On 3/14/2021 8:41 PM, Michael Trew wrote:
> On 3/14/2021 9:25 AM, jmcquown wrote:
>> On 3/14/2021 9:11 AM, Snag wrote:
>>> On 3/14/2021 12:33 AM, Michael Trew wrote:
>>>> On 3/14/2021 12:10 AM, Snag wrote:
>>>>> On 3/13/2021 10:45 PM, Michael Trew wrote:
>>>>>> Does anyone still can food in ball jars?Â* I'm thinking about planting
>>>>>> a lot of tomatoes this year and canning some.Â* I never have before,
>>>>>> but there's a first time for everything I reckon.
>>>>>
>>>>> We still have some tomatoes from last year down in the cellar - and I
>>>>> have 24 tomato plants started for this year . Got jelly and jams and
>>>>> pickles and peaches down there too ! Most from home grown or picked
>>>>> wild
>>>>> on our land . Tomatoes freeze well too , just rinse off , freeze loose
>>>>> on a cookie sheet then bag in gallon ziplocks . To use , just hold
>>>>> under
>>>>> hot water for a few seconds and slip the skin off . I'll be using some
>>>>> of our preserved tomatoes tomorrow for a big batch of spaghetti
>>>>> sauce .
>>>>
>>>> I made a tiny batch of homemade tomato sauce for Italian style
>>>> Margharetta pizza the other day.Â* Do you normally blanch and peel
>>>> tomatoes before canning them?
>>>
>>>
>>> Â* The ones we put in jars , yes , they are blanched and peeled . The
>>> frozen are just washed and frozen with no further processing .
>>>
>>>
>>>>
>>>> I don't have a lot of land, and did a few container tomatoes last
>>>> year.Â*Â* I have a pick and a small rototiller, and I might make a row
>>>> of tomato and bell pepper plants along the southern side of my house
>>>> before the hill drops off.Â* I saved quite a few bell pepper and
>>>> tomato seeds for the occasion!Â* I'm in eastern Ohio, but I probably
>>>> should start them off pretty soon.
>>>
>>> Â* If those seeds are from commercial tomatoes , expect to be surprised
>>> . They will most likely NOT breed true . Get a good heirloom variety
>>> such as Rutgers or Marglobe if you want to save seed for next year .
>>> Roma is a good variety for use in sauces and paste . If you aren't
>>> going to save seed pretty much any hybrid variety will do .
>>>
>> The OP did say he "saved quite a few bell pepper and tomato seeds". I
>> suspect he's starting off with seeds from what he grew in containers
>> last year... at least, that is how I interpreted it when he mentioned
>> containers. Whatever they were, they were good enough for him to save
>> the seeds and want to grow them again. Just sayin'
>>
>> Jill
>
> Some of the seeds were saved from the container tomatoes last year.Â* I
> did same some commercial roma seeds as well, as I have never tried to do
> anything with those.Â* I didn't grow any bell peppers this year; those
> seeds were also saved from store bought peppers.Â* Should I dump the
> store bought pepper salvaged seeds as well?Â* I'm cheap, but not THAT
> cheap... haha

The pepper seeds and the seeds from the roma tomatoes should be
alright . I have 3rd or 4th gen roma seeds growing in my kitchen window
right now .
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