Side with the seeds.....

[BaileysMom]

Lenbert gave us a couple of scotch bonnet peppers on our last trip to Negril. We thought we'd use them to make jerk sauce, and save the seeds to plant. I read online on some travel forum that it is ok to take peppers, all you have to do is be sure to claim them, so we did... WRONG! After being sent to several different desks in customs once we arrived in Orlando, they took the peppers from us and told us we could not bring any vegetable matter into the US. I'm guessing it works both ways- can't take fruits/vegetables into Jamaica. I was bummed- thinking I should have just brought the peppers and not said anything, but anybody who knows me, knows I'm a little paranoid about getting in trouble and I would never try to sneak anything in, going either direction. I'd die of embarrassment if I got caught. Anyway... I have found scotch bonnet peppers for sale online, so next spring, I'm ordering some! Can you mail seeds to someone in Jamaica, or can they order them online?

[Odinson]

There are a lot of internet sources for good seeds:
http://sustainableseedco.com/heirloo...per-seeds.html

You should be able to grow year round in sunny Florida. Last summer, I found scotch bonnet plants at our local plant nursery here near Chicago - they grew like crazy and were scorching hot!

Lenbert gave us a couple of scotch bonnet peppers on our last trip to Negril. We thought we'd use them to make jerk sauce, and save the seeds to plant. I read online on some travel forum that it is ok to take peppers, all you have to do is be sure to claim them, so we did... WRONG! After being sent to several different desks in customs once we arrived in Orlando, they took the peppers from us and told us we could not bring any vegetable matter into the US. I'm guessing it works both ways- can't take fruits/vegetables into Jamaica. I was bummed- thinking I should have just brought the peppers and not said anything, but anybody who knows me, knows I'm a little paranoid about getting in trouble and I would never try to sneak anything in, going either direction. I'd die of embarrassment if I got caught. Anyway... I have found scotch bonnet peppers for sale online, so next spring, I'm ordering some! Can you mail seeds to someone in Jamaica, or can they order them online?