Tropicals & Tender Perennials: Its catch that pod time!, 1 by Kell

Kell wrote:
I look at my GL pods daily. Today I looked and as I am, 1 falls off. I look closer and several of the peduncles are sitting there on their own. I knelt down and they are gone! Last year after months of looking at my CDW pods, one day they were gone never to be seen. Now I know, they look fine one day and the next they are soft and done! Do animals eat them?

I wonder if I should just take all the ones off now that were made the same day? 3 are suddenly ripe from that batch. I felt the others and they are still firm, dark green and the peduncle is still green also.

This one was still attached, but it is split up the front and the back and the bottom of the pod is yellowing and feels softened.