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Posted: Jan/27/2006 8:31 PM PST
Hi, I was just wondering if you can dry and store the seeds from a supermarket pepper and use it to grow peppers? If so do they need to be fermented like tomato seeds? Or just dry them and plant them like I would out of a package? Will they work for good size peppers? Or will it be like an apple seed, you will get a tree that doesn't produce fruit? Does anyone know? Thanks in advance for the help I know I will get! EC |
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Posted: Jan/28/2006 3:47 AM PST
I believe you can dry them and plant them. I seem to remember someone who knew telling us that years ago. Try it anyway what have you got to lose. good luck. |
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Posted: Jan/28/2006 5:35 AM PST
I cannot speak for all bell peppers found in super markets but many are hybrids(F1) and will not produce from the seeds saved from them. On the other hand not all bells in the store are hybrids and should produce. I would allow the fruit to become fully ripened before I harvested seed. No need to ferment, just clean against a fine sieve and air dry out of sunlight or heat. Good luck!!! |
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Posted: Jan/28/2006 7:19 AM PST
Ya i was gona say that most bells in stores are hybrids and will not produce true you are better off buying a pack of seeds then wasting the whole season trying to grow something from hybrid seeds  In the fall u can always winterize some of the pepper plants too |
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Posted: Jan/28/2006 4:55 PM PST
How do you winterize a pepper plant? Forgive me but I have only grown them two years in a row and don't know. I had the sweet banana peppers (mistakeningly labelled as red bells) and some chocolte bells and of course the green/red/orange/yellow varieties. I appreciate and and all advise. My peppers that I have grown have had tons of flowers and I watered them from the bottom not the top as suggested and I grow them in deep pots. My fruit gets to a medium size and tastes fine. I had the best luck with the banana peppers and some small red cayenne (SP) the ones you find in the Vietnameese restaruants. Ok. sorry for rambling, but one more thing.....can you use the same soil for growing them two years in a row? I haven't yet but was wondering. Also, what can I do for the aphids that seem to be attracted to them? Thanks again, EC |
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Posted: Jan/28/2006 7:21 PM PST
Tomatoes, peppers, corn and eggplant from a groc store ( except organic store) odds are they are F1 or F2 hybrids and will not reproduce true It's a good thing you had chocolate bells not habaneros If you have some compost that you can mix in your soil, a second year soil is probably OK, The first years plants probably removed most of the soil nutrients.. Overwintering is easy, you just need a corner and a growlight Aphids 1 tbsp of baby or horse shampoo in a gal of water. |
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Posted: Jan/29/2006 3:40 AM PST
Well I asked this same question last year and I got a very good answer and a picture but I don't remember who it was anyway...YES you can use the seeds from the peppers from the store..Just dry them and use them..I did last year and I had bells and yellows and reds and they all produced like crazy..I will never buy a pack of pepper seeds again. I plant all mine outside and have used the same area for 4 years and never had a problem can't say about pots. |
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Posted: Jan/29/2006 4:28 AM PST
Thanks again for all the advice! I do appreciate it! I know they like epsom salts, but how much? And HORSE SHAMPOO! REALLY! Wow, knew! I will get some for uncle. Do you know what it is in it that makes it work? EC |
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Posted: Feb/03/2006 8:26 PM PST
I have grown all kinds of veggies and fruits from seeds of market produce with outstanding success. Just a note: if you are a truly organic gardener , know that unless certified organic produce is used you technically loose the "organic" classification. But that is a personal matter and just a note from me Happy seeding. |
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Posted: Mar/13/2006 12:50 AM PST
Quote: Originally posted by kinnika YES you can use the seeds from the peppers from the store..Just dry them and use them..I did last year and I had bells and yellows and reds and they all produced like crazy..I will never buy a pack of pepper seeds again. You lucked out! I tried growing peppers from a pepper I bought from a lady who apparently grows organically, but I couldn't understand her broken English well enough to verify that her seeds weren't hybrids. Nothing grew except a leaf lettuce that got there by mistake from my mesclun! Peppers: $1.99/lb; maybe .75 for a half decent pepper. Pepper seeds at Giant Tiger: .33 
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