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An_Old_Big_Tree OP wrote (edited )

I learned this week that red bell pepper seeds are fucking expensive.

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An_Old_Big_Tree OP wrote

Yeah it's strange. I grew a pepper plant over the last couple months and it only made one red pepper. So maybe the plants don't produce a lot of fruit, and so less seeds? It's cheaper to buy a red pepper and take the seeds out than it is to buy seeds here...

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throwaway wrote

I've heard before that the seeds from most plants and vegetables you can by in the supermarket are sterile, and won't produce any fruit - have I misunderstood something?

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liminal_d wrote

I've successfully grown seed collected from shop bought produce. I'm in the UK, so don't know if there's a massive difference. I've grown squashes, pumpkins, tomatoes, peppers, chillies, dried beans, dried peas, coriander just off the top of my head. I know peppers generally need quite a long season, so I have to start them early. Some chillies I have to plant indoors before new year to get a ripe one before the weather turns.

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An_Old_Big_Tree OP wrote

I'm not a good gardener :) It was my first try gardening, I planted a bunch of tomatoes and then a pepper plant grew and I remembered that I also planted peppers.

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