saving seeds from a plant that had blight

wally mcgee · July 13, 2014

Its been one of the rainiest Junes in 141 years hear in Iowa and I've been fighting blight by pruning and spraying with a baking soda mixture. I've been successful at keeping it at bay thus far.

My question is : Can , or, should a I save seeds from these plants. They all are bearing great looking large tomatoes. My Brandy Wine, German Pink, and Cherokee Purple are all from last years seeds I saved. I've heard not to save seeds from tomatoes with blight, but didn't know if that meant the plant or the tomato itself.

Will bleaching the seeds stop the spread to next years crop?

Advise appreciated ,

Rob

July 13, 2014	#1
wally mcgee Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jun 2013 Location: peru, Iowa zone 5a Posts: 167	saving seeds from a plant that had blight Its been one of the rainiest Junes in 141 years hear in Iowa and I've been fighting blight by pruning and spraying with a baking soda mixture. I've been successful at keeping it at bay thus far. My question is : Can , or, should a I save seeds from these plants. They all are bearing great looking large tomatoes. My Brandy Wine, German Pink, and Cherokee Purple are all from last years seeds I saved. I've heard not to save seeds from tomatoes with blight, but didn't know if that meant the plant or the tomato itself. Will bleaching the seeds stop the spread to next years crop? Advise appreciated , Rob __________________ Rob