[CH] Re: Saving Seeds

City Print (cityprint@xtra.co.nz)
Tue, 18 Aug 1998 13:29:27 +1200

Waay back,  Ron Bates asked :-

>I was wondering if there is something special that needs to be done to 
save seeds from plants.

I was reading The Pepper Garden by Dave DeWitt (et al) and found this...

In 1986 a study by Edwards & Lundstrom (sp?) found that seeds from mature 
pods germinated faster and with a higher success rate that seeds from 
immature pods or umm.. over-mature pods (that had been left on the plant to 
overripen).

They also found that slowly drying the seeds over 3-4 weeks improved the 
strike rate.

Hope I'm not too late :-)

Cheers

Chris