Who with the beginning of warm spring weather begins to hunt for novelties of seeds in stores, and who prepares them independently in the summer. There is no difference in how to collect the seeds of spicy or salad pepper. The principle of operation remains the same. However, there are several important points in this issue that directly affect the result of seed germination.
How to properly collect pepper seeds for seedlings?
Before you collect the seeds of pepper, you need to understand some varietal characteristics. If you decide to try this method, you should practice on time-tested old varieties. If you decide to get a planting material from new hybrids, you risk losing some varietal characteristics in the new generation.
To assemble quality pepper seeds at home, check the harvesting place properly. If you want to get a sweet pepper for a salad, and an acute variety grows nearby, the probability of transferring the sharpness to salad pepper is great. If you are going to get the seeds, plant peppers to collect them away from the bitter pepper.
Do not try to collect the seeds of Bulgarian pepper from all the fruits, since really high quality planting material you will get from the fruits fully ripened. To take on seedlings fruits green or ripe there is no sense. In unripe, even rested fruits, the seeds will be suitable for use for not more than a year. In the overripe fruit, the seed has already passed, which will also affect the quality of the shoots.
It is important to collect the seeds of the Bulgarian pepper from the right fruit, since the position of the latter on the bush plays an important role. Experts say that seeds from first or second order fruits are much stronger. They are able to maintain their germination capacity to three years.
After you have found the ideal fruit, you can collect the seeds of pepper. Sign of ripeness will be the most characteristic crunch when contracting the fetus. Next, we cut out the upper part with a handle and take out the placenta. When you manage to collect pepper seeds at home, you need to dry them properly. To do this, a place in the shade, preferably in the open air. When you notice that the seed is easy to break, it dried out enough. Now you need to warm twenty minutes of planting material in forty-degree water, then dip them for a couple of minutes into cold water. We again dry the seeds and store them until the spring.