You can collect the seeds when the flower heads drops the petals and the flower head looks like a mad porcupine with the quills all on end. hehe And for snapdragons. Wait until the flower falls off. And then there is left is little hard case like then. When the case turns brown and you see the little opening open up the seeds are ripe. Paula

Are the fruit on the ground ripe? If so, the seeds should be viable. If the fruit dropped prematurely, it's possible that the seeds are not viable.

I have come to find out I really do sincerely like collecting and saving seed. I have been packaging seed up for this round robin and for a huge sasbe I am about to offer. I sincerely did not realize how much seed I have actually been saving. I spent 2 hours packaging up seed. You would think that would put a major dent in what I have collected. It hasn't!! Still I went outside to get some fresh air cause I was doing all of this while standing at my kitchen counter. Of course I look in some of my beds and guess what. I find viola seed, lol. So I start collecting those. Well as I have about as many as I can find just in my hand held very loosely, something weird is on my opposite arm. I brush at it, it didn't go away, so I brushed at it again, it still didn't go away. Finally I looked to see what was on my arm, it was a red wasp!! Of course my natural reaction is to go flinging my arms, and with that said the seed went flying everywhere. (I am extremely lucky that today was a mild day cause I believe if it had been any hotter it would of stung me) You know after that seed went flying everywhere I still couldn't help but stand there or should I say squat there at the edge of my bed trying to find it. I really believe I need help cause here I have hours of more work to do packaging seed and I am still collecting more.

From my experience and I'm south and east of you in very SW KS. Okra would self sow and probably be ok. I always sow my okra in the garden here around Memorial day weekend the same time I transplant my chile and jalapeno peppers. They both like warm soil temps. If planted in cold soil temps neither will grow much and can be stunted and may not ever produce like they should. When I lived in NE NM several of the chile farmers sowed seeds rather than transplant. And usually had a great late crop. The same thing I have seen here from volunteers I've left. And for several years I had a small ornamental type they could also be ate that self seeded every year. It became a nuisance and I finally removed all of them. But unless you just want to experiment a little I would transplant pepper plants. Gives you an earlier crop. On okra I think you should be fine. Soybeans I've never grown so can't comment on them. Again remember I probably have a longer growing season here and warm up faster also. My last frost date is April 16th. Jay