it might depend on how they were dried ..

regardless ... try to germinate a couple.. you have nothing to lose ...

ken

I've tried this three times with mixed results.

First time I had 30% germination rate (piri piri from Africa), second time 0% (bhut jolokia from India) and third time 90% (Anaheim from US).

Agree with Ken. I've done it with Guajillos and De Arboles before but with mixed results. Guajillos -- maybe a couple out of 40 seeds. De Arbol was much more successful. Poblano/Ancho was nil.

Hit me up at the end of the season if you don't get any to germinate. I'll have some for you.

Kevin

Agree with ken. Just test germinate ahead of time.
I am growing a few from commercial dry pods.

I have successfully harvested viable seed from several different fresh peppers but I have never tried from a dried pepper. But I would be pretty confident that it would work as long as the pepper wasn't dried at a really high temp. But the only way to know for sure is to do what several others suggested and that is plant some of them and see. You could even use the paper towel in a baggie method to make it even more simple.
Good luck and let us know how it works out.
Bruce

Yea, like Bruce , I have fished seeds from fresh pods (after letting them fully ripen on the counter);
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