Seeds in mushy peppers

[WickedTrinidads]

Dumb question maybe lol are seeds still good if you pick them out of mushy kinda old hot pepper or worse.

 

[JDFan]

As long as they are not moldy they should be fine -- figure in nature they would just sit in the pepper pod through the winter and germinate once the temps warmed up from what was left after winter passed - so just being inside the pod is not going to hurt them unless some fungus or mold gets in there and starts growing feasting on the seed for its growth.

 

[DatilDaddy]

Funny. Just recieved a plant today for my birthday. Had a couple mushy pods sitting on it and wondered the same thing. I took them off and harvested the seeds anyway.

 

[geeme]

To make sure they don't develop mold, soak them a bit in a 1:10 mix of hydrogen peroxide and water. You can either do that before drying or before germinating.