I bought a Habanero at the store, ate it, and picked out big clump of seeds from the middle out. The pepper was in a fridge twice so I am not sure if that hurt the viability of the seeds. I am wanting to let them dry out for a few days then try to germinate them. Also, the seeds are pretty well attached to the "stalk" from the middle of the pepper. Do you think they have a chance of germinating? Also, are those little black dots fungus?
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If they were viable to begin with, being in fridge for a few days won't harm them one bit. I've germinated and grown 3 plants this year from 5 year old seeds that were collecting dust in an improvised envelope. Though it's possible that those were crossed, but you can, of course, try it anyway.
It's definitely worth a try. You'll have better luck if the Habanero is open-pollinated as opposed to being a hybrid. There's no way to tell just by looking at the pepper.
If you're worried about fungus/mold, soak the seeds overnight in diluted hydrogen peroxide solution (maybe ~1 teaspoon per cup). Other people soak the seeds in Camomile tea to kill the fungus, and condition the seeds.
Since it is now mid-June, you may have trouble growing these to the point of producing pods in the time remaining in your season. You may want to dry out a few of these seeds and save them for next year.
Have fun and Good Luck!
If you're worried about fungus/mold, soak the seeds overnight in diluted hydrogen peroxide solution (maybe ~1 teaspoon per cup). Other people soak the seeds in Camomile tea to kill the fungus, and condition the seeds.
Since it is now mid-June, you may have trouble growing these to the point of producing pods in the time remaining in your season. You may want to dry out a few of these seeds and save them for next year.
Have fun and Good Luck!
Yup Ive grown a few store bought hot peppers, its how I started, they look good.
I haven't grown seeds from store bought pods in a long time. I did it this year just for grins. The Fresnos i had in the fridge had an excellent germination rate. All i did was put the seeds on a paper towel for a week and fold it over. Ive got pods already this year from those seeds. Cant wait to see if they have grown true to the store bought.
Ya those look viable.
After harvesting/processing pods, I dry my seeds inside a folded paper towel or napkin envelope laid on some cardstock in the fridge.
However, I separate them from the placenta, which can be more difficult when the pod begins to soften, once ripe or during storage.
Anyone else ever germinate fresh seeds and sip on the water used for soaking overnight?
After harvesting/processing pods, I dry my seeds inside a folded paper towel or napkin envelope laid on some cardstock in the fridge.
However, I separate them from the placenta, which can be more difficult when the pod begins to soften, once ripe or during storage.
Anyone else ever germinate fresh seeds and sip on the water used for soaking overnight?
Soaking them in some kind of acidic solution or peroxide scarifys the outer coat. Better germination typically, although I wont soak fresh seeds until Ive first dried them in the sun for a few days. Its weird but it worked well with last years fresh Ghost pepper seeds. Oh and they were in the fridge for weeks, its like a pepper going through winter
Ruid said:
A lot of people do that method, I dont know if its just me but I feel like they get moldy before the seed pops.
I'm using a very mild seaweed & humic acid soak. It's basically just leftover dust from a compost tea brew bag and activator pouch (kelp) in RO water. I doubt theres much gibberrelins in the powder form. Anyway, a fertilizer company has a statistic up on their page something like < 30% increase in success rate with kelp and 50% when combined with humic at a 2:5 ratio. I shouldn't have problems, but it can't hurt my chances.