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

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! 👍😀💥

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

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.

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

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.

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!

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 am delighted to have stumbled on your KZfaq 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 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)

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!!👩‍🌾🍅🥒🫑

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

Awesome video, Luke! TY!

Thanks so much Luke!

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.

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

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

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

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

I was just doing this tonight! Good timing ☺️

Thanks Luke great advice

Thank you!!

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.

Great video!

I'm definitely going to start seed saving.

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

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

Love it ❤️

You're amazing!

Great video!..thanks!

Thanks Luke. I started this tonight.

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

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!

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

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

Perfect time for this how to!

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

Thank you.

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

Thank you Luke. This is very informative

Really cool, thank you :-)

I root my little cuttings I take from my garden toms in water, plant them in a pot indoors for the winter... that way, I have momma plants to take cuttings from to plant for next season. No seeds necessary and babies r true to the parent plant. 👍 🍅 🍅

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.

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

Excellent video! Thanks for the great advice

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. 💚🌞

So cool. Thank you

Thank you!

Thanks so much 👍👍

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

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!

Great video as usual

Saving Seeds is Awesome 🤩 Thanks for sharing your experiences!

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

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

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..

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

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☺️

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.

Perfect!

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.

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

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.

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

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

excellent!

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.

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

Hello from New Orleans

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

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

Thank you so much

Cool!

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

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

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!

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.

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 !!!

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

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

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!!

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

Amazing lesson to save any seeds! Thank you

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

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.

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

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

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!!

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

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.

Love the video Luke😃 quick question. can you use the pulp and the mold from the top of the buckets straight into the garden Or is it better to compost?

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

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.

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