Topic: First chitted chillies into pots!

[tricia]

Two weeks ago, going through my seed box, I found some very old Peppadew seeds from 2011 in the pepper seed envelope and decided to give them a try by chitting on damp tissue. Today I've planted 6 of them up - and have at least another half dozen to pass on to my gardening neighbour. All from about 25 seeds .

At the same time I tried chitting old Aji Fantasia, Gypsy and Corno di toro Rosso, none of which have, so far, germinated. I understand they can take up to three weeks, so there is still time.

So exciting to get the new season underway .

Tricia

[johhnyco15]

ive been using a pkt of orange baby peppers for 7 years this will be the last year as ive run out of seeds they ran out of date 2011 i saved the seeds this year from said peppers  so i can keep them going  and i got the pkt free on a mag now thats value

[sunloving]

Exciting, I was just sorting my seeds yesterday. I start my first few on valentines day to start the years love. Just ten days to go.
It's brill when old seeds spring into life! That's evolution for you.
Woo! X sunloving

[Vinlander]

Two weeks ago, going through my seed box, I found some very old Peppadew seeds from 2011 in the pepper seed envelope and decided to give them a try by chitting on damp tissue. Today I've planted 6 of them up - and have at least another half dozen to pass on to my gardening neighbour. All from about 25 seeds .

I found that my 2008 chilli seeds failed miserably in 2015 so I currently regard 2011 seeds as being the oldest that are worth even chitting. So 50% germination is definitely a win...

Cheers.

[Robert_Brenchley]

I keep mine in the freezer. It solves that one nicely.