My husband just takes them out of the peppers and lays them on paper towel to dry.

If the peppers are open pollinated and not a hybrid just let them get fully ripe to collect the seeds. I clean the seeds under running water in a colander that I add a little bit of mild soap then put them to dry on a paper plate.

Silvia

No special handling needed for pepper seeds. Take the seeds from a ripe pepper and let dry then store. You do need to male sure the pepper is not a hybrid as the seeds won't produce plants like the parent.

FYI 'ripe' means the pepper is starting to shrivel - way past the time you would normally harvest - you want the seeds as mature as possible.

But if 'Yummy' is the name of the type of pepper, I believe that's a hybrid - I have the yellow variety, but none are ripe yet. You can certainly save & grow out seeds from hybrids, but what you get may be nothing like the original - it's a bit of a gamble.

Thanks for the information. Unfortunately I believe these are hybrids, so I won't be able to save any. These are the first peppers I've ever grown that do not have aphids and are disease free. I certainly plan on planting them again. Thank you again.
Sylvie