Marsha -
dmforcier - The picture of the seedlings was taken yesterday afternoon. The germination rate so far is 2 seedlings out of about 50 plus seeds. The seeds were harvested in 2009 and kept in an old medicine bottle until this year. When I moved from North Georgia to here in Northeast Tennessee, my entire pepper seed collection at the time was subjected to 20 degree freezing temps overnight. For the most part, I put them aside and, in my mind, just wrote them off. But, for some reason I didn't dispose of them.
So, this year I'm doing another "cleanup" of older seeds and decided to give this one a try because I haven't seen it anywhere else. It would be a shame to let it become another lost variety. So, I decided to give it a try. I've been known for waking up some older tomato seeds, and hoped my methods would work here. I really expected nothing, but hoped for success.
And, rest assured that I'll move these to individual cups/pots when the time is appropriate.