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lisamarie508
True Blue Farmgirl
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Lisa
Idaho City
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USA
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 Posted - Oct 05 2008 : 4:27:59 PM
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Ok, I not only picked and pulled up all the tomato plants; I picked all the peppers, too, regardless of size.
So, right now I'm cutting up all the peppers for the freezer and I'm noticing that some of the seeds are white, some are tan and some are brown. I pretty much figure the white ones are immature and not worth saving. But what about the tan and brown ones? Are the tan still immature, also? Or are the brown ones bad?
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LisaLu
True Blue Farmgirl
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Lisa
Wildomar
Ca
USA
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Posted - Oct 05 2008 : 4:39:30 PM
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Lisamarie:
What type of peppers are you talking about? Bell peppers have pale yellow seeds. Save the largest ones. I just put them on a paper plate until they dry, then put them in white envelopes labeled with the date of planting and the date of harvest and where I planted them in the garden. I find it helpful come spring. One day I would love to attach a photo of the plant.
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lisamarie508
True Blue Farmgirl
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Lisa
Idaho City
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USA
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Montrose Girl
Farmgirl Legend/Schoolmarm
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Laurie
Montrose
CO
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Posted - Oct 11 2008 : 07:41:28 AM
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You can always experiment. save them all. Dedicate a section of your garden and make sure you label when you replant to find out how the different seeds do. You could also plant them in pots early that way you can keep the different ones separate and not waste garden space. I love experimenting with seeds. the best pea production I ever saw was when a friend and I laughed the entire time because we weren't planting rows, just being haphazard along the fence line.
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Tina Michelle
True Blue Farmgirl
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Tina
sunshine state
FL
USA
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Posted - Oct 11 2008 : 2:03:36 PM
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I'd go ahead and collect some of each since you have had to go ahead and pick them before they are fully ripened.
but..here's a little tip I found for future bell pepper seed harvesting:
Select the biggest, prettiest pepper on the best plant you have and
leave it on the plant until it turns to yellow or red and starts to
shrivel. Remove the pepper, open it up and scrape out the seeds onto a
sheet of newspaper. Place the paper where the air can flow over it to
dry out as much moisture from the seeds as possible, about two weeks.
Place these dried seeds into an envelope which you then put into a
sealed glass jar in your refrigerator. These seeds should be good for
5 to 10 years.
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lisamarie508
True Blue Farmgirl
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Lisa
Idaho City
ID
USA
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Posted - Oct 11 2008 : 5:56:42 PM
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Thanks, Tina. I'll have to remember that for next year. I seldom ever get a red or yellow pepper as our growing season is so short (even though I start them inside). But I think I'll do a mini-hoop greenhouse over the pepper bed next year. I didn't do that this year until we started getting frosts and I left clear plastic over the bed during the day and blankets at night. Our summer was unusually cool this year. Boy, did those pepper plants just love that! They grew like crazy under that plastic.
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