Tropicals & Tender Perennials: Has anyone seen this brug - on ebay???, 1 by

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The pods in my picture were ready to harvest ...they go sort of softish instead of hard and green ...the stalk starts to go a yellow hay colour. It takes about 4 months ...here in Australia anyway for the tiny green pod to grow big and then ripen.You can tell if the cross has been successful by watching the little green ovary ...it gets bigger almost straight away,You do the cross early in the morning or in the cooler dusk hours and make sure you are generous with the pollen ...about three generous swipes. Secure the bloom from any other critters messing with your cross.
If you are pushed for the growing season (short) try to source the above Y cuttings, because they will flower months earlier as they have already gone through their "puberty"