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Freezing question?
- Thread starter Austin
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Yes, it is still possible. I suppose it depends how they were frozen but people here have done it before.
In the wild come winter plants and pods freeze with snow? Come spring the cycle continues.
Maybe some will some wont.
Maybe some will some wont.
It seems to have a lot of bearing on several factors.. the major ones however being...
The variety and strain
Were the seeds dry or wet when frozen
From my understanding and research the pods that are frozen fresh will have less chance of the seeds being fertile vs dry pods or dried seeds that have been removed being frozen. On top of that it seems more garden varieties like jalapenos , bulls horns etc ( Low heat large peppers ) will have a higher fertility rate over seeds like Reapers or Ghosts etc.
All that being said I have grown both from frozen fresh pods but did experience about a 75% reduction in germination .
The variety and strain
Were the seeds dry or wet when frozen
From my understanding and research the pods that are frozen fresh will have less chance of the seeds being fertile vs dry pods or dried seeds that have been removed being frozen. On top of that it seems more garden varieties like jalapenos , bulls horns etc ( Low heat large peppers ) will have a higher fertility rate over seeds like Reapers or Ghosts etc.
All that being said I have grown both from frozen fresh pods but did experience about a 75% reduction in germination .
Regardless, if you have multiple pods then you should have plenty of seeds. I would just plant 50+ so you will be pretty sure you beat the odds.
