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[tanis grif <tanisgrif@yahoo.com>]

Same happened to me last year, but flowers didn't get pollinated or at least 
not
fertilized, so they fell off before I could "get around to" fulfilling my 
intention
of carefully slicing them off w/ a razor.  If you have more than one cultivar 
of
grafts flowering, they might fertilize, so you definitely want to remove the
flowers.  The graft union is still delicate, so be careful.



--- parker wrote:

> I did a handful of apple scion grafts a couple of 
> weeks ago and today I noticed that one 3 inch 
> scion  has 5 apple blossoms.  I never had that 
> happen to me before; been grafting as a hobby for 
> 20 years.
> 
> I presume that I should rub them off so the 
> energy can go to something more productive.
> -- 
> Hank Parker
> Maple syrup, apples
> NH zone 4, elev: 1600 ft
> Lat    N  43°-51.34'
> Long W  71°-42.70'
> 

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