Hi. The green pod will not turn brown. It vill explode when it is mature.

Impatiens is a very easy plant to collect seeds from.

This is my way of harvesting the seeds.

ooh, Thanks ABC-impatiens... I will try that. What a nice way to display how to do this.

Thanks,
Claire

One more question. Does that green seed pod happen AFTER the flower dies off and is left with a seed pod? I didn't see one; I read there was one. Thanks again,

The pods will form after the flowers are successfully pollinated. Some hybrids (most of our impatiens are hybrids) will produce very few seed pods, though, and those seeds rarely result in a duplicate of the mother plant. The cultivars that do produce pods create a BUNCH of them!

Great pictures, ABC!

I JUST GATHERED MY FIRST IMPATIENS SEED POD IT HAD TO BROWNISH YELLOW SO i THINK I ALMOST DIDN'T GET IT IN TIME I HAVE A GLASS PILL BOX CONTAINER AND SET IT IN THERE I TRIED MOVING IT AWAY FROM A GREEN POD AND IT JUST EXPLODED BUT SINCE I HAD IT IN THE CONTAINER I WAS ABLE TO SAVE ALL OF THE SEEDS. NOW FOR THE NEXT STEP SORRY I DIDN'T REALIZE THE CAP BUTTON WAS PUSHED UNTIL THE END OF THIS.