tomatoes from saved seed - possible?

Pixiechic

I found some lovely tomatoes the other day, sugardrop ones and I have put the seeds in a jar and am letting them ferment in the airing cuboard. Well, I will until they start to smell and they will have to go elsewhere! I really want to grow some although I am aware that they are a hybrid so may not be too fab.
Question is, once I have fermented them and dried them, will I be able to plant them this spring/summer or will I be too late? I can keep them for next year but I can't wait to try them! Thanks for any advice

RAS

You need to dry them out a bit and then plant them. Just do a few this year and asve the rest for next year.

cubegame

From supermarket fruit you tend to get much better results if you graft the tomato onto a different root stock. We did this last year and side by side comparisons showed the grafted plants gave 2 or 3 times as many toms over a longer period than the normal plants.

A guide can be found at this link http://www.hort.uconn.edu/ipm/greenhs/htms/Tomgraft.htm

You need to then plant a rootstock as well. A fair few can be found here:-

http://www.molesseeds.co.uk/flower_and_vegetable_seed_store_uk/Products_Tomato_4276.html

Pixiechic

Thank you for the replies, I am so excited I can try them this year! I am itching to give them a go. Will only try a few and as advised and will save the rest for next year. Yummy!

I will have to try and get my head around the grafting and root stock, will read up on that article, thanks.

Thank you