The Amish showed me this Seed Saving Trick and IT WORKS!

Saving seeds is a big part of food security and the Amish showed us how to save tomato seeds for the next growing season and it works perfect!
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[@robertfiorito9888]

My grandmother would cut the tomato in half and squeeze out the seed straight on the ground outside. Come spring she had all of the tomato starts she needed for the year. The seed survived the cold winters in NY and always gave her a fresh crop of tomatoes the following year

[@PearlSanborn]

I love hearing that!! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@myprtrump2207]

I’ll try that too, hope it survives my free ranging chicken daily scavenging.

[@s.z.6200]

How did the tomatoes survive the freezing cold?

[@robertfiorito9888]

@@s.z.6200 The tomatoes did not survive the seeds she put on the ground did and they sprouted in the spring

[@chychyy6728]

I'll never understand why people think seeds can't survive winter. They have an actual shell for that. What do people think happen in nature where we aren't there to collect seeds?@@robertfiorito9888

[@kitakitzFarm]

I am a former Pennsylvania resident where I learned my gardening methods from Amish friends. I live now in the Philippines where I grow 100% of my crops from SAVED SEEDS. My most valuable possession is my 100+ glass jars of Vegetable & Flower seeds. Thanks to Doug & Stacy for sharing this important video.

[@monicadzisiak7291]

I'd love to live in the Philippines

[@Wings91]

That is so great.

[@rosemarieriosa8036]

Would love to learn and start saving heirloom / native seeds too. Also in Philippines :)

[@aliciadupuy9228]

I dream of that one day! but today, I am just as happy with the seeds i do have. 😊

[@michele1442]

@@monicadzisiak7291 Curious as to why?

[@davehendricks4824]

I take a sheet of paper towel. Mark it with a marker as to what kind of tomato I’m saving. Squeeze the seeds onto the towel. Spread them out. When dry I fold it. Put it in a ziplock and store in the freezer. Come spring I tear off a piece of paper towel with a seed and put it in a pot. Works everytime.

[@4given]

Great idea!

[@miheretlawrence1616]

4:17

[@Jswater]

That is how I was collecting seeds only I kept it in house terras that's was getting fresh air but no sunlight.

[@helengabr5743]

Lovely to meet you. I am British and live with my Egyptian husband on a desert farm. Luckily we have our own well. Working towards self-sufficiency 😊. I am the green fingered one and currently collecting seeds so we never have to buy any. 😅 Every day i thank the Lord for his provision and this beautiful life 🙏 💕

[@KimWilliamsystunisia]

Hi Helen, nice to see another North African person here. Sending love from Tunisia 😊

[@hollyberry2752]

Can you please share how you regrow your head of lettice ? Thanks

[@thehealinghomesteadkc]

I had an abundance of cherry tomatoes one year and couldn’t get to harvesting them all before a few dropped and started composting. Next year I planted tomatoes in a different spot and they STRUGGLED. But then all the sudden those old tomatoes seeds from the area I had the tomatoes the year before sprouted up and were stronger and had twice the harvest than the year before! God taught me a lesson in that. When you sow a portion from the harvest He’s given you, He will blessed it. Love God math!

[@debracook1688]

I always give my best first fruits to God. And he gives me plenty every year.

[@afriendtoo6971]

Just pulled extra cherry tomato plants today covered with tomatoes and threw them in compost bin. Too many this year.

[@Dragonfly-LazyDynamite]

We call those “volunteers”. Tomatoes are good for that. 🙃

[@TheCynthiacross]

Amen

[@monicadzisiak7291]

Best tomatoes I ever had was from old house that was removed. And I told my friends help yourself they were thrilled they were crazy big, and beautiful

[@TwigandFeather]

“We poop in buckets and we are the ungovernable.” That should be on a shirt. You made me laugh out loud!😂

[@gardyloo3093]

I was thinking the same thing! lol

[@mikenunya5606]

I'll buy 1 for the whole family. Even though we poop in an outhouse.

[@sharonmcmann-morelli4896]

how do you clean the bucket? seriously

[@loganc4233]

@@sharonmcmann-morelli4896 They wipe the buckets clean with the paperwork the government sends them saying how the government will govern them!

[@sharonmcmann-morelli4896]

me too🤪

[@elizabethtovar3603]

As a tomato goes bad in my kitchen or grows seedlings in the tomato 🍅 🌱 on my counter, I throw it in whatever pot is closest on the patio. Come spring I have thousands of seedlings 🌱. I can’t give them away fast enough. My grandparents, Native American and Romany, would eat something, throw the seed in the yard and it grew into huge trees. The local grocery stores bought the harvests from my grandparents. No one planted or weeded or tended. We just threw seeds in the yard and they grew. Even though we had a lot of land, we didn’t farm the land. I would say we foraged our land. But, wow, we had a lot of food! Now, I live in a tiny manufactured home with a patio. No land. Without planting, I accidentally grow: - Juniper berries 🌲 🫐 (here when I got here) - oranges 🍊 (here when I got here. I’m in AZ, they’re everywhere) - prickly pear 🍐 🌵 (invasive and delicious) - cactus 🌵 (we eat it here) - sunflower seeds 🌻 (saved from being dead in the garbage) - tomatoes 🍅 - yarrow 🪴 (dead plant from grocery store garbage) - jalapeño 🌶 - mint 🌱 - potatoes 🥔 (my thanksgiving bag of potatoes turned into slips in the kitchen and they’re growing out of my ears 👂) - Jasmine 🌱 - Carrot 🥕 tops that kept growing, so I keep them for seeds. - wildflowers 💐 - cloves (dead plants I took from the grocery store garbage) - aloe 🌱 (it’s a weed here) - garlic 🧄 (grew on my bookshelf when I forgot I set it there) - lettuce 🥬 (from the grocery store. The same head of lettuce just keeps growing. 2 years) - sweet potato 🍠 (went bad on the counter) - so much more... God created food to multiply. I only have a patio and I have food and medicine and essential oils and natural remedies. All without intentionally planting a thing. I keep trying to not have a garden 🪴, so I can fix up my house and move to a farm. Isn’t working... I have a garden anyway 😊

[@kristindorsett1243]

Thanks for sharing. God bless your little farm. Mine is tiny too. But I've "accidentally" grown squash and elderberries. Everything else I've done but it includes tomatoes, peppers,herbs, and greens. I plan to add fruit trees soon. I also keep chickens.

[@TexasSandyJ]

" And the earth brought forth grass, herb yielding seed after its kind, and tree bearing fruit, wherein is the seed thereof, after its kind; and God saw that it was good. " (Tanakh ) God bless Doug and Stacy 😇🙏💕🇺🇲

[@robertdouglas8895]

But we are in the world but not of the world.

[@WhatDadIsUpTo]

I like to think of the Holy Bible as an owner's manual. Just like the owner's manual that came with your car and lives in the glove box, the Bible is full of essential things you need to do to keep yourself on track. I also consider myself a spirit living in a body or, in my case, I think of my body as a rental car and it just carries me from here to there. Anyway the owner's manual has all the information necessary for an abundant life no matter what your circumstance. The trick is, you have to apply it whether or not you understand it.

[@dawncarney5161]

And if you pray for discernment and read it again you WILL understand it 🥰🙏

[@justmepraying]

If anyone lacks Knowledge Let him ask the father

[@barneygimble8984]

KJV Gen 1:29 - And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in the which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for meat. This is different from that narrated in the video

[@brainstain2904]

Well said!

[@direstraights]

Lol funny Handle; "I am Elmer J. Fudd, I own a mansion and a yacht" 😂 We have been conditioned to posses more and more until those possessions 'posses' us.

[@dawnaper4485]

PRAISE GOD FOR HIS MERCY, BLESSINGS, LOVE, AND GRACE!🙏🏻✝️♥️

[@clairequinn8665]

When I was a child I pooped in buckets and bushes and outhouses. That was bad enough but looking at life today I think back. I'm now 74 yrs old and thank God for every blessings he showed and gave me

[@dovey6259]

Hi Stacy! I saved my tomato seeds a different way. I know they have to be protected from disease, so I thought of using peroxide. I squeeze the tomato seeds that I want to save into a small strainer. Then I run a little tepid water over them and keep pushing them down and turning them in the strainer until all the gel is gone. Then I rinse them again and again. I put them in little cups with some 3% hydrogen peroxide for about 15 minutes, drain them, then I shake them out onto a paper plate that has the name of the tomato written on it. I let them dry well, usually for a couple of days. Then I put them into small paper seed envelopes. All the tomato seeds I did last year germinated this year with this method. I like the method you just showed, but sometimes I only want a couple of certain plants.

[@CherokeeWarriorWoman]

I never thought of using peroxide. Thank you. I dried seeds this year straight out of 2 cantaloupes from Aldi last month. After drying in the bay window, I planted 12 in 1 hill just to see if they'd sprout. If they do, I'll transplant them.

[@katcat5088]

Dovey62 your way is better for those who don’t have a cool dark spot (Florida), no basement, no root cellar. The ones in the dirt might mold pin the heat! Thank you & God bless you. 🙏

[@dovey6259]

@@katcat5088 Thank you. Bless you too. 🙏

[@yusayres2505]

This method works. I write on paper towel the type of tomato. Then put the seeds on it to dry out. I get excellent germination the next year. Some seeds germinate from tomato that fell and remain outside over winter.👍🏽

[@dovey6259]

@@CherokeeWarriorWoman You're welcome!

[@sshaw4429]

I’ve been a seed saver for decades. This year my seeds were 11 years old, harvested, dried and saved. Over 50 plants came up, and now I have thousands of tomatoes. Oh my.

[@iamgroot4706]

I am groot

[@analarson2920]

So cool, congrats

[@destinycoach5]

So your 11 yr old seeds produced crops? I thought seeds had shelf life of 2-4 yrs. Heck store bought seeds have shelf life of just that one year. That's amazing!!

[@destinycoach5]

@@iamgroot4706 HAHAHAHAJAJ

[@cintiapollock2486]

@@destinycoach5 Yes seed my granny saved in the 70's we grew plants from in 2019 so yes seeds are the only true magic in this world : )

[@justmepraying]

I live in a very small town in SW Virginia and the town was going to start taxing us on our gardens. I have to say just about the whole town showed up to the meeting and they changed their minds fast. I hate politics but sometimes you have to take a stand and be heard or get ran over 🤷‍♀️

[@reppi8742]

Taxing on your gardens? That's unbelievable! Keep fighting them!

[@margiemurray2147]

That's a great example of how we all need to stand up and speak otherwise we will get trampled

[@horselover1124]

Good for you guys!

[@molliecornwell8569]

Incredible!!! “They” never quit trying to take more and more 🤨. Good on ALL of you for taking a stand!

[@tinaknutsen]

I live in the Seattle area and I’m seeing things that I thought I would never see! Our police department was overrun beginning of Covid also blm, squatting/homelessness everywhere along with that the crime/drug /violence rate has skyrocketed food shortages…empty shelves, inflated gas prices, taxed and double taxed!Property taxes are ridiculously high.Required to pay RTA tax when you go to buy your vehicle tabs and I don’t even use the transit. I came across this video to look how to grow veggies…my concern is my soil is extremely rocky. Currently waiting on permits to be able to build a green house….trying to figure things out as I go. I’m blessed to have a supportive husband! At this moment I have no food growing…so I’m interested in some of the commenters favorite YT food growing / how & when to collect seeds. Love reading the comments on this thread and I learn something here and there…I do better visually by watching videos …which ya gotta begin somewhere so here I am at the beginning of a new journey!

[@suedean8093]

Im from the UK and have been seed saving for 3 years now. I only have a small back yard, but manage to grow a whole range of soft fruit n veggies n edible & medicinal weeds. I'm saving to have a log burner installed begining next year. I make preserves, chutneys, jams, kombucha etc and am very lucky to live in a small street where skills are traded for produced. Grow what you can where you can x

[@joannegratton491]

Hello from Devon UK.

[@w.dossett3332]

@suedean8093 hello from Wiltshire UK

[@w.dossett3332]

​@@joannegratton491hello from Wiltshire UK

[@myprtrump2207]

Dear Stacy, I did the sliced tomatoes last season, put pot under steps in garage. I took them out and thought this failed but set them out on deck around June not expecting anything. It rained and a few weeks ago I saw that little container had actually sprouted tomato plants

[@trudymccann3671]

I was raised saving seeds, bulbs, rhizomes, corn, etc. This was a mile high in Colorado, so the saved seeds, bulbs, roots, were put in packets, egg cartons, or a bucket with dirt surrounding them to keep them alive through the Winter. You learn a lot doing this. Especially flowers like Gladiolas which have a bulb, and a new bulb comes on top, you have to take the old dried bulb off after it has nourished the new bulb. Knowing when to prune plants is equally important. You can kill your plant doing it wrong and at the wrong time or season. Good information Doug & Stacy, we never did the tomatoes that way, I like the idea of it! My Mother would take an empty 1/2 gallon Milk container from the store, take off one side of the Length. Lay it sideways, fill it with dirt, poke little holes and drop a seed into it. She would water it and set them in the Southern windows of the house to sprout. At night She would either cover them or move them in from the window sill for more warmth. She started tomatoes, cucumbers, Peppers, etc. Peas, Potatoes, & Jerusleam Artichokes we started on St. Paricks day in the ground, in a hill of dirt, cover it with straw to protect from the Cold at night and late winter/early spring Snows. It was fun to find which ones came up first! Recyle, restore, reuse, and repurpose was also engendered here. We never wasted a Thing!

[@oneofakind5668]

No one taught me but i to found an interest in saving seeds as a child along with rocks. Where ever i go i am always looking out for seeds and rocks.

[@offgridrooster]

That's awesome! Self sufficient at it's best ☮️🙏☯️

[@auntiepam5649]

I get such peace in my heart when I listen to you talk about the Father and His plans for us. A very good video.

[@juliecarter8098]

Amen

[@Off-Grid]

Instead of pulling the tomatoe plants in fall, let them continue to fruit and just let the tomatoes fall and leave them. Next spring you'll have tomatoes plants popping right back up again.

[@sometimessnarky1642]

You won't be able to rotate crops that way however so you have to be very vigilant against soil borne issues and tomato loving larvae in the ground.

[@kellyfanello6716]

Thankyou I didn't know that

[@zinnia3684]

Not where I live. You are blessed my friend. 🙏

[@catey62]

Thats what I did with a couple of tomatoes that fell from my bushes last season. now, I have plants coming up from them that I didnt have to put any effort into growing, they did it all by themselves...God is good!

[@rsrcreation9087]

Oh geeze, I’ve been doing it all wrong for years! 😅 I’m doing this in the fall (2023) instead of buying packages of seeds from the store every year. Thanks for sharing 🙏♥️

[@jonathanellis8921]

I definitely agree with you on your local heirloom seeds. I have the honor to grow tomatoes that were grown by my friends grandparents for 50 years and saved every year. They have passed on, but I continue to grow and share their amazing tomatoes. This year they were my first tomatoes to ripen and are still going strong. I first learned this method from a mushroom farmer

[@jerryhatrick5860]

Environment triggers genetics and genetic change it's a good thing. It's ow we get things to grow withing the climate we live the most efficiently.

[@gracielaconejero848]

How do you keep bugs or pest from eating them without toxic chemicals?

[@kellyfanello6716]

Do tomatoes come back the next year??

[@sevenn7pure]

Please keep this going. So many seeds today have been modified genetically 😢.

[@Buddha_Approved]

Can i buy some? 💚🙌

[@The-Vintage-Needlecrafter]

Hi guys, I had an awesome day yesterday. Father Yah blessed us so wonderful. We got 14 bags of peaches 🍑 from one tree. All tucked in the freezer now.😊🍑🌻🌼🐑

[@forrestgump9576]

What a blessing!

[@DeniseHuman]

I was gifted a bushel of pears...I've canned 42 pints so far! Not done yet.

[@minnamae25]

We have moved from town to the country. Lots of land and the Most High YAHUAH has definitely blessed us. We discovered there once was a blueberry orchard here. My husband cleaned it out, next, we're fencing it in. We do have apple tree's, and next we are hoping to plant a lot of peach and pear trees.

[@SisterShirley]

@@minnamae25 That's so wonderful. You are setting your family up for success.

[@RaphaYada]

@@minnamae25HallaluYah

[@jesseglessner3628]

I extract the tomato seeds from those tomatoes that I want to grow again and place them in a Jelly Jar or Pint Jar and add about 2/3 jar of water. I shake the jar that day and each day for 3-4 days. By the the gelatinous coating is mostly gone. I filter out the seeds and lay them out on a paper plate and let them dry. It is easy then to put them into something like a small Coin Envelope, Label them, seal the envelope and store for the next years crops. Works very well for me!

[@pamelawilkins]

Remember seeds need to breath when you store them or they won’t produce the next year.

[@Itsamantha111]

Do they go into a freezer or just keep??

[@myprtrump2207]

2) To my surprize after transplanting them, I have over 300 cherokee plants! I hope it's not too late to grow them (I've a huge raised bed I'm putting them in today. TY so much for sharing your knowledge, I hope to have a bounty of sauces, canned tomatoes, ferments, ketchup, etc...

[@blazrbabe]

I pulled the guts from the tomato and put them in the freezer. After Christmas I put them in potting soil in either a milk jug or a wicking barrel and covered with a milk jug. They all came up in abundance! The winter milk jug sowing is the bomb.

[@azsweetpea2010]

Yes! Winter sowing is awesome . I had a bazillion tomato’s plants from that method first time trying this sprint though the seeds came from a package.

[@aphillips5376]

Can you do this technique with other types of veggies and fruits?

[@kellyrichards1354]

Saving seeds from org vegs and fruit, had stored high on a shelf, now moved to cooler floor area. Hope are ok.

[@ElinWinblad]

I just left a lot of tomatoes drop every year and after negative 25 degree winters the seeds pop up when it’s warm enough do the same with pumpkin seeds etc

[@lennymalley745]

Amen God gave us all seed bearing plants all seed bearing plants

[@lennymalley745]

@Nancy Drew hope you are well and safe my friend

[@jsvbud]

I pick the tomato seeds from the gel and place them on a paper towel to dry spaced a inch apart, when ready to plant cut a strip of paper with seeds plant it and water and then you have new tomato. Hope this helps someone else as well!

[@Lisalynne-ck9gf]

That's what I did last fall. I hope it works!

[@sailor-rick]

Just another tip: Don't take them all out of the dark at the same time. Space out the germination a few weeks for easier succession planting. Don't wait too long, though.

[@anneiconex1473]

@rickritchie4119 How do l keep the bugs and mice from eating the tomatoes while they’re stored?

[@sailor-rick]

@@anneiconex1473 Q: How do l keep the bugs and mice from eating the tomatoes while they’re stored? A: First, you have to rinse and dry them all to make sure you aren't locking the bugs in the box with the veg. Then cover plastic or metal boxes with mosquito netting and then cover with 1/4" mesh metal rabbit-cage fencing (aka hardware cloth). I like to sprinkle red pepper powder on the mosquito cloth, as well. All that I mentioned, above, are very inexpensive and useful for other gardening tasks, too. You can buy mosquito netting, but I just cut the screens out of an old decaying tent that I was throwing away. I bought a roll of 1/4" x 3' x 10' hardware cloth for $20 and use it for many gardening tasks, including sifting my homemade potting mix, temporary fencing around new small plants, and to keep varmints out of my metal boxes, which used to be filing cabinets.

[@vsop9090]

Doug and Stacy, may our father bless you abundantly and cover you in grace. Truly, thank you both for all of your life saving information that I personally will pass down unto my children. ❤️

[@libertarianlife3651]

The, though, though, sounds like the LGBTXYZABC pronoun NONSENSE.

[@lauraseiden5006]

So I have a suggestion for the folks without water, I've tried it, so I know it to be true.i keep a big dehumidifier in my basement . I decided to plug it In and put it outside and walk I got 3 gallons of water from thin air in one days time. ( when there's a will there's a way )

[@susanmaziarz8936]

THAT IS GENIOUS!! You should sell this "Technology" to the Govt for the Draughts all over the world! 😉

[@janfelshaw8217]

Fantastic! What a great idea.

[@StoneKathryn]

It costs you a lot to run a dehumidifier but at least you get some water.

[@555Revelation]

As long as you have electricity that ‘s great. Can’t do it if the grid goes down.

[@toniafolven]

Thank God for the Amish and their wisdom. Thank God for Doug and Stacy.

[@toddcofer6491]

Thank yall for being the wonderful people that you are. I DO NOT WANT TO BE A SLAVE!

[@GreenfieldsHomeplace]

The first seeds I ever saved were Marigolds and I was hooked. I’ve been saving flower and vegetable seeds ever since and I learned much of what I know from you guys and other homesteaders that have been doing these things for years. I’m so thankful for all that God gave us. Bill Gates and his friends can eat all the bugs they want, my family won’t. 😂 God bless!

[@StoneKathryn]

You know that Bill Gates and his friends will be eating chickens, beef, and pigs most likely but he wants us to eat bugs.

[@tinaknutsen]

Same here…my first seeds were marigolds & echinacea. I was cleaning out clay pots on my parents porch that had marigolds that looked like they were ready to be tossed and I started examining the flower heads and noticed all the seeds, so I grabbed an envelope and collected them, then when I got home I started looking at my echinacea…. I was so thrilled and now I’m searching YT to learn more.

[@theonewhomjesusloves7360]

Stacey is so knowledgeable, love to hear what she has to teach

[@kadiechristiansen2369]

Divine Mercy image ❤️ Jesus, I trust in you!

[@robinsilvers362]

I scrape my seeds all into a little container add a little dollop of water, let it sit for a few days till a little mold grow on top. Scrape te mold off. Rinse te seeds and wash in a little screen. Spread on one of the wire screen to dry. That way you have seeds to trade .

[@Irene88766]

Great idea D&S! How can we save seeds of broccoli and cauliflower? I’d love to see more veggies seeds saving ideas. ❤

[@vickiwizykoski8638]

i've done this for years - grown my own tomatoes that i originally purchased at the store, but they taste so much better when they are picked from your own garden

[@mchrysogelos7623]

👍👍

[@lindaseel8633]

You got that rt! Same with anything you grow yourself.

[@tammywhitten6248]

Just saw my post here, from 10 months ago, it does seem like forever since I started dreaming of the day I would be on our property, starting the homesteading business myself, I will be heading up right after the first of August, so it will give me time to make the raised beds before I have to plant the seeds I have been collecting. I truly enjoyed you both so much, and feel that one day soon, I will get to meet you in person, I will make it to one of the homesteading events that you tell us of, and what a happy day that will be for me. Love you both, prayers 🙏 for Many bountiful harvests from your gardens, for the livestock to all remain healthy and for the safety of everyone 🙏 God Bless you all 🙏

[@7watertiger]

Did this last year and had an abundant supply of tomatoes this spring. And yes; the Pink Brandywine tomatoes are my faves as well. 🙂👍🏼

[@jameswilson3947]

This channel is an absolute gem; I appreciate everything you produce on this site. This is an awesome service to humanity and is appreciated deeply.

[@edagish1051]

I've been doing this for a couple of years. I start them real early spring, cover with a little dirt and pick the good plants out to put in the garden. Tomatoes every time. Thank you guys

[@LTNavyVet]

Does the tomatoes smell?

[@edagish1051]

@@LTNavyVet no they grow to be little seedlings

[@LTNavyVet]

@@edagish1051 Thanks

[@TracyKonoske]

@eda gish...so we dont cover w dirt before we put them away, and we also dont cover w dirt/soil when we bring them out for water + sunshine? TY!

[@qualityassurance9523]

I saw this when you first posted and tried it Worked so great I now have them planted in the garden thank you for the tips it really works. My one thing is I did 4 pots and forgot to label them so this year all will be surprise! lol

[@7eyesopenwide168]

“We poop in buckets and we are ungovernable” ❤

[@s.s.9149]

I live in Zone 5B and just placed my second order for rare heirloom seeds from Baker Creek Seeds out in Mansfield. We're in the process of getting rabbit ready and keeping an eye out for supplies to build a coop w/ run by spring. It has taken me 5 years to convince my husband to budge and do these things but he's finally on board! Some people need to be closer to the struggle before they understand how important it is to prepare for it; some people were raised to know nothing but that struggle, and instinctively prepare.

[@jacksonakson8224]

Great info as usual. The method I use for all 'wet' seeds (tomato, melon, cukes, squash, etc) is to take the seeds and inner meat from a ripe fruit and put them in a bowl. Add about 1 inch of water and place the bowl out of direct sunlight for about 3 days. Mold will form and break down the gelatinous seed coating. Rinse the seeds with cold water and harvest only those that sink. Spread the seeds on paper to dry for a week or two and they are good to go.

[@sashacohen883]

Sooo.. I am a first time gardener. This year has been super challenging with LOTS of trial and errors. Beneath some weeds I was clearing, I found a huge pickling Cucumber that was clearlypassedits prime. I opened and scraped the seeds on top of some composting soil and then covered them with more of the same soil. 😖If your method is sho nuff ironclad, I'm to pretty much expect my experiment to be a bust😓...right?.. like...ain't nothing coming?🤦‍♀️

[@jacksonakson8224]

@@sashacohen883 Could work out perfectly for you but it will probably take time. The coating on some seeds is there to keep them from germinating inside the fruit and delay that until the next season.

[@jodypratt2365]

@@sashacohen883 your compost pile if done right will kill all seeds in it.. Don't put seeds in the compost pile

[@missmollygoodgolly6088]

@@jacksonakson8224 Thank you, I'm going to try your method. After you do this, what do you keep the seeds in until you're ready to plant them?

[@jacksonakson8224]

@@missmollygoodgolly6088 Once they have dried for a couple weeks I use basic paper envelopes to store them.

[@kyodante]

Godbless these people and the Amish.

[@gardenernotdecoder8001]

Thoughtfulness is a virtue. Your information sharing shows how much time and effort you put into choosing something just right for your subscribers.

[@45Colleen1]

I love that scripture!! Thank you Doug! ❤️

[@antheablackmore5838]

What an amazing tip! I’ll definitely try this ….and on the subject of tomatoes I popped a whole uncooked, unbroken egg under all my tomatoes in pots and in soil this year and I’m stunned at my crop, it’s been a bumper year like never before ! 🍅

[@violethomesteadgeorgia7278]

Thanks. I'll have to give this a try.

[@patriotgirlprepper8883]

Interesting. I’ll give this a try

[@retntxstrong27]

I just learned that little trick a couple of years ago from another site, Roots and Refuge Farm. She wasn't sure why it was done either. Just a "trick" from a senior farmer. Recently while reading more about tomato plants another thing they are in need of besides nitrogen in the soil is calcium. "Old dog learns new tricks just about everyday!" I'm 80 and have been small gardening at least half of my life. Oh, the shot of calcium does work!

[@ThePinkBinks]

@@retntxstrong27 Eggs contain all the building blocks for life. Anything can eat them and thrive.

[@arkansasrocktophomestead891]

We are gathering our water from a natural spring! I struggle getting my garden to grow right now but we are getting there. We use a lot of your videos to grow our homestead! Thanks y’all for the great ideas!

[@shaylasmith3935]

Thanks for passing on your wisdom! It is truly appreciated!

[@debracook1688]

We’ve been having voluntary tomatoes come back for years. We had about 30 this last season, and didn’t have to start anymore from seed. Plenty of zinnias and marigolds, and peppers. I just move everything where I want it. I just squeeze a cherry tomato in the ground after it goes bad. A lot goes in the compost pile and comes back too. You can save your other seeds for other things.

[@sheliaheverin8822]

I find the volunteers do as good, if not better, than the ones I plant that year.

[@thespiritualgardenhomestea8329]

Florida also. Hardly any tomatoes 🍅 at the U-Pick farms this year. Heard it from the horses mouth. Mine also did not produce much. Just be ready for anything guys! love to all!

[@suzannacantley5227]

Had not good production in containers so dependent on local farm markets and orchards.

[@chuckruffingchuckr7263]

I'm in Ohio and have grown over 1000 tomatoes so far and plants are going strong. Even had some volunteers from last year. I live in city limits with a small backyard garden but I grow vertical as much as possible.

[@thespiritualgardenhomestea8329]

@@chuckruffingchuckr7263 we also had hundreds of volunteer plants, but they produced little to nothing for the bigger tomatoes. The cherries did amazing, but those bigger ones were little to nothing. The sun is so intense and some of the tomatoes split open. They rotted on the plant and once the plants yielded only one time..., they died. Watermelons are also being affected. It's really strange. There are more bees right now than when we planted for our spring summer harvest time. Butternut squash did well. Cucumbers okay. But...even our green zucchini plants which we had huge success with last year did nothing! We planted them again, and we will see if we have any success.

[@chuckruffingchuckr7263]

@@thespiritualgardenhomestea8329 Could the plants have been affected by diseases like blight? Or insects? I've been dealing with blight, just trying to keep ahead of it. If not taken care of can kill a plant quickly. Are the zucchini plants dying or just not producing? I had problems with mine this year due to squash bugs. I got some zucchini but not like last year due to them killing the plants.

[@chuckruffingchuckr7263]

@@thespiritualgardenhomestea8329 I've found cherry tomatoes to be more resilient and hard to kill.

[@tiggergirl36]

I'm learning seed harvesting and that some seeds take a few years to get depending on the plants. I enjoy it ❤

[@outbackeddie]

I live in a very cold climate are of the country and I have tried growing tomatoes for 5 consecutive years without success. I'm not giving up. This year I'm going to try growing them in a green house (which I still need to build). These stupid tomatoes are going to grow for me sooner or later even if it costs me $100 per tomato.

[@bangmo2860]

Try building a cattle panel greenhouse, plant the tomatoes in composted soil that has tons of chicken, horse, or cow manure to keep the roots of the plant nice and hot. You'll have tons of tomatoes in no time. God bless.

[@joshuaarnold8563]

Thanks Doug & Stacy for caring about people!!!

[@DTIKennels]

HalleluYah 🙌🏽 we are learning daily and growing.

[@ellehan3003]

I can honestly say i grew enormous stuff without fertiliser or even pest repellant (i might try to make a natural one though). And they were incredibly healthy and large. Made me wonder why i paid money buying things i grew effortlessly. Just a bit of water was all i ever needed. I do wonder how i would sustain myself through winter though. I have no cellar and only a smallish garden.

[@ellenorbjornsdottir1166]

if you compost, that can make a great fertilizer

[@dysay]

Food preservation techniques, for instance nixtamlized corn has an extremely long shelf life. Honey also has a great shelf life. Lacto fermented foods, canning, drying ,smoking

[@aliceeilar9837]

Thanks Cindy and Doug for all you're doing! What an easy way to continue food for next year.

[@momnboyz78]

Doug I was just curious what you do to purify your drinking water from the chemicals they pour onto us from the sky?? Thank you, I love your show, many blessings to you n Stacy.

[@minnamae25]

They use a Berkey water filter. It's amazing and so worth the money. We've had ours for 5 year's and it still filters pretty good. Occasionally we have to blow them out really good using a air compressor.

[@margiemurray2147]

You might want to watch some of his other videos they also have a triple filtration system before it goes into the house it's located in the crawl space by where Stacy put the tomatoes

[@debbiemusgrove676]

They have a filtration system, I think three filters, in their crawl space before it goes into their house.

[@GoodTimesHomestead]

No matter how many times you make a tomato seed saving/planting/growing video, I will watch it and love it and then I will live it. 🥰

[@RobertasArtisticAdventures]

Exactly! This is great information to make gardening easier and to keep seeds in the ground as God intended so that they sprout the following spring to provide us food.

[@tammym4280]

God is good!

[@scottgoldsberry2730]

Ol' Doug preaches common sense 😂👍

[@amyharris5894]

Love the two of you! Thank you for this invaluable nugget of knowledge!!

[@sparkysmalarkey]

After the pandemic started I turned an 4' x 40' section of our yard in to a large raised garden bed. Hugelkulture style out of necessity, we had a large amount of tree trimmings that I could not get hauled off the property. All of this was accidental if I am being honest with myself. My "brilliant" idea was to bury it all and let God sort it out. Then we started throwing all our organic waste "at" it instead of our trash because of the flies. Anyways, long story made short we now have all kinds of stable plants coming back randomly when the weather activates the particular seed. I figured out that plants are a lot like humans, they learn to adapt to their environment with each passing generation. They do not even look like market vegetables anymore, but they fill our bellies just the same. My whole point is, outside of accidentally building a "home" for plants and then throwing waste at it . . . the only effort I put in to that bed is picking what looks ripe. Something edible is always growing in that bed. Nature does not need our help as much as we think, just the basics really, keep things clean and let time and our fellow life do the work. Today I know a lot more about nature's processes because I wanted to know what happened in that bed. I read a lot but Jeff Lowenfell has three books that did the most work in aiding my understanding. Teaming with Microbes, Teaming with Fungi, and Teaming with Nutrients. Read them till you get it and you will never starve, as long as you have access to nature.

[@24TRUTH1]

I'm right now chopping up tomatoes for a big batch of vegetables beef soup while watching this and now I am totally going to do this as soon as my soup is on!! I've tried drying and separating my tomato seeds and ugh, its awful ..this is GENIUS!! Thanks for sharing!!!!

[@godismysaviour3949]

Love love love 💕 these tips. Thank you so much. I’m definitely going to try this when my tomatoes grow. Love what God had provided us.

[@joannaday7400]

Ty ! Doug and Stacy we appreciate all the truth and wisdom and honesty you share to help us .

[@arleneshearer6451]

This is so good! Old gardener here, learning new tricks. I love you guys!

[@CruzBay]

Doug, God bless you

[@GeorgiasGarden]

I wish there was a spring video on what they look like in spring.

[@NancyKarstetter]

That is the best way I have ever heard of starting your plants for the next year! Thank you for sharing and helping people like us!

[@ajpsawmill4314]

You can also freeze the tomatoes and come spring time ,thaw them slice them and plant them

[@guinea.hill.homestead]

I am passionate about saving heirloom seeds. It is a hobby that will likely turn into an etsy store soon. I'm so glad that you are making this valuable video. You are reaching many and it will make a difference in the days ahead. Can't wait to try this method. ❤- Stacy

[@sm-hi7jt]

how will peopl pay? n digital money here

[@pjwood220]

Keep us informed ok I will visit your shop!

[@guinea.hill.homestead]

@@sm-hi7jt I say "Etsy" shop but it will be a shop for local folks when things completely come apart.

[@joyfulfootprints1174]

Any tips for saving zucchini seeds? Mine don't seem to dry out enough and they rot eventually.

[@rendafranker7088]

@@sm-hi7jt Bartering

[@kerryh3918]

Wow I’m so grateful that I have found your amazing channel. Love the info & just the whole relaxed un rushed feel of your video. Sending love to you & your family from South Australia & I’m happy to be a new subscriber too.

[@sheilamalcom707]

Yes and Amen We appreciate you and Stacy for sharing this with us.

[@dawnburton5961]

Very cool guys! I've always just thrown some seeds on a paper towels until they were dry and planted in spring. This is a neat new way for me to try!

[@margiemurray2147]

Using paper towel free of bleach or ultra thin toilet paper works best in my experience

[@maryelizabethcalais9180]

I've done the same Dawn, and with good results. However, Stacey's way gets it done quickly, out of the way from my small kitchen, and all ready to get those seedlings going into the garden in the spring. What a clever idea to place the seeds into dirt! This will be my new way of saving seeds :):):) Thanks Stacey, I've visited the Amish and they know what they're doing with their tradition of living off the land.

[@The411]

This is what I do. They stick to the tissue, when ready to plant I just cut around them and plant tissue and all. They take a bit longer to germinate as the jelly stuff is still there, but they work well. This Amish way does away with all the modern things like tissue, Very interesting.

[@gregkretschmar8051]

You guy's are down to earth, awesome, and a great blessing to soo many people.

[@sherigarrigus6488]

Thank you for all the information and letting us know what's going on. You’re a real blessing. 🙏🏻

[@juliusq75]

Evolution and natural selection are awesome giving the earth so much variety. Thank you bees for keeping things going also!

[@patty68]

This is soooo AWESOME!! THANK YOU Doug and Stacy! Can I do this with other veggies

[@francineperreault9373]

I was literally going to ask this same question. I was wondering if peppers would work the same way? Or even seeded fruit?

[@westapril9650]

Yes, I'm wondering the same thing. What other veggies can I do this with??? You guys are great. Thanks for all the wonderful ideas!!!

[@busygirl2681]

I have found cucumbe, zucchini and other squash plants growing in my little homemade compost bin and planted them. They grew just fine. Didn't know what they were until I saw the flowers or fruit. This year I'm giving them their own container with the name. Going to try this with other vegetables also.

[@disneygirl9755]

I take the seeds from peppers, dry them on a towel and grow them again the next year. I am in cold Canada, and it works. I am going to give this tomato planting a try now !!! I also save the Jalapeno and Zucchini seeds and so far I have grown veggies from them. Our growing season is only a few months.

[@francineperreault9373]

@@disneygirl9755 thank you fellow Canadian 🙏🏻💕🇨🇦

[@bernadettebrown1852]

I love learning from you, im Cristian and you have so much wisdom

[@galespressos]

Thank you for explaining so well.❤

[@vttsantana]

Thank you for passing on all this information with the tomatoes you guys are awesome I'll keep praying for you both

[@ricklu888]

Stacy, great information. I never heard of this before. Thanks.

[@familymurrell4481]

Thank you Stacy for being positive and encouraging!!

[@jacobwolf1670]

I love the art of seed saving and preservation. Thanks so much for this wonderful tip.

[@sonyakc8637]

That's great teachings, who wouldn't want to learn this. I've never seen it before, but, I will be doing it. Thanks Stacy. 👍🥰👍

[@tammy_lynn1628]

I was given 4 full shopping bags of cherry tomatoes. I dehydrated some in the sun and some in the dehydrator. Both did good (make sure you cut them open and salt them-helps draw out the moisture) The dehydrator took half the time (2 days) vs 4 days in the sun. You can leave them “as is” to rehydrate for later, or you can grind them into a powder to use as tomato paste or in soups/stews.

[@mchrysogelos7623]

I had to do that with my crop too - there were too many to eat before they spoiled, so I dehydrated them and did like you did - part powder, part slices.

[@andreawimer4334]

How do you keep flies off of them in the sun? My dehydrator takes about 10-12 hours not 2 days.

[@kathylittle3900]

@@andreawimer4334 my mother would dehydrate food on big backing pans that she put inside my dad's old broken down car. The heat inside that car was like an oven. She would cover the food with a new cloth baby diaper or cheese cloth. It worked great for drying apples especially. I recently dryed some tomatoes in my oven on like 200 and it only took about 3 hours. I made sun dried tomatoes in olive oil and garlic with them and they turned out great

[@carolpenn8455]

Wow!

[@tammy_lynn1628]

@@andreawimer4334 surpringly I didn’t have an issue at all with the flies. I put them on the opposite side of the house as the compost.

[@debbiehutchison5644]

I will never forget an encounter I had with a young man at a campground that had found an egg shell someone had tossed out after cooking breakfast. He came running to me in amazement of what he had found. I asked him what he thought it was and he had no idea. I told him it was a chicken egg from someone's breakfast. He looked at me like I was crazy. He thought eggs came from a square carton at the store! I have to tell you I was taken back at this and wonder just how many kids have no idea where food comes from....😧🤦‍♀

[@elisaseverns2543]

When I was little, we had a milk cow. My friend didn’t like cow milk, she preferred Store Milk. 😏

[@SATWtarot]

I love this so much! Thanks for sharing your knowledge, and even more importantly, your empowering words! 💗

[@teresacatherine3811]

Thanks Doug and Stacy! I will have to try this tomato seedling method after this summer as it is already February. Can't wait to try it!

[@45Colleen1]

That is wonderful. Thank you so much Stacy for sharing this from your Amish friend. Good information to pass along to all of us. God bless you, Doug and your family. 💜

[@9dudley]

You know what else works? Putting those seeds directly on paper. Label the paper, leave it out til dry, then file it until February. Scratch them off as needed and they germinate just fine. Bonus: you don’t have to smell the ferment, feed bugs and vermin, or waste a single slice of tomato. Been doing this for years. Am I missing something?

[@TriumphantInChrist1]

Thank you for your information, I was concerned about the things you mentioned. Also concerning was bringing them into my home in the Spring with any pests. I don't need that situation.

[@crystalweeks7816]

I do the same thing.

[@ChocolateBoxCottage]

Fermentation kills many seedborne tomato diseases.

[@destinycoach5]

I do similar. But I put seeds in water till ferment... then rinse dry and store in pill bottles. I really don't get wasting the whole tomato when it's so easy to scrape out the seeds. I also don't get keeping them in dirt now when you can drop seeds in dirt 5 months from now just as easily.

[@loucilehall9281]

That’s the way I’ve done mine for years

[@heidimitchell5269]

Times are scary! Thanks for being here and showing us how to make things not so scary.

[@ts4918]

Y’all never fail to educate and amaze me 🤯👍👍

[@ronnie7701]

Love this stuff!!! ❤️🇺🇸❤️

[@BobbyJamesCote333]

That Jug could pass as the ol' Shiner's Jug. Although; I'm Quite Sure Much Less would get done if that were the case.... 🙄😅 Couldn't help that.. Anyhow, I've been saving seeds for many years now, and I agree wholeheartedly that this very task could be a necessity 💯 Thanks Again and I hope all is well.. God Bless You Guys 💯❤️

[@myaccount2825]

Amen! We love this!

[@mimiberghahn5527]

I thank you for all you do! I learn so much from you.

[@lindaemerson3634]

So, so, so good Doug and Stacy!!! I would love to learn more about seed saving from you guys.