If they are truly dry I don’t refrigerate or anything else. I keep peppers, zucchini, various spices etc in pickle jars or ziplock bags that way. The problem you may have is they may be higher in moisture than herbs and spices etc. that I typically dry. I have dried pears, strawberries, apples etc and they kept fine. The high sugar gooey ones I always put in the freezer as mentioned above.
In the pictures I uploaded there are a few pics of garden produce I picked this morning and some zucchini, sage, scallions , peppermint, etc I grew last year and dried. The way I view it is on good years you are growing enough produce to get you through several bad years. Spices keep 5+ years for us.
I’ll be happy to make it partly through the winter with our stuff!
I’m really proud of all these peppers. I started all these from seed, not knowing what I was doing or if it would work.
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It really worked and they are beautiful!
Thanks. I started them all from 2 peppers we ate from the grocery store back in February or March. I put a bunch with dirt in a coffee cup to start. I was surprised they germinated, and realized they needed more room. I had to seperate them all later best I could (lots of fiddly work) into a seedling tray I found with a bed heater and light and plastic bag. I ended up with over the 100 seedlings, and jammed them all in the garden! Everything I read on the Internet was hum and haw about whether they would produce or not. I think the crowding actualy helped in some cases, as most were spindly and helped each other stand up with the typhoons.
Anyway, the taste is fabulous and now sweet with the turning color.
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You wound up with a nice looking variety of colors, and an attractive collection of tasty peppers. On top of that you got experience growing them in unfamiliar growing conditions. I think it’s great that you got a free roll of the dice and came out an unquestionable winner.
Thanks a lot, it all worked out well.