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Old 04-07-2015, 11:11 AM
 
Location: South Carolina
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a couple of weeks ago my brother was telling me that he had saved some tomato seeds onto a paper coffee filter and he forgot about them so he cut around each individual seed and planted it into his pots and now he has tomatoe plants ...so it must work he just planted the seed with the paper piece and wallah he has tomato plants .
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Old 04-07-2015, 01:14 PM
 
Location: East of Seattle since 1992, 615' Elevation, Zone 8b - originally from SF Bay Area
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That does work, but the problem is that most of the better tomatoes are hybrids so what he gets is not going to be the same as the tomato it came out of. Of course, there's a chance it will be better, and it will be fun to find out.
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Old 04-07-2015, 03:13 PM
 
Location: South Carolina
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That does work, but the problem is that most of the better tomatoes are hybrids so what he gets is not going to be the same as the tomato it came out of. Of course, there's a chance it will be better, and it will be fun to find out.
we think so too ...I hope it does turn out to be better.
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Old 04-07-2015, 03:24 PM
 
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It'll works with coffee filters, paper towels, or newspaper !!!
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Old 04-07-2015, 04:33 PM
 
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Same thing as seed tapes.
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