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Topics
• Bud removal
Crop Maintenance Activities:
Bud and Flower Removal
Kimberly Williams
– Disbudding
– Center bud removal (CBR)
• Flower removal
– Dead heading
Bud removal
Disbudding vs. CBR
• Controls:
– Number of flowers
– Shape of inflorescence
Center bud removal
Disbudding
• All lateral buds are
removed; only the
terminal bud is allowed
to develop
• Terminal
flower bud
only removed
from each
stem
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Timing bud removal
What went wrong?
Crown buds
• No bud
removal
Crown buds
• Crown buds are subtended by strap-like leaves
• These terminal buds essentially serve as a pinch
Encourages
uniform flowering
• Gloxina, Sinningia
• Removing initial
flower buds
contributes to a
flush of flowers
opening at once
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Flower removal
• Mitigate pest problems
• Maintain stock plants for propagation
• ‘Dead head’, or clean plants prior to
shipping
Flower removal
• Helps
mitigate
insect and
disease
problems
Chemical bud and
flower removal
Optimum flowering
at ship
Flower removal
Flower removal
• Clean crops prior to
shipping
• Mitigates pest problems
• Accessing crops hanging over head
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