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seeds Can you plant/germ/grow fresh seeds?

austin87

austin87

Do seeds have to be dried out before they are viable? Or can you pull a fresh seed out of a ripe pepper and stick it straight into a rockwool cube to germinate it and start growing?
 
MarcV said:
Has worked for me! :)
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JoynersHotPeppers said:
I have grown with seeds straight from the pods
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Nice! Same vigor and growth rate as dried seeds? Do they take as long to germ? I would guess no because the seed coat is already soft, but it's just a guess.
 
I am very happy to have come across this, I was under the impression only dried seeds could be germinated successfully. I had suspicions that fresh would work as well. but I will have to try this next year, or next time I cut open a pepper Ill stuff them right into some starting mix.
 
austin87 said:
 
 
 
Nice! Same vigor and growth rate as dried seeds? Do they take as long to germ? I would guess no because the seed coat is already soft, but it's just a guess.
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As long as the seeds were mature I found not difference really. 
 
austin87 said:
 
 
 
Nice! Same vigor and growth rate as dried seeds? Do they take as long to germ? I would guess no because the seed coat is already soft, but it's just a guess.
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My experience is that they germinate much faster than dried seeds...
 
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