And boy am I getting some funny looks (getting them from parking lots of stores I'm shopping at and the YMCAs I go to).

But am I taking them too early if they aren't dried and/or brown? They are nothing fancy, just some nice yellow ones that all the strip malls have planted around here, but all the pods are either blown and empty, or green. I have opened some of the green ones - some partially opened and some not open at all - and they all have shiny black seed inside.

Anybody know if it makes a difference in germination (after cold stratification) whether they were harvested from dried pod or green?

And are these swap-worthy, or no?

Thanks in advance for words of wisdom.

Okie doke - they need cold strat, so if they are good they'll have to wait until seed swap #2 if there is one. Thanks, Tammy!

I have quite a few of those black lily seeds too. How should I plant them, and when, start indoors, ? Thanks for any info.