• Subject: HYB: Disbudding for increased fertility
• From: <M*@msn.com>
• Date: Thu, 23 Feb 2012 22:46:37 -0500

Remembering a chat with Steve Poole last spring.

He was advocating disbudding (pinks in particular) to increase
chances of setting a pod.  If I'm remembering it correctly, he
said to remove, early on, all but one bud, a terminal one.  That
way, all the stalk's energy is channeled into it.

With the weather so unpredictable here, I find this rather risky,
not to mention the mental anguish of pinching out baby buds on
the best stuff I have.

Any of you have any experience with this?

Mary Lou, near Indianapolis

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