Method for eliminating seed and fruit debris produced by flowering plants

Abstract

A method of deflowering hardwood trees (dicots) comprises the steps of evaluating the physiological maturity of male and female flowers of a dicot, and injecting a solution containing synthetic indolebutyric acid (IBA) into vascular tissue of the tree when male and female flowers approach physiological maturity at or prior to fertilization. In accordance with a preferred method, the injected solution is about 4% synthetic IBA in water, and five milliliters of the solution is injected into the vascular tissue through each of a plurality of injection holes bored at spaced intervals about the circumference of the trunk of the dicot. The method causes delayed shedding of staminate flowers and early abortion or suppression of pistillate flowers, thereby preventing the development of fruit heads and the production of seed known to be a nuisance.

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