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Posted by pepino Werribee Vic (My Page) on Tue, Aug 2, 05 at 20:33
| I've successfully saved seed from chillis in the past by hanging them to dry, but never had luck saving capsicum seed. They have either moulded or just not germinated when sowed. I know it's probably an easy exercise but can anyone tell me how to save them.
Also does it matter if they are from red or green caps. And can you save seed from the yellow ones?
The reds are pretty cheap here at the moment and we have been buying them and roasting them. I thought I'd get some seed together to grow our own as the low prices wont be around for ever. |
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RE: Saving capsicum seed
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| Pepino, I just scrape out the seeds, put them on a little plate and let them dry. Never had a problem with that. I see no problem in saving the seeds of red and yellow capsicums. Not sure about the green ones, as I always thought they were unripe. But worth trying, I guess. However, they may be hybrids and may not come true to type. Good luck! :) |
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| Pepino and Spatz The green capsicum are the unripe form of the red capsicum. I would only save seed from the red, yellow or black varieties, because they ripe regards Helen |
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| Pepino, some of those big red caps might be hybrids and if so won't come true. |
RE: Saving capsicum seed
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Hi Guys
Pepino ...if you are only talking about store bought capsicums then as mentioned by Mercury12 the green are unripe...although a few seeds may have poor germination and vigour...they are...as mentioned by Helen they will also be hibrids and not true to type but they will produce fruit (if grown correctly)
As for yellow, orange, colours...if the variety is not known then one would not know whether they are half ripe or fully ripe...red, brown (chocolate) or "black" varieties only reach this colour when fully ripe
Why not ask the people here for some true to type varieties that you can happily save seeds of even spend a couple of donald ducks and get some good ones...Phoenix, Eden and Diggers and other heritage seed companies have some great varieties well worth growing
By the way you can often tell the good seeds (as far as vigor go by looking at their shape...they tend to fatter than the poor quality seeds which will be flatter and more transparent looking (when dry that is)
cheers
Peter |
RE: Saving capsicum seed
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- Posted by pepino Werribee Vic (My Page) on
Wed, Aug 3, 05 at 23:17
| I've got a Diggers catalogue at home. I might just see what they have and order some. I just assumed since capsicums have been around for so long they would simply produce true-to-type plants. BTW the first 4 kilos we roasted a week ago have already been consumed. Yum!! I have to make a trip to the grocer to see if I can get some more. |
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What every one else said! By the way, got a few different varieties if you'd like some. How about I just send you a little collection?
Ray |
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| Pepino, when I send the raspberries, I'll bung in some Chinese Giant seeds. |
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| As I live in a condo, I only have balcony space to grow plants. Being a novice, I dried out some pepper seeds then planted them in a tray that I made with some holes punched into the base for drainage. Out of 9 seeds, only two sprouted. Out of the two that sprouted, one died shortly after pushing through the surface of the soil. The only one left, after a week of little or no action, apart from ditching its seed casing, decided to turn black and slouch today, having reached a height of about two CM. After searching the net for information, and coming across this here, I now understand where I went wrong: The pepper from which I retrieved the seeds was still green, meaning it was not yet mature. I also think that maybe the soil was not well-drained enough. Maybe I should mix it with a little course sand. All suggestions welcome; I am no green finger, but would like to be. pscheirich@hotmail.com , regards, Paul. |
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| g'day paul, unfortunately at present there doesn't appear to be any container gardening web pages around i could refer you to so i'll see if i can help a bit? with capsicums or tomatoes (there are special hybrids now that are bred for contianer growing) for the main they like a bit of root space mostly latteraly, so you may need equivalent to say a container of 4 gallon capacity for each plant. with those styrene containers i try to get those larger deeper ones with all the slit holes in them, but those broccoli coller type boxes (the larger ones) can be converted by pushing some holes in the bottom i find using a section of 25mm electrical condute good, sit the container on the ground so it has basic overall support then just push through with the condute nice fairly neat holes appear. start with a hole in each cornere then say 2 more down either side and a similar pattern down the middle, then some alternate holes in rows between middle and edges. we then place some 3" stones around the bottom not covering the holes then using some old fly screen of shade cloth single layer cut a piece that will fit over that and to the edges, then lay you meduim around the edges and firm this hold the mesh from sagging too much. then fill the container compacting the medium a bit as you go you can add wetting crystals if you like or some slow release fert', we mulch around the top using that sugar cane mulch in the plasitc wrapped bales. we found a potting medium one of the cheaper ones at the nursery which is a very humnusy product so hoping this will do better than the regular mixes. enjoy len |
Here is a link that might be useful: len's garden page
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