Flowering time is the time that farmers or growers are waiting for. This indicate that very soon the fruits could be harvested, But wait... you have to 'jaga' look after your durian flowers. The reasons - they might drop due to insect or fungus attack, water stress, pollination problems and whats not. One thing to remember is that the compatibility in the pollens meaning that some clones are not compatible within each other. Research shows that only 1-2% flowers that emerge will form to fruits, the rest will abort.
What to do?
The most important is water. If condition too dry flower may abort. What about too much rain during flowering? You have to do foliar spray that contains Ca and B. You can also mix your foliar spray with fungicides like mancozeb or captan.
If the pollination is not good, you can put stingless bees that might help pollination.
Plant several clones meaning mixture of clones to encourage cross pollination might also help.
Plant several clones meaning mixture of clones to encourage cross pollination might also help.
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| Flower formation, some dehisce |
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| Flowers pollinated small fruitlets produce |
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| Very heavy flowering |
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| Fruitlet attacked by fungus |
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WOnly 1-2 % flowers that pollinate will form fruits |
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