Linda,
I hear you on the sprouting.
A wet year at harvest time and I'll lose about half.
Luckily it's been a fairly dry harvest season, for me. I had a few extra plants that I forgot about, from a re-seeding of a different teepee. Those plants produced most of my seed, which will be plenty for trading. I was surprised at the quality (virtually all blemish free) and amount per pod (~8).
Gary