For a gardener, the independent collection of seeds for vegetables is the key to confidence in a good harvest. A familiar variety will facilitate the season due to the well-developed sequence of care. But for everything to be successful, you need to know how to properly collect the seeds.

Pick time

Before collecting, you need to subtract well when to properly conduct it. If the procedure is done earlier, the shoots will be weak and the yield may be small. And if you collect the seeds later, they will be infected, and they will not be able to bring a normal crop at all. Seed collection can be determined by the ripening time. Neither at the beginning nor at the end to carry out the procedure is not profitable. You need to follow closely to find the middle. Do not put off the collection option by grade.

Classification of tomatoes by ripening

1. Early ripe. It begins to bear fruit in the 15th of July, and ends in the 15th of August. Start collecting optimally on the 30th of July or the 1st of August.
2. Mid-season. In the 15th of August, the beginning and in the 8th of September ends. The collection takes place at the end of the third month of summer.
3. Late ripening.September 3 start and September 30 end. The procedure is best done on September 15th.

How to choose the fruits

For harvest, select only ripened fruits. In the case of nearby frosts, you can collect those that have just begun to drill. Types of tomato have little effect on the seedling fortress, but selectivity will help from further infection with fungi. At the beginning of the harvest, it is recommended to note the strongest and most fruitful bushes. After the ripening period, you need to examine how the crop looks. Best seeds on the second or third stem, or on the main. They will be resistant to disease. For harvesting, large fruits are suitable without damage.

You can not collect seeds from fruits that are mixed. On such bushes, the crop will either not survive, or it will turn out to be of unknown origin.

Collection process

In order for everything to turn out successfully, and there was an exhaust from the seeds, you must follow these recommendations:

1. Cut across tomato. This method allows you to get to the seeds without barriers. Select all the insides.
2. Fold collected in a glass jar and put in a room for three days. During this time, the placenta is destroyed and microbes die. If the placenta does not collapse, the stems will be curved and not beautiful.
3. Mold may appear on the surface and must be collected..
4. Stir the contents in the jar and pop up seeds immediately. They are empty. And do it until the seeds stop popping up.
5. Rinse the seeds under running or salt water.
6. The last step is the even distribution of seeds on oilcloth and after drying, sorting by gauze bags until completely dry.

Seed storage

Before sowing, it is necessary to provide the seeds with good conditions and proper storage.

For this:

1. Get the gauze seeds.
2. Make a paper bag.
3. Sprinkle seeds.
4. Sign the variety and species.

Store bags in a dark, dry and cool place. Freshness of seeds lasts about four years, and it is better to sow such seeds the next year.

This is all you need to prepare your seeds for a good harvest. Observing all these techniques, you will not need to buy ready-made store bags, because you can collect seeds from any vegetable and fruit.