Wish I could help, but I've never seen seed pods on a Thanksgiving cactus. I don't know how to tell when the seeds are ready to be harvested. The seeds in the pod you opened look good.

Crenda, those are so cute. I've never had a seed pod on TC. I figure they should grow similar to dragon fruit seeds?

Exciting, good luck with them!

After reading everything and watching a couple of videos, I'm still not sure that this pod was ready for harvest. You can see it is still firmly attached to the leaf. My understanding is it should come off easily when ripe. The color is confusing on the red plant, too, so I will depend on firmness of the pod and how easily it comes off.

Pods on other plants are doing just what I would expect. Some are starting to turn pink and others are quite pink. They are still firm and full and well attached, so they are not ready at all.

If not for the hole in the pod, I would have left this one alone. The plant looks ok, no signs of insects or rot. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

But I did get a lot of seeds, so I'll see if I get any babies from them.

Ok I put in the Google search engine " White seed pods on Thansgiving cactus". I searched through the images and found this pic.

I'm still thinking about this and I would still wait a month with the white guys:). Just to be safe:)

My cactus has a seed pod too. I find it to be a bonus, very pretty.

need to research.

Hmmm - maybe these red pods are going to get holes in them as a rule? I found another one looking the same as the first.

Everything I have read says the pods are ripe when they turn red. Well . . .

The smaller pod had fallen off and was on the table. And after reading Kara's post about the white seed pods, I don't think the color matters at all.

I also wonder if the seeds ripen faster for me, having them outside in our warm, humid bright shade than they would for folks growing strictly indoors. I found the first pods in late January, so these are about 6 months old, no older.

I'll let ya'll know if any sprout!

I've got a few pods too, some pink, some pale pink. We have a lot of summer left here, so I'll just leave them be several more months. I'm not really a fan of watching over seeds anyway.

I would guess that the seed pod color may vary according to the flower color. At least in Clivia, I know that yellow flowered Clivia have yellow pods/berries when ripe, orange flowered ones have red pods, and peach flowered ones have paler pods. Maybe Thanksgiving cactus pod color varies that way as well?

I tend to agree with you on the color of the pods. These are my first. I am pretty sure the green pod is from a white plant and I know the red pods are from a red plant. The various pink shades, I am not sure. Could be pink, peach or even yellow.

When pods soften it is time to harvest seeds. Pluck off pod and squeeze seeds out from the pointy end on a paper towel.

All harvested today 4 23 21

My Thanksgiving cactus seed pods took about 1 year and 5 months before they were ready to be harvested. I cross pollinated my red with white center thanksgiving cactus with my white thanksgiving cactus. Today the seedling are 6 months old.

I crosspollinated them December 2019. I did not put the thanksgiving cactus outside summer of 2020 like I normally do because I didn't wat the birds to eat the fruit. I live in Colorado so I only put them outside from mid June to the end of August - beginning of September. I gave the remainder seed pods from the red cactus to friends. I originally planted the seeds in a Jiffy seed starting greenhouse kit and transplanted the seedlings when they were 2 months old to a shallow clay pot with potting soil. I also put the seedling outside with the parent plants this summer, 2021.

https://1drv.ms/v/s!AlnaL8WbjsqqhFAKKTZGbUEl1iB_?e=D8DqDO

a little timeline video from December 2019 to today October 2021

What potting mix did you use to start them.

When I first started the seeds I used a jiffy pellets greenhouse growing kit. When I re-planted the seedlings when they were 2 months old, I just used the normal miracle grow potting soil in the yellow bag. I already had some.