tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8754379282583650722.post5060034801072753643..comments2024-03-19T12:29:29.354+02:00Comments on Ramblings from Rhodes: Dead Heads and DegreesJohn P. Manuelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07426089334296469215noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8754379282583650722.post-17106814824767777862017-05-26T20:48:07.887+03:002017-05-26T20:48:07.887+03:00Many years ago I was told that if you had a fruit ...Many years ago I was told that if you had a fruit tree (in this case an apple) that would blossom but never set fruit then the answer was that as the blossom arrived to give the tree trunk a good thump with an axe, making just one significant cut.<br />I guess that this worked in the same manner as your watering scenario in which the tree thought that its days might be numbered so it was time to try and produce apples, thence seed, and hence offspring.<br />I have never tried it.<br />It could work but I take no responsibily for dead apple trees littering the countryside by anyone who does!pwllhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16185332519019764443noreply@blogger.com