Q&A – Can hybrid tomatoes be saved and come true next year?
Question:
Can hybrid tomatoes be saved and come true next year?
Answer:
If you collect seed from hybrid tomatoes they will not come true next year. University of Memphis Director of Landscape Joellen Dimond explains how commercial seed companies get the same hybrid seeds every year. She also briefly explains why what you get next year will vary. The seeds will still grow, but you will get some combination of the two parent plants, but you don’t know what that will be.
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November 14, 2020
Can hybrid tomatoes be saved and come true next year?
Answer:
If you collect seed from hybrid tomatoes they will not come true next year. University of Memphis Director of Landscape Joellen Dimond explains how commercial seed companies get the same hybrid seeds every year. She also briefly explains why what you get next year will vary. The seeds will still grow, but you will get some combination of the two parent plants, but you don’t know what that will be.
Related Videos:
Growing Tomatoes
Planting Tomatoes
Related Resources:
Hybrid Varieties and Saving Seed
Saving Seed
November 14, 2020