seeds Germinating fresh seed

socalgardengal · Mar 21, 2015

I finally found a Jalapeno with heat and was wondering if I can germinate seeds fresh out of the pepper. It was fully red and corked. Thanks

ThePepperTrent · Mar 21, 2015

You sure can, I've done it many times. Drying seeds is for saving.

socalgardengal · Mar 21, 2015

Anything special you have to do or just stick in growing medium as usual?

moruga welder · Mar 21, 2015

absolutely my friend ! give it a shot ! :onfire:

Scuba_Steve · Mar 21, 2015

Just stick them in! If it is a store bought pepper they are often infertile, or near infertile. I'm growing a cherry bomb that took 50 or so seeds to get just a few sprouts.

socalgardengal · Mar 21, 2015

Damn... don't tell me that. What should I look for in the seed ? Or just try them all?

Scuba_Steve · Mar 21, 2015

I would just mass plant, and expect longer germ times than normal too. Worst comes to worst you just have a ton of seedlings and can cull them down.

Suezotiger · Mar 21, 2015

At least it was red, better chance of it being mature.

hottoddy · Mar 21, 2015

Best way to do it! 75% of my peppers are grown from saved seed. Many years ago, I harvested green jalapeno seeds and had an abysmal germination rate. Took me a while to figure it out.

Just look for a nice, creamy white seed with a defined (plump, full) center section (the embryo).

socalgardengal · Mar 21, 2015

Thank you for all the info. I'm gonna go buy a few more in the am as I ate the others already

Pfeffer · Mar 22, 2015

You can, there's a good chance of germinating them. I even had seeds sprouting in the jalapeños when still on the plant (mature pods that were on the plant for 3 months due to cold european weather until they ripened after a late heatwave. Some jalapeños where filled with yellow sprouts.

Scuba_Steve · Mar 22, 2015

Pfeffer said:
You can, there's a good chance of germinating them. I even had seeds sprouting in the jalapeños when still on the plant (mature pods that were on the plant for 3 months due to cold european weather until they ripened after a late heatwave. Some jalapeños where filled with yellow sprouts.

Mmmmm Jalapeno surprise...

socalgardengal · Mar 22, 2015

Pfeffer said:
You can, there's a good chance of germinating them. I even had seeds sprouting in the jalapeños when still on the plant (mature pods that were on the plant for 3 months due to cold european weather until they ripened after a late heatwave. Some jalapeños where filled with yellow sprouts.

Very interesting.. never seen that

Pfeffer · Mar 22, 2015

Haha, because in San Diego you don't get 3 months of 60-65 F in the summer.. : -) We had some very good weather in may/june.. but the boost came in September in that year. So I had mature pods on the plants but they just refused to ripen for 3 months. In late August it became 90F for a few days.. boosting the ripening instantly around early September. I figure the seeds were already mature before the pods ripened. The hot weather just started the germination.

I tried a sprout, figured it was like Afalfa.. Tasted like crap though.