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Mon, Jun 23, 14 at 17:51
| Yesterday morning I found an eggplant bloom on the ground. The stem had a clean cut about an inch below the flower. It was not a bloom "drop" because the cut was very clean, healthy stem and there was a bead of serum oozing out of the plant end of the cut. This flower was about 2 feet above ground and the plant is well developed. There is no other indications of any insect or pest damage on this or other plants in the area. Retrospectively, I think similar damage has occurred before but I did not actually notice this closely. So I am wondering what is doing it and how to prevent it? |
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| Blossoms can drop off for many reasons, most of them beyond your control. Blossom Drop A single blossom falling off would be almost impossible to determine why but assuming the rest of the plant and the remaining blooms appear fine it usually isn't a cause for any concern. Dave |
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