Mid-Atlantic Gardening: Hanging in there... Part 7, 1 by Gitagal

Gitagal wrote:
Jill--
I have never fermented my Tomato seeds! Just seems unnecessary!
They still come up......Too much work too.....I DO have the directions on HOW.....

I do wash them in a fine sieve to get as much of the Gel stuff off of the seeds--
and then dry them on a plate. Then scrape the seeds loose and bag them up.

This has worked for me every year. I really think I just forgot to seed those cells.
Got carried away making all the labels.......listening to my favorite music---
drinking some wine---etc...

One funny thing happened last Spring with my Tomatoes....

I KNOW I took the seeds out of my envelope of my saved "Sun Golds"....
I planted them--and they grew-----and then I put them in my bed----
and they grew and grew--and I, already noticed something different.....Hmmmmmm.....

What ended up growing was a small, red Cherry Tomato--NOT the "Sun Gold"
I had planted......Oh, They were good and tasty and productive.....
Is it possible that the "Sun Gold Cherry" is a Hybrid????? I thought it was an heirloom???
Worked for me the second year I had them! Still got "Sun Golds" from the saved seed.

Trying again this year.....We will see......Gita

Here are the Sun Golds amid some Cherokee Purples on a diner plate....
They are SOOOOOO sweet!!!---Like candy!