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Small Pods?

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Anyone know what causes pods to ripen so small?
Any ideas that could promote larger pod growth before ripening?
Ive have nice large pods from the same plants but now they seem to be ripening much smaller.

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I had the same thing happen when fall set in and the temps dropped at night. pods would ripen small while others would ripen big. my vote is the temps but I don't know I am a noob
 
Well it has been kind of colder than usuall lately. Temps at night have ranged from lower 60's to lower 70's at night and mostly mid to upper 70's during the day.
The pod sizes during the summer and fall were much more consistant in size. I'm not sure if this is due to sun intensity being lower in the winter and or temp changes.
Whats wierd though, is that i currently have the biggest pod so far on one of the plants starting to ripen.
 
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