Beginner Gardening: Saving tomato seeds, 1 by Horseshoe

Horseshoe wrote:
risingcreek, there is an easy to understand tutorial on my home page, complete with pics. Although I use jars you can reduce the quantities down to cups, glasses, etc.

And ditto what Ozark said regarding refrigerating tomato seeds that show signs of germinating, you'd kill the seed. PappyG, maybe you were trying to state something else?

Damsel, if your seeds in water are staying too warm for too long a time it'll contribute to germination. You may want to ferment them in a cooler area, out of the high heat. And unless there is almost no juice at all you might try not adding any water. Most tomatoes I ferment have plenty of juice; certain paste types I might add a tad of water but not very much.

Shoe (tomato seed fermentor)