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Growing => Grow Your Own => Topic started by: mickeyboy on October 11, 2010, 11:26

Title: best way of drying chilli seeds for nxt year??
Post by: mickeyboy on October 11, 2010, 11:26

Hi all, hope your enjoying the hot and sunny weather. My chillis certainly are.

Can anyone tell me the best way of drying out my chilli seeds for next years planting, as i have some very rare and hot chillis i cant get hold of easily?? :) :)

thanks guys

Mickeyboy

Title: Re: best way of drying chilli seeds for nxt year??
Post by: GrannieAnnie on October 11, 2010, 11:30

Hi Mickey, I just wash the seeds and dry on kitchen towel then keep in little paper bags in a drawer.  As long as they are dry they are usually fine.

Title: Re: best way of drying chilli seeds for nxt year??
Post by: Kleftiwallah on October 11, 2010, 11:52

I just bung 'em in a paper bag, bung that on a shelf and next year they come up fine.   Cheers,   :D Tony.

Title: Re: best way of drying chilli seeds for nxt year??
Post by: mickeyboy on October 12, 2010, 10:57

Ok brilliant, do the chillis i use need to be at there final coulouring and mature.
I only ask because my green bhut Jolokia had hardly any seeds and when i tried drying they seemed to dissapear to nothing >:(

Cheers

mickeyboy

Title: Re: best way of drying chilli seeds for nxt year??
Post by: Yabba on October 13, 2010, 18:15

You'll be hard pushed to get viable seed from unripe chillis.

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Title: Re: best way of drying chilli seeds for nxt year??
Post by: mickeyboy on October 17, 2010, 20:57

Quote from: GrannieAnnie on October 11, 2010, 11:30

Hi Mickey, I just wash the seeds and dry on kitchen towel then keep in little paper bags in a drawer.  As long as they are dry they are usually fine.

Just out of interest Grannie, why do you need to wash the seeds? :) :)