Season peppers

[Acanthus]

My daughter has brought me a handful of fresh season peppers from Antigua in the hope I can get them to grow. They look like small scotch bonnets, red and green,and are spicy without being too hot. What should I do to collect the seed? Let the fruit dry out, or take the seeds out now and dry them? Do they need any special treatment? Hoping they will grow,they are so tasty!

[BarleySugar]

The green ones are probably not ripe, so the seeds from those might not be mature enough to grow. However there's not much lost if they don't, so try them anyway. The red ones should be fine.
The way I save seeds from my chillies (because I usually use the fruit as well as saving the seeds) is to take the seeds out and wrap them in kitchen roll for a week or so until they are dry. I just usually leave them on the side in the kitchen, but you should probably find somewhere that isn't humid or gets too cold.
Someone else may have a more technical way of doing it, but this method works for me fine.

[keepitgreen]

I save mine in exactly the same way. I have got about 50 chilli seedlings at the moment which have been germinated from my saved seeds. I don't know why I plant so many every year. (some of my seedlingsare even in the toilet window!) I think I have a chilli addiction. Chilli plants can live up to 3 years. They can take about 8-20 days to germinate so don't worry and think they are not going to grow. Just need to be patient. Hope this helps.

[Two_Sheds]

I've sown fresh chilli seeds before and they came up fine (ie, I didn't dry them first)

[Maccabee]

I did as Two Sheds and picked a fruit straight off the plant, cut it open, harvested the seed and planted them. They've come up no problems. Whether they'll be true to type or even get past the seedling stage remains to be seen

[BarleySugar]

I have planted seed straight away too, but if I want to save for later planting or swapping, then I use the method described.

[Acanthus]

Thanks all, I will try planting them straight away and see what happens