Want to grow your own tomato seed?
Tomatoes are one of the most popular fresh market vegetables, with a rich assortment of varieties that vary in appearance, flavor, and agronomic properties. Learning how to produce your own tomato seed will help ensure that your favorite varieties will continue to be available and passed on to future generations.
This webinar provides an overview of practices needed to successfully grow quality tomato seed using organic production practices. Key topics nclude variety considerations, isolation and management practices, and fermentation, storage, and treatment practices that will maintain seed integrity and help reduce pathogen transmission.
Funding
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This project was funded in 2014 and 2019 by the Organic Research and Extension Initiative grant, part of the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture. Award numbers 2014-51300-22267 and 2019-51300-30245