To: North American Fruit Explorers <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
Subject: Re: [NAFEX] Flowering scion
Date: Mon, 19 Jun 2006 09:55:18 -0700 (PDT)
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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