HYB: snapped stalk result

Stalk was snapped during microburst (tornadic) winds 5 days after pollination.
I brought it indoors, laid it on the windowsill where it got a few hours of filtered sun in the morning. It did not rot. Ripened 55 seeds; as soon as the pod started to split, the pod went directly into a loosely closed baggie in the fridge, shelled and burrito'd eventually; in the fridge for 4 months, when seeds started to sprout; one of those sprouts is now above ground. 

I am pretty amazed that a 5 day old "pod" could ripen viable seeds!

IMMAMY:(IMM x AMITY ESTATE) X IC1:(IMM x CSONG).
I love going out to look for new little bits of seedling green this time of year! 
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Linda Mann east Tennessee USA zone 7/8
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