noun
- the practice of removing buds from plants to promote better growth of remaining buds or to control plant shape
Usage: horticultural
Examples
- Disbudding chrysanthemums results in larger, more impressive flowers.
- The gardener performed disbudding on the rose bushes in early spring.
- Proper disbudding techniques can significantly improve fruit quality.
- Disbudding is essential for producing exhibition-quality dahlias.
- The horticulture class learned about disbudding as a pruning method.
- Regular disbudding helps maintain the desired shape of ornamental plants.