You may get mixed results from seed saved from F! varieties, but in general tomato seed is indestructible. You could grow seed taken from a tin of tomatoes. Your local sewerage farm is likely to have the best crop of tomatoes, having passed through the human digestive system, the seeds are still viable.

This is the reason I will never put any tomatoes in our compost bin. From past experience, we have had them coming up all over the garden in amongst the ornamentals.

With regard to chilli peppers, I have grown scotch bonnets from saved seed, before the seed companies listed them.

There is also the 'fun' element of germinating an avocado stone, or any of the citrus fruits, etc, etc.

The fun/challenge is getting them to grow. The next step is knowing what the hell to do with them once you've grown them!!

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