In article , David Goldstein
writes
This is my first post to this group, so be nice :-) I want to plant a
variety of peppers this year, since it is so difficult to find the peppers
that I am looking for here in Germany. Can anyone tell me if I can
successfully grow peppers from the seeds from dried chiles? I will be
purchasing a few bags of different chile peppers in the near future and
being able to grow some from the seeds would be great. I have a terrible
feeling that it is not possible, but you never know.

Yes, you can grow most peppers and chillies from saved seed
successfully. In the case of hybrids they will grow and crop, but the
fruits will not necessarily come true to the parent stock. Chillies are
smaller and hotter than sweet peppers, but they grow much the same way.

Start the seed from now in a minimum temperature of 20C/68F and keep the
seedlings growing on until they have their first pair of true (i.e. not
seedling) leaves. Then they will be ready to be potted on or planted out
into their growing positions. They need to be staked for support. Plants
can be pinched out at the top to make them more bushy, or left to grow
in a cordon style.

We pick off sweet peppers as soon as they reach full size so as to
encourage more new fruits to form. If they are a red or yellow variety,
they will ripen on indoors. We usually freeze surplus fruits in late
summer or early autumn and that gives us a year's supply for cooking.
--
Alan & Joan Gould - North Lincs.