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  • From: Hilborn.E@epamail.epa.gov
  • To: North American Fruit Explorers <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: [NAFEX] early flowering, can I let my young plants fruit?
  • Date: Thu, 8 Apr 2010 19:02:12 -0400

Not only do we have unseasonably warm temperatures with blueberries, juneberries, apples, pears and prunus all in bloom, but I am observing blooms on juvenile plants.

My Liberty apple, Shenandoah pawpaw and Overleese pawpaw, Blue Moon and Blue Velvet honeyberries and my 3 flowering quinces are all blooming and I just planted them last year!  The apple is on dwarf rootstock (I do not know what Stark Bros. uses) and is about 8 feet tall.  The pawpaws are 3-4 feet; quinces 2-3 feet and the honeyberries less than 2 feet tall.

Question- should I remove all of these flowers so that the plants can put energy into establishment rather than fruit? I am used to doing so with new blueberry plants, but am unsure about other fruits.

Thanks,

Betsy Hilborn

7a NC

 




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