Seed quality from green tomatoes - Page 2

**tomatoaddict** · August 6, 2007

That is the coolest thing. I bought Oxyfresh at the grocery today just for my tomatoes.LOL

garnetmoth · August 11, 2007

woot! just about to try this myself. dont have that much seed volume, so ill do it easy on the oxyclean.....

Tomatovator · August 21, 2007

Suze
If I am working with seeds in the spring that were not fermented would it make sense to soak them in Oxyclean for a while before planting them?

Suze · August 24, 2007

Quote:

Originally Posted by Thomas

Thanks for the info Suze. The BTD seeds you sent me all germinated fine, I wonder if you used the Oxyclean method on them?

More likely than not, yes.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tomatovator

If I am working with seeds in the spring that were not fermented would it make sense to soak them in Oxyclean for a while before planting them?

If they've already dried out, my concern would be that the seeds might tend to readily soak too much of the solution up. And I'm not sure if that could have a negative effect on germination.

Andrey_BY · August 25, 2007

And we have no Oxiclean available here. Can I substitute it with something else with same great function?

dice · August 25, 2007

Andrey:

Mischka's post here describes the main ingredients
of Oxyclean:

http://www.tomatoville.com/showthrea...lean#post71447

A document from Tom Wagner that describes using TSP
(trisodium phosphate), which Mischka's post mentions:

http://www.internettomatoes.net/WWA3.html

Instructions for using TSP usually say "wear gloves".
It won't cause your skin to immediately shrivel up,
blister, or fall off, or put you in the hospital from
toxic shock, but that is still good advice.

vegomatic · August 30, 2007

You can find Oxyclean online or offered in mail-order catalogs.

-Ed

August 6, 2007	#16
tomatoaddict Moderator Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: zone 5 Posts: 1,459	That is the coolest thing. I bought Oxyfresh at the grocery today just for my tomatoes.LOL __________________ Secretseedcartel.com

August 25, 2007	#20
Andrey_BY Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Minsk, Belarus, Eastern Europe (Zone 4a) Posts: 2,278	And we have no Oxiclean available here. Can I substitute it with something else with same great function? __________________ 1 kg=2.2 lb , 1 m=39,37 in , 1 oz=28.35 g , 1 ft=30.48 cm , 1 lb= 0,4536 kg , 1 in=2.54 cm , 1 l = 0.26 gallon , 0 C=32 F Andrey a.k.a. TOMATODOR

August 25, 2007	#21
dice Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: PNW Posts: 4,743	Andrey: Mischka's post here describes the main ingredients of Oxyclean: http://www.tomatoville.com/showthrea...lean#post71447 A document from Tom Wagner that describes using TSP (trisodium phosphate), which Mischka's post mentions: http://www.internettomatoes.net/WWA3.html Instructions for using TSP usually say "wear gloves". It won't cause your skin to immediately shrivel up, blister, or fall off, or put you in the hospital from toxic shock, but that is still good advice. __________________ -- alias

August 11, 2007	#17
garnetmoth Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: cincinnati, oh Posts: 492	woot! just about to try this myself. dont have that much seed volume, so ill do it easy on the oxyclean.....

August 21, 2007	#18
Tomatovator Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Pennsylvania Zone 6 Posts: 461	Suze If I am working with seeds in the spring that were not fermented would it make sense to soak them in Oxyclean for a while before planting them?

August 30, 2007	#22
vegomatic Tomatovillian™ Join Date: May 2006 Location: Black Hills SD Z4 Posts: 89	You can find Oxyclean online or offered in mail-order catalogs. -Ed