When they dry and crack open. They will grow for about 6 weeks, maybe a little longer. Then they will turn brown and crack open. When this happens you can see the seeds inside the pods or gently give the pod a shake and it should rattle. This will tell you the pod is ready to be removed. I'm attaching a link that shows a very dry daylily seed pod. I usually gather my pods when they first crack open, not quite this dry. In fact, the pods are usually part green and part brown. Hope this helps, Mona Here is a link that might be useful: Daylily Seed Pod ready to gather seeds

thankyou guys for replying quickly! thats realy awesome! okay let me try to give more details(i'll try not to wright a novel again). when we brought the plants home we put aprox 2/3rd potting soil in the container made a hole in the middle, loosend the root ball, place in the hole, add some more potting mix and firmed lightly and gave a generous 1st watering. the pots are 8" and oh 12" high. 2 weeks ago though we started having a heat wave. when the wife and I got home from some galavanting the thai basils were all droopy i gave them a good watering and they perked up again within 1 1/2 hrs. after that is when the problems started. the pots have holes in the bottom and after i water i elevate 1 bottom side to make sure enough water drains. if you need more info just let me know! thanks :)

Jean, seysonn is the reference, he is just using the pictures to support his personal opinion based on observations he has, so it is a personal communication type reference. For me, here is an example reference of TSWV. It is very variable just like seysonn says though and usually more spotty looking like this so it's hard to say. The pics posted after the OP are two completely different situations and neither IMO is the situation of the OP who may not recheck this thread since he already said he was relieved all was "ok". If it is a P issue all plants in the same environment would have it, but no ... the others are healthy is what we're told. Phosphorus is exacerbated in cool temperatures in places like seysonn growing area as an early start is necessary, if everything isn't completely out of whack, yet OP is nearing summer in the southern hemisphere and is not early, if anything later, and the other plants are ok. Suppose the OP is in Perth. October was a hot October and November is average so far. There are no issues with cold temperature. If anything the proposed P deficiency would be getting lighter, yet we are told it has recently appeared after a period of slow growth, symptoms typical of TSWV as well. The magnesium deficiency in the picture contains significant necrotic tissue and is in a later stage of damage, so it really is of no help at all, especially because it would require action and not go away on its own but rather get worse. The treatment for that, if you believe it were, though, would be a foliar application of epsom salt at around 3%, but it won't do anything if that's not the problem. As a matter of fact it is never a good idea to correct for a nutrient deficiency unless you are sure or else you more likely that not with throw it further out of whack. The Phosphorous deficiency in the pic is mostly underleaf as it should be and more prominent in the leaf margens as it should be (seysonn pic). The OP's is not. I see the OP's a more gray/brown than a purple typical of phosphorus and I do not believe nutrients have anything to do with this problem IMO. More likely it is TSWV. I hope not,but that's my guess and I haven't changed it. And if it is a nutrient deficiency so be it, but from the information provided as noted by the previous poster, this cannot be determined. What does the underside of the leaf look like and how is the color spreading on the plant? e.g., Is it mostly young or mature leaves, what, if anything is curling as it is progressing. Is there TSWV where you are? You would need to pull the plant quickly if it were, and watch out for insects like thrips. Not calling it TSWV but just putting it out there since that is the kind of thing you want to be on guard for quickly. PC This post was edited by PupillaCharites on Mon, Nov 10, 14 at 18:36

They are immature stinkhorn fungi, sometimes called the "egg" stage. We'll be able tell you what kind after they grow and mature, in just a few days. There are many species of stinkhorn fungus, all of them very interesting and some quite beautiful. But then there are the others......yikes!