A friend did two apple bench grafts where the tip bud is a flower bud. He doesn’t think there is a second viable vegetative bud on either.
Is there a way to turn a flower bud into a vegetative bud?
Sure, pick the flowers off and it will revert to a vegetative shoot.
With some varieties (Anna, Dorset Golden) all you are going to get is flower buds.
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My winter banana is the same way. Almost all of these scions had flowers.
Sorry to bump this thread – Does the same apply for Cherry? If you pick off the blossoms before they open does the bud revert to a leaf bud? Cherry experts feel free to chime in…
I cleft grafted a spurry scion (Van on Lapins) last year. It gave me three vegetative shoots and no flowers. But I got a bunch of spurs in that location this year.
Not exactly the same problem – it sounds like these were not flower buds on your scion, even if they were spur-like. I have a few two bud scions that have calloused up nicely – I chose sticks without obvious spurs. But of course, given my careful selection, some are non-spur flower buds, not leaf buds. I pinched off the cherry blossoms at the stem. I’m just wondering if there’s a small leaf initial at the base of the bud that will take over, or if I should expect no more growth from that bud?
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