Who cares about the viability of the seeds in the dehydrator? Pick the best two or three jalapenos from the bunch you have and set them aside for air drying. Keep these for your seed. Bake the rest! -- -- Regards, Cameron ~~~~~~~ New lesson in the SOHK, it shall be remembered.. One year I left some ROF chiles in a strawberry basket, probably sometime in Sept. I found them as I was cleaning up my seed starting shelves, probably around the first of Mar. The pods snapped apart and I just poured the seeds out. The viability was excellent. L.B.