HYB: verbena moth larvae in pods

Hi Everybody,

My pods are all ripening (about time after all 
that watched pot never boils stuff) and Ive 
been going through them.  Ive been squishing 
those nasty verbena moth larvae and wondered if 
I should have picked the pods with the holes 
sooner to kill them before they had too many of 
my seeds for a snack.  

I was wondering what the general consensus was 
about how long the pods should remain on the 
plant to still produce viable seeds.  Ive had 
some laying around, and more in vases for a few 
weeks that managed to break off.  Id hate to 
shell a pod trying to save it from the verbena 
moths only to lose all of the seeds because I 
got to anxious.  (Of course, maybe the real 
solution would be to set so many pods that I 
dont have time to line all of the seedlings 
out anyway.)

So far where practical, I have been leaving 
them on the stalk until they start to crack 
open.   Any recommendations?

Robin Shadlow

Zone 5 NE

where all of those new irises (well almost all) 
are set in their new beds


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