Seeds from close to ripe hot peppers

guruofgardens · October 10, 2012

Because of an early hard freeze, we've had to pick almost all of our hot peppers, lest they freeze and become mush.

The question is: will the saved seeds from nearly ripe peppers be viable?

I don't want to take the time to save these seeds and then share them with others IF they aren't going to sprout. If there IS a chance of the seeds being OK, do I need to wait until they're totally ripe?

Also I've been asked if peppers are like tomatoes in that seeds of green fruit should sprout. Could this be true?

atlbry · October 11, 2012

1st let the more mature peppers sit out on the counter/in a window or in a brown paper bag and let get get ripe soft and starting to wrinkle.

2nd some peppers seeds will grow from a green pepper and others will not. you may try posting the types of pepper you are questioning.

I am no pepper expert but have read several post and tried this with a few myself.

Darren Abbey · October 11, 2012

I've found that the seeds will continue to mature as the pepper ripens off the plant. I assume the seeds would mature faster on the plant, with more resources available.

guruofgardens · October 11, 2012

Thanks for giving me confidence with saving these seeds.

" you may try posting the types of pepper you are questioning."

Some of the peppers include - purple bhut - peach bhut - red congo - 7 pot douglah

October 10, 2012	#1
guruofgardens Tomatovillian™ Join Date: May 2008 Location: zone 5 Colorado Posts: 942	Seeds from close to ripe hot peppers Because of an early hard freeze, we've had to pick almost all of our hot peppers, lest they freeze and become mush. The question is: will the saved seeds from nearly ripe peppers be viable? I don't want to take the time to save these seeds and then share them with others IF they aren't going to sprout. If there IS a chance of the seeds being OK, do I need to wait until they're totally ripe? Also I've been asked if peppers are like tomatoes in that seeds of green fruit should sprout. Could this be true?

October 11, 2012	#2
atlbry Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jul 2012 Location: newnan, georgia Posts: 10	1st let the more mature peppers sit out on the counter/in a window or in a brown paper bag and let get get ripe soft and starting to wrinkle. 2nd some peppers seeds will grow from a green pepper and others will not. you may try posting the types of pepper you are questioning. I am no pepper expert but have read several post and tried this with a few myself. __________________ baby eat dat! bug bad eat baby food!

October 11, 2012	#3
Darren Abbey Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: Minnesota Posts: 586	I've found that the seeds will continue to mature as the pepper ripens off the plant. I assume the seeds would mature faster on the plant, with more resources available.