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Hi, I have some seeds that were grown in pots with pro-mix potting soil, fertilized with Gardentone: Limon Bhut Jolokia Red Peter Yellow Cayenne Red Cayenne these did best in my zone 5 area. Tanya NH

Hi fellow Chile Heads, Just getting into wintersowing and am wondering if this methods works for hot peppers. Everything I have read says for germination and heat rates, warmer temps is it. Has anyone done this method with great success? Thank you muchly.

Have and will do. Thanks!

I didn't buy them, another member on here went out of their way to send them to me. thanks :))

Hi, I just got some wonderful seeds from another chile head. Is there a place to post a great review for that person? thank you

And then of course, a wok.

I have heard of people trying to germinate store bought red chile pepper,and having little success. Only because of the way it's dried. After the bean situation, I thought, it's a dried pod, probably hasn't gone much farther than the sun, or a partially hot oven.

Next time, I might just take a little pod, just to see what happens.

So there I was in the local Chinese restaurant yesterday, chowing on their wonderful buffet. Mmmmm, General Tso's chicken, and I noticed a little hot pepper pod. Years ago I would eat them, crazy me. When I got home, I thought, I wonder if I could have taken that little pod tried to grow the...

Update: I get the seeds in the mail today, it's from Nong Woo Seed America. Went on their website, there is no i.d. on the pepper. From the picture, it's shiny green, long. Looks alot like the picture of the twist green from another company. The gam mi is an f1, the twist green is f1 hybrid...

Great advice everyone. So the answer is yes, maybe. I will cover some flowers on each plant until I see fruits, label them, and hope they produce true. I am still confused about cross pollination, even though it seems quite simple. This is what has kept me from seed saving anything.

Update on trying my first habanero: I didn't mention I just took a bite off the end. The next day, on an empty stomach, I popped the rest in my mouth, seeds and all. Yiiiiiikes!!!!!!! Next time I will eat bread or something first, lol. I won't talk about when that little thing made it's...

The stuff I have been reading says it's rare that hots cross polinate. I am growing (planning to anyway ) many varieties next year and would love to save some seeds to share and grow again. Do I really have to worry about cross pollination? Also, do all hots do well in containers, or should I...

Hot holy crap!!! I would love some of this flaming offer! I have some red rocket pods to offer.... I'm pretty new to growing hots. Thank you so much!!!

Ah.... or shall I say, Ow! That's a recipe for some good hot pepper growin'.....