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14 years ago

Hi all,

Lurking for a couple weeks and found a lot of good conversation and info here so I thought I would join in.

Been a long time hot fan - mostly the milder varieties - pepperoncini, and hot cherry ( my favorite). Have grown habaneros and jalapenos as well. Last year I had my best year - pickled 55 qts.

We have a camp with great SE exposure and 5-6 yrs ago I plunked down some leggy hot cherries that the local store had discounted due to late in the season. Well, they took off with little care and produced some great fruit. That had me hooked.

Been buying plants every spring since then with increasing yield each year. This year I decided to start my own from seed, which is what lead me to this site.

So that's my story. Just received some seeds from a Ebayer in Fl.

I did dry some of my crop from last year - hung from a rack at the camp. Any reason I can't use those seeds?

Thanks

dalv

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simsedward
14 years ago
Hey Dalv-
Welcome to gardenWeb. You will get to know a lot of people who love peppers and offer some great advice - along with some great seed trades. I think it is really cool to grow pepper types which I cannot purchase at the local nursery each spring. I think you could try to use those seeds for sure...at the very most you might waste a little time if they don't germinate. I've never tried to use seeds from a pepper I dried....I remove the seeds from my pods and then dry the seeds. The only disadvantage i see to trying it from dried pods is that you may not be able to tell how good of a pepper your seed is coming from (we try to save sees from only our best peppers).
Shoot me an e mail if you need any seeds. I still have a few varieties left and I'd be happy to mail you a few of each. edwardsims9@sbcglobal.net
Good luck this season.
ED
tsheets
14 years ago
Welcome Dalv! Obviously, you have to start seeds early for them to be nice sized seedlings by planting time. So, I say give it a shot, you've really got nothing to loose. I don't see why they wouldn't be viable as long as the peppers were ripe when you picked them. Worst case, you pick up a few extra plants from the local shops.
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Edymnion
14 years ago
Yup, give it a try.

Also, please put on this blindfold and prepare for your initiation walking along the Path of a Thousand Paddles.
dalv
Original Author
14 years ago
Thanks everyone for the welcome. We're heading north tonight after work so I will take a look at the seeds. Like you said, it can't hurt to try them. I plan on getting them started next week as we live in upstate NY and the camp is near Lake Champlain in the Adirondack Mts.
One newbie question on saving seeds. I have read in the past some reference to the science that goes into many vegetable varieties that are hybrid or genetic bred that effects 2nd generation. Not sure how/if that is true and if it applies to our beloved fruit.
Any thoughts?
Ciao
tsheets
14 years ago
Sure, if your peppers cross polinated with another variety of peppers you (or someone else nearby) were growing, the next generation (the seeds you are going to start) may show traits of both parents. But, peppers will also self polinate, so, you could end up with something identical to the parents.