The Tropical Fruit Forum

Wheres it supposed to grow from if you cut the buds off?

New growth will emerge from a node below the buds. Same as it does when the fruit matures and is harvested or falls off the tree. That whole cluster of stems above the tape would die after fruiting, and new growth would emerge from below where it was.

Is that the scion? looks like there are some good dormant buds there, but as with most plants, you'll have better results by "prepping" the scion before harvesting by removing the leaves down to the petiole and allowing the buds to swell, but you may still have success with that, just remove the blooms.

Yes, and thanks. I went ahead and did the graft (next time I will definitely prep the scion ahead of time). So I should cut off these buds right now? Just amputate the entire cluster, or ...?

... when every branch on every tree is covered with flowers? Can it be done?