Leftwood said:Unripe seeds will never be soggy. They will just be wet!
Not that all ripe seeds can even become soggy, but if they are soggy from the weather, then they are either dead or ripe.
Not sure I fully understand, but I have dealt with seeds that appeared to be completely ripe - they were falling off the seed heads on their own. I was wanting to gather a few thousand. It then started raining and rained at least some every day for over a week. I gathered them in the rain and laid them out on bath towels which I changed often. Those suckers were beyond soggy - they were totally water logged.
While I did finally get some to dry, the germination was horrible. < 5 % and should normally have been 90 % or better.
