yes of course its possible.

Take the seeds out and rub them off with a paper towel (to remove any membrane still attached to the seeds)
Let them sit on a dry paper towel or paper plate in the sun by a window for many days.
Dry seeds can be saved for a long time, if the seed is dried correctly, it will break in half and not bend if you tried to bend it.

Depending on what zone you live in, you can start your seeds indoors if it is still too cold outside.

Are you thinking of the dried chilis? I've grown seed from several of them. De Arbol as I remember took a very long time to germinate. I thougt it was dead seed but didn't get the trays dumped out and then....there they were. Waited several weeks and then several sprouted within a few days of each other. Some other varieties germinated in a week, others took long, and some never grew. They were probably dried at hotter temps, I'm guessing.

I'd try soaking the seed from dried peppers 12 hours in lukewarm water before planting. Maybe that would give them a quicker start than mine which were not soaked.

I'd sow them soon. You should be able to find enough inside light to keep them alive til plant out time. And the plants can use the extra growing time....seems to take forever for some chilis to ripen.

Good luck. It's fun to experiment with non-seed packet seeds. Just be sure you have a backup plan if yours do not grow. You wouldn't want to go all summer without any pepper plants!

Thanks you guys! Can't wait to try this! There are so many seeds in all those peppers in a 3 oz package, I'll try both methods the two of you mentioned.

I bought some peppers at the store called "Red Holland". They had some good heat & flavor and were about 6" long so I decided to dry the seeds and see if I could get them to grow.

I tried germinating a few and they did germinate so I put a few more in my starter tray and will see what happens.

Does anyone know anything about the "Red Holland"?

Lady at a nursery suggested toping the arbol and won't have to stake and also get better yield. Is it better to let it grow until first blossoms appear then top?