>Oops! Should have said read it from pages 13-20. Jean Andrews' book "Peppers the Domesticated Capsicums" quoted Engle on page 67. Her book is where I read to keep pods a month past fully ripe for seed harvesting. >>Snip jt this is also in the article from the link.. Another item from the article worth remembering, is that some chiles don't have a dormant period. My guess is this is why you find some seeds starting to root inside the pod. L.B.