Nice!

sjon, they are Bird's eye chili, I personally have never tried to grow from store bought chili's but am glad your having great success.

Christopher.

Thank you. As i dont live in the US, or Europe, i'm a bit reluctant to order seeds from abroad. The local garden stores are very limited in their seeds selection. So i'll have to improvise. I go about the island buying chilli peppers, and planting the seeds of the ones i like. And luckily i like surprises as i never know what kind of plant i get, and i'm not guaranteed to get the same pepper out of the seeds of the pepper from which i sow.

Sounds like a fun way to garden. Best of luck and hope every chance is a winner for you.

Sjon, Birdseyes are some of my favorit. Very fiery little buggers. I'm planting around 50 of them this year.

E

What are you going to do with 50 birdseyes! Those are many bottles of hot sauce!
They are quite ornamental aren't they? And attractive for birds i heard.

Sjon: I am not very surprised at the results of your experiment. Just today, I potted up seedlings grown from seeds of a Habanero pepper I bought at the supermarket a few weeks ago. It was just a trial after reading an article which said that 'fresh' pepper seeds germinated best, and I was having doubts about the viability of seeds I had saved from last year's harvest. In fact, my habs. germinated, but none of my Tobago Seasoning did. I have decided that I will use this method of sowing for peppers which I can get in the supermarkets. A couple of years ago I grew bell peppers from red bell peppers I bought in the market, but the seeds had been dried and saved. I got thick walled green peppers - not a long enough season here for them to go red. Keep us posted on your results.

I am having mixed results with this method. The dried birdseye seeds (which must have been dried and stored for quite some time) germinated after 4 days. My habaneros from fresh peppers germinated in 10 days (they are probably imported from venezuela). My jalapeno from fresh jalapenos took 7 days. But i also tried seeds from anchos (dried poblanos) and also from fresh poblanos, but no germination. And i want poblanos badly!!

I find the ripeness of the donor has a huge affect on what germinates. I received a bunch of Bulgarian Carrot seeds in a trade and none had germinated. :O

Rudy