Re: [CH] seeds

Gail Donaghey (gdonaghey@bitstreet.com)
Thu, 27 Jan 2000 19:49:37 -0600

Rain-
I suspect they will germinate just fine.  I have germinated seeds from
almost every possible pod situation.  I have a friend who germinated seeds
from a pod he found in the basement of a house that had been vacant for 20
years. Why wait?... plant those seeds.
Calvin

rain@wwbbs.otherside.com wrote:

> Folks, I know this has been covered before, but I don't recall the
> answer, and my Web access is fried, so I can't go check the archive.
> Are seeds from those commercial cello bags of dried chiles you find at
> the grocery store ever viable?  I found some bags of Mojave brand dried
> mulatos at the local salvage store for 39c a pop, and am wondering if
> the seeds will do anything.  Depends on the drying process this company
> uses, I assume; the peppers are still flexible and they don't seem
> stale.
> x
> Having germinated seeds from commercially *pickled* peppers on one
> occasion, I've learned never to assume the answer to "will it grow?"
> is no. :)
> x
> Keep on rockin',
> Rain
> @@@@
> \\\\\