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Letting the bees harvest before cutting the inflorescences?

Mangosteen
Mangosteen
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Do you wait until the bees are done with their pollen harvest before you cut off the inflorescences?

I always try to wait especially in the fall when they are getting ready for winter (unless its making a mess). Between diseases and mites, bees are under attack.

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    No I had not thought of that.

    Good idea.

    Steve

    Cheers Steve

    It is not dead, it is just senescence.

       

     

     

    The bees love these flowers in my yard as do the rainbow lorrikeets, I leave the inflorescence until the bees and lorrikeets are finished then cut them off so they don't produce a million seeds for me to constantly sweep up.

    Sage advice.

     

     

    We do that, esp. with our spindle palms next to the driveway. Only when fruit forms do we cut the inflorescenses down. Spindle flowers smell like Juicy Fruit gum.

    Meg

    Palms of Victory I shall wear

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    Zone 10A on the Isabelle Canal
    Elevation: 15 feet

    I'd like to be under the sea in an octopus' garden in the shade.

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