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[Bob Bors <bob.bors@usask.ca>]

I think cherries have rather 'dedicated' buds that are either vegetative or
fruiting.
I don't think they will switch, but maybe there is a dormant vegetative bud
in the area that will activate if you cut it back.


Dr. Bob Bors
Assistant Professor
Head of the Fruit Program
University of Saskatchewan, Plant Sciences Dept.
51 Campus Drive, Room 2C02
Saskatoon Saskatchewan, S7N 5A8

Fruit program website:
http://www.fruit.usask.ca
Phone 306-966-8583, Fax 306-966-5015





-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:nafex-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of Clifford Cain - uk
yahoo
Sent: March-02-10 12:35 PM
To: nafex@lists.ibiblio.org
Subject: [NAFEX] Cherry growth buds

Hello
Can anyone offer some direction with regards to cherries
With apples, if a shoot ends in a blossom, by picking the individual 
flowers off, it is possible to activate a dormant growth bud.
My cherries seem to have the habit of producing short fruiting spurs 
where I would like a branch to develop.
Is there a way of converting from fruiting spur to growth?
Many thanks
Clifford
Doncaster, UK

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