Rain- I suspect they will germinate just fine. I have germinated seeds from almost every possible pod situation. I have a friend who germinated seeds from a pod he found in the basement of a house that had been vacant for 20 years. Why wait?... plant those seeds. Calvin rain@wwbbs.otherside.com wrote: > Folks, I know this has been covered before, but I don't recall the > answer, and my Web access is fried, so I can't go check the archive. > Are seeds from those commercial cello bags of dried chiles you find at > the grocery store ever viable? I found some bags of Mojave brand dried > mulatos at the local salvage store for 39c a pop, and am wondering if > the seeds will do anything. Depends on the drying process this company > uses, I assume; the peppers are still flexible and they don't seem > stale. > x > Having germinated seeds from commercially *pickled* peppers on one > occasion, I've learned never to assume the answer to "will it grow?" > is no. :) > x > Keep on rockin', > Rain > @@@@ > \\\\\