Frank J Warner wrote:
I planted four chokes in my front garden in early April. They are
thriving but only one of them has produced any buds. The other three
show no signs of budding. They are in the same bed, with the same
watering schedule, fertilizer, etc., same plants fron the same nursery.


California Central Coast, zone 15-16. The commercial fields all around
my town are full of chokes ready for harvest.

Why are mine not budding?


I think you may have planted too late. Keep watering, they should
produce next year. Mine come back year after year. The buds usually
appear in late April - this year it was more like mid-May. I also
didn't get very many this year so maybe it's just a bad year.

I'm in Silicon Valley so not too far from you.

Susan B.