Re: Rebloomers
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- Subject: Re: Rebloomers
- From: A* R* <a*@austx.tandem.com>
- Date: Mon, 9 Jun 1997 15:28:33 -0600 (MDT)
> off the first bloom after it has faded. Hold the second bud and gently
> bend the first bloom away from the socket. Sometimes the second bloom
> will open before the first has faded, but I think this is considered a
> flaw.
Hmmm.. is this like baby and permanent teeth, where the second bloom
should push the old bloom off the stalk (underneath it) ... or is the
second bloom more to the side? In other words, if the former, there
should be little need to deadhead and in fact deadheading could pull too
much on the second bloom. If the latter, you'd want to deadhead in
order to see the second bloom better (unless, of course, you were trying
for a pod on the first bloom)....
Which leads to another question. If the bloom is shriveled and comes
easily away from the socket, does that mean that whatever pollination
that is going to take place, has taken place, and a pod either will or
won't form? or does the bloom need to remain on the socket until it
falls off on its own accord? That is, how does deadheading affect
successful pollinization?
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Amy Moseley Rupp
amyr@austx.tandem.com, Austin, TX, USDA zone 8b, Sunset zone 30
*or* amyr@mpd.tandem.com
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