The seeds will still be viable as long as they dried out, but it’s a coin flip how they will turn out. This is mostly for sweet peppers, but commercial operations use a lot of hybrids and grafting that leads to sterile seeds. Not to mention a lot of grocery store varieties are grown in greenhouses under controlled conditions, and may not fare well outside one. Wouldn’t suspect that of shishitos but it’s a possibility, only one way to find out.

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Posted by Zach

Gizmonic Institute

Member since May 2005

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Posted on 4/11/20 at 3:29 pm to mouton

I've been growing Thais for 4 years now. I have to use pots to move into sunlight because my yard is a forest.

In Feb. I plant seeds indoors gathered from last year's peppers and stored in the freezer. The seedlings stay in a window until Mar. Then I put them outside in small pots and then larger pots in May.

They start flowering in May and start producing in early June. They'll keep producing until November. I select the largest ones and remove seeds and freeze for next year. I use compost pile for every re pot to a larger container.

No trouble with birds but watch out for green slugs that look exactly like the leaves.

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Posted by BayouBengal51

Forest Hill, Louisiana

Member since Nov 2006

6589 posts

Posted on 4/11/20 at 8:16 pm to Zach

I've got jumbo jalapenos, green, red, orange and cajun belle peppers and giant marconi peppers planted.

I've only have about 4 jalapenos total planted because last year, I had 8 and I had more Jalapenos than I knew what to do with. I can only make so many dishes with them.

I was trimming the lower growth on the plants (branches only a few inches from the ground) and I noticed I've got buds on everything. I even have one small Cajun Bell about the size of a shot glass on one of the plants.

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