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Old 05-22-2013, 05:58 PM   #5 (permalink)
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Default Re: Remove pups while mother plant is fruiting?

if it stresses the mother plant in any way, yes it will effect fruit quality and production, meaning disturbing by cutting into the mother plant ie separating pups or disturbing the root system. Hope that helps.

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Originally Posted by Cocoa Beach Jason View Post
My Ice Cream just pushed out a flag leaf and is about to bloom. I have five pups around the fruiting mother plant. I would like to remove two of the pups. Will removing a couple 2ft pups hurt the fruit production or should I go ahead and separate them?
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