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What does disbud mean?

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Verb
  1. (horticulture) To remove buds from a plant in order to promote growth and health in the remaining buds.
  2. (veterinary) To remove horn-buds from a young calf, lamb or goat kid, to prevent growth of horns.
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A good time to disbud your kid is when he or she is 3 to 7 days old. The animal's potential for healing will be good at this time.
A few disbud and spray chrysanthemums with a dusting of a little artificial snow can make a big impression in a matching glass jug.
If you want your chrysanthemums to produce fewer but larger flowers, you'll need to disbud each flower stem.
The use of naturally polled breeds avoids the need to disbud animals.
If enormous blooms are wanted, disbud, leaving but one bud to each tip.
Disbud dahlias by pinching out the side buds growing below the main terminal bud so that the remaining buds develop into larger blooms.

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