Possible to Plant the seeds out of the tomatoes in a can?

operationgreenthumb64 · Tue Mar 31, 2009 12:49 am

hi all!!! I just joined. This site sounds like fun. I have a question. does any one know if you can plant the seeds out of the tomatoes in a can?

hendi_alex · Tue Mar 31, 2009 8:12 am

The contents of canned goods at the very least have been heated to very high, pressurized canning temperatures, which would likely kill any tomato seeds. Besides, if viable, those constantly wet seeds would sprout in the can while it sits on the shelf.

TZ -OH6 · Tue Mar 31, 2009 10:59 am

If the canning proceedure was not good enough to kill tomato seeds it would also not kill tougher life forms like botulism, salmonella, other bactreria, fungi etc. etc

BrianSkilton · Fri Apr 10, 2009 4:26 am

You could try it...and see what happens. If you want to experiment a little, grab some tomatoes from a grocery store and use those seeds, I have 3 tomatoe plants growing from grocery store produce, but about 30 tomato plants in all from legit seed companies. I just want to see what happens, it's fun not know what you will get sometimes...happy growing!

GardenBob · Sat Jul 04, 2015 4:44 pm

yes, it is possible to plant them. No, it is not possible for them to germinate as the heat of processing cooks and kills them.

GardeningCook · Sat Jul 04, 2015 5:08 pm

No - you cannot plant seeds from canned tomatoes.

Ugh - sorry. Didn't realize this was a thread from six years ago. Honestly, "GardenBob"???