I was reading the article “Collecting & Preparing Seeds” by Robin Hansen
in the latest issue of The Bulb Garden that is sent out to PBS members, and
in it Robin mentions the difficulty of collecting ripe seeds if some insect
or animal gets the seeds before you do or the seed pod pops and scatters
the seeds before you get to it. I don’t know if the article is referring to
collecting seeds in the wild but I used to have this problem collecting
seeds from my own plants until I finally came upon the idea of using those
small netted bags that are often used for wedding party favors.