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Mon, Sep 1, 14 at 9:36
| My crabapple tree always gives us a large crop, and this year is no exception. However in addition to the fruit I just noticed that we have lots of flowers. The flowers are only on the south-west side of the tree. I've never seen this (or any) crabapple tree flower a second time, any thoughts or explanations? I live in utah, and we have had more rain than usual over the past month. Thanks. |
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| Rain after drought, pruning, etc can cause fall bloom. Usually it's only a small fraction of total fruit buds and doesn't affect next yrs crop. |
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- Posted by konrad___far_north 3..just outside of E (My Page) on Mon, Sep 1, 14 at 11:37
| Agree...remember I was reading environmental stress. |
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- Posted by Juno_barks 10 (My Page) on Tue, Sep 2, 14 at 0:44
| Thanks. Makes sense on molecular level too. Flowering time and stress responses use epigenetics changes. |
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| Last yeat I had one of my apple trees do the same thing. It put on a few apples but they froze before they got any size. It didn't seem to effect it this year. |
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