Love that Luke as a seed seller makes a how to never buy seeds video, that sir is why I come back to every upload you make

@MIgardener

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Awe thank you!

@katherinebrakeman3685

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Exactly! It’s like a fisherman teaching people to fish. It doesn’t exactly make sense but when you can continue to purchase different seeds instead of the same varieties every year it’s better for EVERYONE! It’s better for your individual health to have a larger variety & it also increases food diversity to minimize overall crop loss due to unforeseen circumstances. I believe there are big picture reasons for Luke’s methods. 👍

@karinmatters6418

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When I buy tomatoes for a meal, I would get an extra one if they are a good looking/tasting variey

@batzzz2044

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His seeds are great too! Eating white icicle and black spanish radishes from him as we speak.

@daviedodds3050

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Yeah, well done son! You have a genuine heart. Have some love back. ♥️

The story of our kitchen scrap garden---- Our back yard slopes down to a forest. For years, we considered this to be an unusable transition area. We have been putting out kitchen scraps and passed-their-prime veggies back there for years for the forest critters. This past spring a storm brought down a tree in the forest and it landed on a tree in this transition area. I cleaned it and continued the once a month habit of running over the area with a weedeater. Well... in July I went back there and started recognizing "things" growing. We now have 7 massive tomato plants loaded down with beautiful fruit, a huge squash garden that I will start harvesting from today, and 4 muscadine vines. The sun gets to the area now so random things deposited in the area are growing. We have now turned the whole area into our garden.

This is why I like to Buy seeds from him. I love to support his channel and his business. It’s good to pay back some of his generosity and kindness that he shares with his viewers. Luke is the best!

I get tons of tomato volunteers. This fall I am going to try to bury some parts of tomatoes with seeds just to see what will happen. I will mark them of course and put them where they will not interfere with my other gardening. To me it is All a learning experience. 3rd year gardener NE Ohio. And my regular tomatoes are done but my volunteers are just starting! 👍😀💥

@ridethetrain9326

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Once I planted slices of tomatoes. Each seed grew, it was quite fascinating

@amarketing8749

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Especially with cherry and grape tomatoes I just squeeze out the seeds on the ground when there is too much to harvest. But these volunteers come up much later.

I have been wanting to learn exactly how to best save seeds for next year. Thank you MI Gardener!

Do you ever get any volunteer tomato plants popping up where you dump the fermented gunk from the odd viable seed that sneaks out?

Great video! I got a message today from you guys that my order has shipped. So excited! I’ve never been disappointed with any order from the past. These how-to videos could t come at a better time with all the “insanity” in the world. Seeds could be like gold.

Thank you for sharing the process. While watching I kept thinking about how great it would be to pour all that tomato water in my compost bins!

The seed jell makes it so tomatoe volunteers are a weed lol in my garden! 🍅✌🏻🙏🏼❤️

love saving seeds I get excited about having my own heirloom, passing it on to my daughter

I hope to watch more types of vegetables for seed saving .

Great update to old video Luke! I am saving all I can but yes guilty of buying more each season

I am delighted to have stumbled on your KZread videos. It is particularly important to me because you and I are in the same grow zone (Zone 5). I will tell you that my tomatoes haven't looked this good in years. Thank you.

I had no idea! I was simply setting aside a small number of seeds on a paper towel and drying it. ..then trying to grow the following season.

@catherinefaux6860

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I did the paper towel method last year with the seed gel from a Wapsipinicon Peach tomato and they sprouted just fine. It was a very overripe tomato. Maybe it fermented on the vine for me.

Just ordered a ton of seeds from your website. So happy to have them to plant for next year! Thanks for sharing your knowledge with us all. We are grateful! ❤️

I have applied this technique a many times in the past. These days for my small yard, I just squeeze some seeds, rub them with paper towel to remove outer coating and dry on same sheet. Note: fungus prevents potential deceaseds and strengthen the seeds.

@organicinohio5398

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This is how I save my seeds as well. I label the paper towels with the name of the tomato.I let them dry for a few days on the towel then store in zip lock baggies, paper towel and all. Works well for me.

Thank you, Every time I watch you I learn something cool.

For the last 5 days I have harvested seeds from various crops and my kitchen counter currently has 6 jars and 4 plates of seeds fermenting and drying. These are all YOUR seeds!! Heirlooms of course. I have various tomato, cucumber and squash. I appreciate all that you do!!👩‍🌾🍅🥒🫑

Very cool video good information can't wait to save my Crimson tomato seeds from my garden.

Wow! This is awesome. Trying to save as many as we can here in Texas. The heat made it very difficult this season. Thank you Luke.

I can't but think how happy the microbes must have been with all that fermented, moldy tomato slurry! As a microbe farmer, I appreciate such things. I plant seeds; microbes grow plants. That's how we roll here in the desert! (Tucson, AZ)

Saving Seeds is Awesome 🤩 Thanks for sharing your experiences!

A friend gave me a Lucca tomato plant a few years ago. His mom brought seeds back from Italy. I’ve been saving the seeds every year since because you can’t find the seeds anywhere. I haven’t fermented them at the point of getting mold but have had good luck so far soaking them for a day & rinsing the gel off.

Your videos are always such an informative pleasure. It's been a pleasure to watch this channel grow into the humble franchise you've become. Thank you for all that you and your amazing team do for this community.

I never knew about this technique so a big thank you. My ducks 🦆have always provided me with my tomato seedlings. They eat the tomatoes, then out come the seedlings 😮😅😂NO sorry, I mean the seeds! The seedlings come up all over the yard after being processed, I believe, in the 🦆 duck’s tummies! 😄😄 This year I bought some new varieties of tomato 🍅 seeds, as there are so many varieties of tomatoes that we have all never tried.

Thanks so much Luke!

Awesome video, Luke! TY!

I was just trying to save tomato seeds today without having gone through this process to get the gel off my seeds. Luckily I have more Green Zebra tomatoes so I can do it the right way!! Thanks so much!!

Your videos are always so helpful, and it's awesome to see how excited you are by what you do! I have my very first MIGardener seeds sprouting now (Orange Roussolini tomatoes) and I can't wait to get more. Your passion - not only for what you do, but for helping others love it as well - makes it easy to support your business.

Love all your videos! But all I have to do is leave the tomatoes on the counter till they get a lil mushy and when I open them they are already starting to grow inside the fruit.. I've grown them perfectly fine..

So good -- thank you, Luke, for all the education!

I was just doing this tonight! Good timing ☺️

My favorite gardening center is closing this year and I’m wondering where I’m going to buy my heirloom tomato plants. I’ve had frustrating experiences trying to go starter veggies at home, but I’m going to give it a go. Thanks for the resources, Luke.

Thank you! I never fermented mine and that's why they didn't grow well. lol. I'm trying this way today.

Thank you!!

Thanks Luke great advice

Perfect time for this how to!

I'm definitely going to start seed saving.

So cool. Thank you

Plant life cycle is amazing and you make it exciting. You have taught this suthun boy so much. Thanks!

Thank you!

Thanks Luke. I started this tonight.

I'm going to try this with🍅 from a friend's garden.

This is one of those videos that makes you feel satisfied, after watching. Thanks Luke!

Thanks so much for such helpful videos. So thankful to learn all this!

Thank you Luke. This is very informative

Excellent video! Thanks for the great advice

You are so generous making a video on saving seeds. I will try and do this next year, but I know Ill also be ordering seeds from you. I cant resist!

Thanks so much 👍👍

Fabulous!! I’m going to save! Save! Save! Thanks.

Great video!..thanks!

Thank you so much for making this video. Can’t wait to try this.

Thanks!! I totally could do this. I watched a video one day and thought it would be too hard. You made it simple!

Great video!

Thank you.

You always put out a great video! Thanks again!!

Thank you so much

excellent!

Thank you

I asked...and received! 😄 Thanks, Luke!

Thank you for this video. I learned a great deal. God bless!

Thank you. I really learned so much. Thanks again!

Backwards hat 😍!!! Amazing and simple seed saving process.

Thanks Luke so going to try both Methods saving my Heirloom seeds 🍅 😊 👍

Gotta put in an order for a lot of seeds in the next couple months. Great video as usual.

Perfect!

Once I planted slices of tomatoes. All the seeds grew which was quite fascinating.

Love your channel btw, it's my favorite and most trusted channel.

my roma's and san marzanos' were small this year but there is one or two marzanos that I'm going to try to save the seeds.....learning, learning, learning....thx Mike.

I just cut slices & let them dry. I can break off a piece and plant it. There's always too many starts for me to plant out. 💚🌞

Thanks for this video! I am in Michigan as well and we are 6months into our Market Garden adventure. I was literally sitting here saving seeds of our "not so good" tomatoes, when I saw this video. Needless to say I just dumped my Mason jars and now I'm filling up pickle buckets that we get from a local restaurant. Again, awesome timing! Best Jay

Your so cute with your hat turned backwards. Seriously. Love that look on my hubby too.

Thank you Luke! I did it last year and it was a success. They sprouted nicely this spring. We've been enjoying them this season. I just watched it again as I'll be saving tomato seeds soon.

Thanks for your videos. I'm always learning and getting new ideas. I've been growing my garden, saving more seeds, been able to grow more of our own food, as well as storing that good food over winter. It's the most satisfying feeling!

Thank you for this helpful information! The New Sages have been growing heirloom tomatoes in our garden, but tomato seed harvest has been a challenge for us. I am excited to try this method! It's so important to harvest seeds from plants that do well in your growing area!

Can’t wait to save my giant crimson seeds using this method, it’s my favourite way to do it. Please go back to that spot next spring to look for volunteers 😉

I think you need a bigger sieve, friend. :) Thanks for the seed saving demo at your new shop it was really fun. Also wanted to say I really enjoyed the recent MIgardener newsletter about the farm that is helping you guys bring the Giant Crimson tomatoes to production. I subscribed to their newsletter as well.

Fantastic. First time I see somebody explaining how to get seeds from your own tomatoes. Thank you very much, it has been an eye opener. Good luck in your future.

Having a coating that prevents germination makes total sense to me. When the fruit falls you don't want it to germinate right away because the growing season is almost over and the new plant would die before fruiting and passing on it's genes. So this genius time delay ensures they come up at the right time.

@montanahomestead2431

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Almost like someone designed it that way 😄

@coleen2213

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@@montanahomestead2431 Just what I was thinking:) & there’s so many examples in nature-like DNA is an intricate code/language, that must have been created by the Creator/God. Because the odds that Chance& time made it, are in the impossible range.

@montanahomestead2431

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@@coleen2213 amen!

@alkhazarmegie2270

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@@coleen2213 I think it's the fact that all of this can happen from a primaeval block of acids that is the most fascinating.

This wad so helpful! Others have said use paper plate and I have been so disappointed with that method

This dude is straight golden. Yah Bless you and your family in all you put your hands to do.

Thank you so much! Thanks to earlier videos of your encouragement I can proudly report that I have now saved some watermelon seeds from my first watermelon ever grown! As well as some pepper and a Red Sails lettuce variety that I only got as seedlings and wanted to save the seeds for the next season. I was wanting to save tomato seeds too and this video is perfectly timed☺️

Great video as usual

Thank you so much for that information. That was very interesting. I always enjoy watching your videos👍

An excellent video - like all of your videos that I have watched - thank you!' i just discovered your channel about two weeks ago searching for a video to show my sister how to grow tomatoes correctly (as we do at our home in Germany). Your channel is one of the many highlights during our vacation here, and I will recommend you to other gardeners and garden channels in Germany, when I return home. Continue to do your exceptionally good work! Thank you!

I tried once and when my seeds moulded, I thought I had failed. Thanks, Luke! I will try again!

Amazing lesson to save any seeds! Thank you

@MIgardener

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Glad you enjoyed it!

How do you know this stuff?! Mind bending! Thank you so much for sharing! Looking forward to saving our seeds which originally came from you!!

Great, timely video, Luke! Thank you for sharing this. Are there other seeds that use the wet winnowing method?

Just watched your video on how to save tomato seed from 10 years ago. Equally helpful, equally informative. Love your channel, love your passion, love your knowledge. Thanks for caring, thanks for sharing.

Luke I like this better than what I have been doing !!! Last 30 yrs been doing beans and tomatoe seeds and cucumber seeds with left over screens from old windows !!!

Hello from New Orleans

I choose my best early season tomatoes and do this in a glass bowl, then I strain it through a kitchen strainer. Small scale alternative 😊

Thanks for the video luke but i was just wondering about cross pollination do you bag the flowers for pure seed?

You're amazing!

🤠Howdy from the Texas Hill Country! LIONHEART RANCH 🦁❤

Love it ❤️

Really cool, thank you :-)

Haha love the smell sometimes too I've got 7 or 8 cups on the go right now! Always buy my heirlooms so I can save them just like this ❤️ Inciardi Paste, Amish Paste, Amana , Great White all on the go right now

Cool!