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Then slice the entire chilli in half down the length of the chilli. Step 3 drying.

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I like to dry my seeds in labelled polystyrene cups in the airing cupboard for a week or two.

Saving chilli seeds. Saving chilli pepper seeds to grow again step 1 selection. I keep some chillies on a plant to ripen before i pick them. Use a blender cut the tops of your peppers off just under the stems.

Remove the seeds and dry them per the instructions above. You re looking for the seeds to settle at the bottom. Step 2 extraction.

Best pepper seeds for saving you can save seeds from younger pods but you will have more success from ripe chili pepper pods. I am lucky to have a windowsill right next to the boiler in my kitchen which means they will keep dry and warm. With a small sharp knife and chopping board cut off the calyx stem bit connecting to the top of the pod.

While we ve talked a lot on the site about encouraging insects to our chilli plants to help. Brown or are much smaller thinner than others. I usually pour enough water to cover the tops of the chillies.

Once harvested the ripened chillies are all placed on my windowsill. Plant pod selection. As a best practice let some pods grow on the plant until they become fully ripe and even start to wrinkle a bit.

Ideally if you re saving seed from your pepper plants all your different varieties would have been. Place your peppers in a blender and add water. Saving chilli seeds for planting again is one of my favourite jobs in autumn.

Carefully extract the seeds from the pod and place them on to a piece of kitchen towel. Use the knife to gently scrape all of the seeds out of the pod onto paper towel. Blend slowly and for a few seconds at a time.

Saving chilli pepper seeds cross pollination. Throw any seeds that are discoloured eg.