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Premature Bud Drop

Premature bud drop is an abiotic disorder caused by poor cultural practices.

Solutions

Provide appropriate irrigation and good drainage. This season's bud drop is caused by inadequate cultural care the previous summer and fall when buds were developing.

Pink and older brown flower buds dropped prematurely onto mulch beneath stressed Camellia japonica ?Cinnamon Cindy?. University Arboretum , Davis by. JKC  Credit: Jack Kelly Clark, UC IPM
Buds drop. Credit: Jack Kelly Clark, UC IPM
Pink and older brown flower buds dropped prematurely onto mulch beneath stressed Camellia japonica ?Cinnamon Cindy?. University Arboretum , Davis by. JKC  Credit: Jack Kelly Clark, UC IPM
Fallen bud. Credit: Jack Kelly Clark, UC IPM
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