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Magnolia Grandiflora seed pods
My magnolia grandiflora had a wonderful crop of flowers this year. I did not
remove the seed pods and some have grown quite large - they look like mini-pineapples and the biggest are about as big as a fist. Should I remove them and will failure to do so inhibit flowering next year? Thanks in advance for your help. Michael |
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Magnolia Grandiflora seed pods
M Keville writes
My magnolia grandiflora had a wonderful crop of flowers this year. I did not remove the seed pods and some have grown quite large - they look like mini-pineapples and the biggest are about as big as a fist. Should I remove them and will failure to do so inhibit flowering next year? Thanks in advance for your help. The idea of removing seed pods is that you should do it *before* the plant has diverted its energy into producing them, by removing the dead flowers. I wouldn't have thought it made any difference to a Magnolia grandiflora. -- Kay |
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Magnolia Grandiflora seed pods
"K" wrote in message ... M Keville writes My magnolia grandiflora had a wonderful crop of flowers this year. I did not remove the seed pods and some have grown quite large - they look like mini-pineapples and the biggest are about as big as a fist. Should I remove them and will failure to do so inhibit flowering next year? Thanks in advance for your help. The idea of removing seed pods is that you should do it *before* the plant has diverted its energy into producing them, by removing the dead flowers. I wouldn't have thought it made any difference to a Magnolia grandiflora. -- I've got over a dozen on my Magnolia Soulangia, bright red, whereas I've only ever had one or none before. I guess it was a hot summer. I believe the flowers are only pollinated if the temperature is quite high for a twenty-four hour period, so these pods must have come from the smattering of flowers that come during the summer, after the main March flowering. Andy. |
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