Searching for pepper seeds

14 years ago

I am a fairly new gardener (3 years) and I am becoming obsessed with peppers (and tomatoes). So far I have grown jalepenos, serranos, red and green bells, habaneros. All 3 years that I have been growing peppers they have come out great and so now I want to branch out into other types of peppers. This year was the first year I grew from seed and what a great experience its been.

I am looking for seeds of any kind to try out for next years garden. In looking at the posts it seems like everyone usually trades, but I have none to trade for. I am going to try saving seeds next year. If anyone has any extra seeds I would appreciate any and all types of peppers.

In reading everyones posts they all sound so amazing and exotic!

Thanks, Josie

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willardb3
14 years ago
There are also chile seed purveyors on the web

Avoid EBay and Reimers.
itsjosiesworld
Original Author
14 years ago
Thanks @willard, I wish I could. I am on a very strict budget due to work cutbacks. I have already spent all of my garden budget for the year. Lol, looking for alternatives for my obsession.
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homefry319
14 years ago
if you like different types of tomatoes the guys over at tomato fest have a great selection, We plant around 1300 tomatoes and thats where we get most our seed from.

for peppers what type are you looking for? super hots, sweets? more or less what do you cook with?
itsjosiesworld
Original Author
14 years ago
I cook with any kind of pepper I can get my hands on! my hubby likes super hot stuff, as for me I am more of a medium to hot kind of girl, but also a big bell pepper fan of any color. I also make a lot of salsas and sauces. Pretty much any kind of pepper seeds would be appreciated. I am just loving the idea of trying new varieties. I am amazed at all of the varieties out there just from lurking around on this forum. I have never even seen a chocolate pepper, scorpian types, bhut, Butch t's etc...

Jos
itsjosiesworld
Original Author
14 years ago
@homefry is tomato fest a website, or part of the forum here?

Jos
homefry319
14 years ago
its a website

Here is a link that might be useful: Tomatofest
itsjosiesworld
Original Author
14 years ago
Happiness is ripening jalepenos, lots of them just from this one plant!
Edymnion
14 years ago
One thing you can try for free seed is to go grocery shopping. Any pepper you see there will have seeds you can grow. And while they would be open pollinated, you'll be hard pressed these days to find anyone thats supplying a major retail chain with peppers that weren't grown by the hundred acre (meaning the odds of them having crossed with anything but another of it's own type is vanishingly small).

So, find whatever you like to eat, save the seeds, and use them.
User
14 years ago
Great suggestion Edymnion.

One word of caution; factory growers generally use hybrid varieties that maximize their yield per plant or worse, in my opinion, GMO hybrids for yield and resistance to certain problems. Seed collected from hybrids don't often grow true to the parent even if they haven't crossed.

If you're not worried about being 100% sure you're growing a specific variety, Edymnion is bang on, it's a easy and cheap way to get seed. You also get to enjoy the peppers they came from!