossed with Golden Nugget).
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Post by Yoris on Aug 8, 2018 20:54:27 GMT -7
I thawed the fruits and began saving the seeds, today. So, they were frozen for a good long while (much, much longer than the Morelle De Balbis fruits). I intend to dry them before planting. (Not that I think it's necessary for germination, but for other reasons.)
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Post by Yoris on Aug 31, 2018 6:29:44 GMT -7
I froze three Brandy Boy (stabilized) fruits, two Burpee Gloriana fruits and four Stick fruits—for a really long time. I finished zapping and set the seeds out to dry maybe an hour ago or so. So, if they sprout (when I plant them), then I'm confident that at least some tomato seeds can sprout after being thoroughly frozen. If they don't sprout, I intend to try a shorter freezing period.
Don't worry, I didn't waste all those tomatoes—and I saved seeds from seven different non-frozen Brandy Boy tomatoes, today, too (but I didn't waste their flesh, either). I cooked up the tomatoes after seeding them (Brandy Boy still tastes pretty good cooked). I don't ferment the seeds—this is because I zap them with three frequencies of a Z4EX instead.
I saved more Burpee Gloriana seeds (not frozen ones, though) one to a few days ago.
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Post by Yoris on Oct 18, 2019 17:59:59 GMT -7
The frozen Brandy Boy tomatoes did not sprout at all. I tried to grow them in 2019.
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Post by Yoris on Jan 7, 2020 0:35:27 GMT -7
The Galapagos Island cross seeds frozen in the freezer didn't sprout, either. However, the Galapagos Island seeds that endured freezing weather lots of times outdoors did sprout (100% germination).
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