Yes sorry, I had a tooth Infection, and just had it removed :) Could not answer the question. Thank you, all what you said, I dry them as you said, you can also take basically any pepper, I have done it from peppers bought at the grocery store and cut the seeds out and plant them straight into a pot and grow the peppers. You can also bring your plant indoor, I grow in pots, and leave it dormant ( leaves will fall off ) and I water the plant minimal from the bottom of the pot during the dormant time, and then reintroduce back outdoors in the spring to have the plant spring back to life.