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Definition of blind shoot

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Categorized under "Roses"

Definition as written by dovey:

A blind shoot is a fully grown or developed shoot that fails to produce a flower.
A cool spring most often is the cause of blind shoots. Although they may appear anytime during the growing season.

One way to detect a blind shoot is that instead of a flower bud at the end, there is a group of small leaves that look similar to a husk of wheat.

To remedy a blind shoot cut it back by half its length, new growth should grow and flower normally.

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