MetaGlossary.com: Disbud

Keywords: Bud, Horn, Sidebuds, Invigorate, Shoots

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To deprive of buds or shoots, as for training, or economizing the vital strength of a tree.

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to: The propagation of a larger individual bloom by the removal of young sidebuds or the propagation of a larger spray by the removal of a central, dominant bud.

http://www.regannursery.com/getting_started/rose_glossary.htm

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Removal of buds or shoots beginning growth

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Removal of small horns when animal is young

http://www.lackhamfarm.co.uk/letter.asp?letter=d

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thin out buds to improve the quality of the remaining flowers

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destroy undeveloped horn buds (of cattle)

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to remove smaller side buds on a stem to invigorate the main bud at the end of the stem.

http://www.lowes.com/lowes/lkn?action=howTo&p=BuyGuide/RoseBuyGuide

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