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Post by littleminnie on Jan 2, 2014 14:19:40 GMT -5
Compared to tomatoes and peppers, eggplants are annoying to get seed out of. My new food processor didn't come with a plastic blade. So last time I extracted eggplant seed I mushed it in a tub of water with my hands and then poured out the crap. Now I have two small fruit from my deck plant that I have just been leaving on the shelf. They are finally starting to wrinkle. Is there any easy way to get the seeds out of them?
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Post by imgrimmer on Jan 2, 2014 15:37:35 GMT -5
I laid them in a box and let them rot. then I put them in water and shaked them. In the end I used a filter to clean them under running water. It`s the first time I do it with eggplants, but it`s more or less the same I do with other fruits.
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Post by blackox on Jan 2, 2014 19:25:11 GMT -5
Maybe try cutting them into cubes, then use the fermentation process that you might use for tomatoes.
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Post by zeedman on Jan 2, 2014 23:28:25 GMT -5
For me, an old blender works really well for extracting seed from eggplant, ground cherries, and litchi tomatoes. I picked one up at the thrift store for that purpose, and ground the blades slightly dull with a stone. Let the fruits ripen until they begin to soften, cut them into smaller pieces (in half for the berries) and pulse several times at the lowest speed. This breaks up the pulp, and releases the seeds. Use plenty of water (about 3-4 times as much by volume as the fruit being processed) so the seeds can easily pass by the blades. The good seeds sink to the bottom, and you can pour off the pulp & debris the same as you would for fermented seeds. The seeds are very hard, and few will be damaged.
Little Minnie, with thin slices, plenty of water, and pulsed at the lowest speed, your food processor might work.
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Post by templeton on Jan 4, 2014 8:52:15 GMT -5
I've only collected from a few plants, and not had much trouble. I let the fruit over ripen, slice vertically, then use a teaspoon to scoop out the seed concentrated areas. Mush these bits up with fingers, rinse and scrub with a sieve. EWnough seeds for me to go on with. But I'm not growing fields full. Still get a few hundred seeds, tho.
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