• For better seed quality, tomato fruits should be harvested at red ripe stage onwards and brinjal fruits should be harvested 4-5 days after fruits turn fully yellow or brown depending on the variety. After the harvest fruits should be kept for 2-3 days. Such seeds maintain viability for long period in storage.
  • High quality seeds could be obtained from capsicum fruits harvested at fully ripe stage and kept for after ripening for 5 days or till fruits attained softness.

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Tomato fruits at red ripe stage Capsicum fruits at 5 days after ripening

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