I do find that very interesting, you are in NYC and you can pollinate before 8:00 AM? Do you use pollen out of the refrigerator or frozen pollen?
At this time of year the sun comes up earlier and the days are longer in NYC than your location, Larry.
https://sunrise-sunset.org/sea...
https://sunrise-sunset.org/sea...
If you move forward to June 21st, sunrise is 5.40, sunset is 7.49 daylength is 14.08 hours in Larry's location, and sunrise 5.26, sunset 8.29 and daylength 15.03 in NYC.
Of course that switches around the other way in winter.
As for the teeny pods pulling off with the flowers, I'd expect that might be because the pod hasn't "set" in any case. It can be weeks before you know if a pod actually has viable seeds, it may look like it is forming and then abort weeks later. Maurice has probably written about this somewhere.
