Saving Pepper Seed?

[rnewste]

I use my wife's old ankle stockings to bag blossoms. Work great!

Raybo

[korney19]

Originally Posted by Flame of Bodensee

Hi,

a friend of mine use liquid Latex or other rubber similar base in liquid form to bag the blossoms with it.

Seriously????

Don't they die?

At first I thought you meant they first bag the plant or cluster with a big netting or tulle and then use a blob to fasten it closed where it got bunched together...

[Love2Troll]

Don't they die?

It was fun to try and some were successful, but bagging is the better method IMO.
http://www.fototime.com/inv/787EF8A2BA9A290

[mjc]

Since this was bumped back up...

For those thinking of building boxes for isolate plants, window screening works well, too...the cheap fiberglass screen. It will also last for several seasons.

Or if you want to do a bunch or make a bunch of bags of various sizes...

http://www.fabricdirect.com/acatalog/nylon-netting.html

[b54red]

What's the best way to keep the dried seed?
Will they keep the same as tomato seed or do they need refrigeration? I know they keep fine for a year in a coin envelope but I was wondering about longer term.

[franzb69]

i know that properly saved pepper seeds can last as long as 5-10 years. read that somewhere. i've had 3 year old seeds from a seed packet germinate relatively fine even after bad storage.

[Love2Troll]

Originally Posted by b54red

What's the best way to keep the dried seed?
Will they keep the same as tomato seed or do they need refrigeration? I know they keep fine for a year in a coin envelope but I was wondering about longer term.

Cool and dry for starters. For years I've used coin envelopes stored in a capped jar with some silica gel pkts. Lately I've been using little plastic zip-lock type bags with the desiccant in ea bag and then into jars. And yes, I realize that the pic below is of tomato seeds.



Much depends on the % moisture content in the dried seeds. I believe 5% is what is best.