When I was reading up on em I think it said that after u have scored the outside and collected the opium latex or w/e it is u can cut the pods off and dry them out then crush em open to get the seeds out so u can use em for ur next grow, but when u use seeds from pods you scored it lowers the chance it will grow into a flower when u plant it. That was just from one source so I'd have to check around more before I was for sure on that one.