My whites and yellows have green pods, the pinks and reds have red pods, to varying degrees. The pods shouldn't be very mushy, but then I don't squeeze mine, so I'm not totally sure on that. I spray the pods twice a week with diluted fertilizer, really early in the morning before the sun's up. I do like to protect them from Milkweed bugs. These varmits suck the sap out of the developing seeds, and you get a pod full of fluff, and flat empty seeds that don't sprout.----
Hum the link didn't work, Anyway, a milkweed bug is about a half an inch long, bright orange and black.
" Pollination to ripening time is approximately 75 days in summer and 90 days in winter. " from Tropica Nursery, they produce over a million seeds a year, from 2,000 plants, whew! Read more at :
http://www.tropicanursery.com/... Some interesting seedlings at the bottom of that page.
