without pics, makes it hard to diagnose, but I'll toss out some ideas ... the 'pods' developing are likely swollen calyxes, that's a good thing ... plants during flowering do start looking terrible, that's pretty normal ... the plant is devoting its energies to producing flowers, not leaf chlorophyll ... again, normal ... the description you're giving of the curled tops, etc. suggest the temperatures are too high ... measure at top of the canopy ... plant likes it best around 70-75F, but start suffering as you near 90 ... it will survive high heat, but it will not thrive ... good luck :smokin: