Planting habanero peppers?

You should let them air dry before planting. Cut the pepper in half and save the seeds. You can leave them in the pepper halves (unless you are going to eat it) or scrape them out with a knife or a spoon. Place them on a paper towel and fold it in half. Make sure to wash you hands afterwards! Put them in a cool dry place. I leave mine until the spring, but you can probably plant them after a month or so.

Start them in a small pot of loose soil at about a 1/4" depth. You can cover the pot with plastic wrap and a rubber band to help raise the temperature of the soil, until they get started. When they get to be about 3 - 4 inches tall, you can transplant them to a larger pot or your garden. I grow them year-round in pots in the house.

It works both ways, you just have to be careful when you weed in the spring if you plant in the fall (as the plants do) . Best to use a starter flat and put the best ones in the ground. What a pretty plant!

about a foot apart,cross pollinating is not an issue unless you want to use the seeds. t