If you have a new account but are having problems posting or verifying your account, please email us on hello@boards.ie for help. Thanks :)

Hello all! Please ensure that you are posting a new thread or question in the appropriate forum. The Feedback forum is overwhelmed with questions that are having to be moved elsewhere. If you need help to verify your account contact hello@boards.ie

Debudding

Vanhalla · 2010-04-28 16:19:59

Could someone tell me what debudding is in relation to strawberries? if anyone want to write about a paragraph on it then feel free. have to do it for a project. cant find anything online. thanks :D

Options

28-04-2010 5:19pm

#1

Vanhalla

Closed Accounts Posts: 412 ✭✭

Join Date: March 2009

Posts: 300

Could someone tell me what debudding is in relation to strawberries?
if anyone want to write about a paragraph on it then feel free. have to do it for a project. cant find anything online. thanks

0

Comments

Options
#2 28-04-2010 5:47pm
looksee

Registered Users Posts: 28,181 ✭✭✭✭

Join Date: August 2006

Posts: 26499

Debudding in fruit usually means taking off some of the buds to make better quality fruit grow - a few good ones rather than a lot of smaller ones. However I am not aware that it is done with strawberries, it would seem to be incredibly labour intensive. You would be more likely to cut off new runners than debud, but that isn't an expert opinion, and probably not a lot of help for your project sorry!

0
Options
#3 28-04-2010 5:52pm
dardevle

Registered Users Posts: 771 ✭✭✭

Join Date: January 2008

Posts: 763

....

de-budding of strawberries is where you pinch out all the first years flowers to encourage the plant to put its energy into good runner growth and strong fruit production in the following spring.

......

0