Why collecting seeds from store-bought peppers is a bad idea

Imported peppers look so appealing in stores that you'll want to grow the same vegetable in your own garden. It would seem that collecting the seeds yourself... plant them in the ground, water regularly, and then wait for the harvest. Is it as simple as it seems?

How to Grow Bell Peppers

Bell peppers are a delicious vegetable with numerous beneficial properties. They can be stuffed, stewed, fried, or used in salads. To ensure a bountiful harvest, pay attention to the seeds and provide the plant with the necessary care.

Instructions for growing a crop from purchased vegetable seeds:

• choose even, beautiful, large, mature specimens;
• placed in a warm, dry place for full ripening (10-15 days);
• take out and select suitable material;
• planted or laid out in bags for further planting.

To determine which seeds are suitable and which are not, follow these steps: Place the extracted material in a container with a saline solution (10 g of salt per 1/2 liter of water) and mix thoroughly. Those that sink to the bottom are considered suitable. These are removed and dried in the sun for two weeks.

Disadvantages of grown vegetables

Hybrid varieties of bell peppers are typically available in stores. They are suitable for planting, but their main advantage is that the harvest will replicate the characteristics of their parents, only smaller.

The disadvantages of vegetables grown this way are as follows:

• the plant's immunity changes;
• the thickness of the vegetable walls may vary;
• the vitamin content becomes less;
• Color and shape may vary.

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It turns out that from store-bought pepper seeds The vegetable seedlings will grow and even produce a full harvest. However, the result cannot be guaranteed, as the planting material was an unknown hybrid. Therefore, you can experiment by planting several seeds. When the harvest appears, compare the result with the parent plant, as well as with a plant grown from a store-bought packet.