Question to the seed experts; what do we have here? Which ones are good for next year?
My first attempts were, how to say… unsuccessful?..
Last try, thank you to everyone for your inputs.
by -Ho-yeah-
4 Comments
-Ho-yeah-
Padron peppers seeds.
Gooch707
As far as just appearance goes, the first 9 or so look healthy as long as they’re completely dry. The others may be fine as well. How mature was the pepper you used the seeds from? That’s the most important part to saving seeds. If you harvest the seeds from an unripe pepper, they may not be developed enough to produce viable plants.
Pepper seeds are easy to save as long as the pepper was fully mature and the seeds dry before rot begins. I either let the pods dry completely on the plants in hot dry weather or I’ll remove the seeds from ripe peppers and space out on a paper plate for a couple days under a slow moving ceiling fan. Shake them lightly once a day to ensure they dry evenly and don’t overlap each other. After two or three days they’re good to store for next year.
No_Boysenberry2167
You can never really tell with seeds alone. You can look for odd, small, or discolored ones, but you’ll do most of your selection as sprouts. It’s more obvious which ones grow faster and put out more foliage.
Benbablin
Can’t help ya with seed selection as I always buy mine. Here to say that using a heat mat has dramatically increased my germination rate, though.
4 Comments
Padron peppers seeds.
As far as just appearance goes, the first 9 or so look healthy as long as they’re completely dry. The others may be fine as well. How mature was the pepper you used the seeds from? That’s the most important part to saving seeds. If you harvest the seeds from an unripe pepper, they may not be developed enough to produce viable plants.
Pepper seeds are easy to save as long as the pepper was fully mature and the seeds dry before rot begins. I either let the pods dry completely on the plants in hot dry weather or I’ll remove the seeds from ripe peppers and space out on a paper plate for a couple days under a slow moving ceiling fan. Shake them lightly once a day to ensure they dry evenly and don’t overlap each other. After two or three days they’re good to store for next year.
You can never really tell with seeds alone. You can look for odd, small, or discolored ones, but you’ll do most of your selection as sprouts. It’s more obvious which ones grow faster and put out more foliage.
Can’t help ya with seed selection as I always buy mine. Here to say that using a heat mat has dramatically increased my germination rate, though.