bennett
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if i were to use a seed or two i got from a store bought bell pepper - would they grow?
using seeds from store bought produce
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farmerlor
Attractive To Bees
Probably not but it never hurts to try. Last year I got seeds from some organic peppers at my store. I didn't get one plant from either the poblano or habanero peppers but I did get a few from the serrano just not as good as my usual germination rate.
PennyG
Chillin' In The Garden
It cant hurt to try right, i have used seeds from green peppers and they did grow for me last year, so good luck.
vfem
Garden Addicted
I've gotten a LOT of store bought produce seeds to grow. However, I've never had luck with bell peppers. Some people have, but I for one haven't.
Good luck!
Good luck!
patandchickens
Deeply Rooted
The problem with trying to germinate seeds from *green* bell peppers, specifically, is that they are often (I'd say usually?) not fully mature. That being kind of the point of a green pepper, that it is usually an *immature* pepper.
Sometimes you will get ones with mature-looking tan/brown seeds in it, I assume it's a variety thing but I don't know for sure -- those would be worth trying, if you don't mind the fact that commercial peppers are all hybrids so the seeds won't reproduce the parent very reliably.
Seeds from MATURE commercial peppers, sweet or hot, generally germinate and grow fine. Although again, esp. for the sweet ones, they're usually hybrids so offspring will be variable and not necessarily quite what you might want.
Have fun,
Pat
Sometimes you will get ones with mature-looking tan/brown seeds in it, I assume it's a variety thing but I don't know for sure -- those would be worth trying, if you don't mind the fact that commercial peppers are all hybrids so the seeds won't reproduce the parent very reliably.
Seeds from MATURE commercial peppers, sweet or hot, generally germinate and grow fine. Although again, esp. for the sweet ones, they're usually hybrids so offspring will be variable and not necessarily quite what you might want.
Have fun,
Pat
m.rogers
Leafing Out
vfemvfem said:
can you tell us what store bought that you have got to grow from seed
thanks
mike
davaroo
Garden Ornament
Im also a pepper failure. Ive tried both green, sweet peppers as well as dried mature peppers. Neither did worth a flip. Tomatoes werent any better. Now, cantalopes and beans, thats another story. They do great! I suspect is has as much to do with hybridization as anything.
However, there are exceptions, as with the melons and beans I mentioned. So it might be worth just trying each thing at the store.
When you find on that works, there you go.
Im about convinced that it is better to buy open pollinated seed, created to be heirloom or type true. Store and handle it properly and propogate from it, if you want. It is appearing like false economy to depend on market produce as a seed source.
However, there are exceptions, as with the melons and beans I mentioned. So it might be worth just trying each thing at the store.
When you find on that works, there you go.
Im about convinced that it is better to buy open pollinated seed, created to be heirloom or type true. Store and handle it properly and propogate from it, if you want. It is appearing like false economy to depend on market produce as a seed source.
