Commercial Floriculture

Disbudding and Dis-shooting

• These operations are mostly performed for large flowering of decorative type chrysanthemums.
• Many of the standard type varieties are disbudded in which the largest terminal bud is reserved and all auxiliary buds are removed.
• Disbudding of spray varieties is very easy because in this case only the large apical bud is removed and the auxiliary buds are allowed to developt.
  
• For taking three blooms per plant, three lateral strong shoots are allowed to grow and others are removed.
• Lateral buds and side shoots are removed at their early stage of growth from time to time.
• For taking one bloom per plant no pinching is done.
• Only the main stem is allowed to grow.
• Removal of undesirable lateral buds and shoots are done.
• Dis-shooting is practiced to reduce the number of branches for improving the size and form of the flower.

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