Botanic Garden >> Gardening > >> Question and Answer >> Plant Species >> Trees

Mesquite Pod Suppression: Florel Fruit Eliminator

Strategy

Stop flowering → stop pods. Florel Brand Growth Regulator (ethephon) reduces/eliminates fruit on many trees including mesquite.

Application Protocol

Timing: Mid to full bloom (before fruit set).
Rate: 1 quart per 10 gallons water (3 oz/gal).
Coverage: Thorough wetting (not runoff). Good spray coverage essential.
Annual: Repeat each bloom season.

Product info: Monterey Florel

Considerations

Mesquite flowers may be high—requires equipment. Cost/benefit vs. cleanup. Florel works on many nuisance-fruit trees (olive, liquidambar, crabapple, etc.).

Trees: Stone Fruit Pest Management: Neem Oil for Plum/Peach and Poison Ivy Control; Pecan Tree No Nuts: Water, Zinc, Fertilizer, Pruning Guide; Nectarine Fruit Drop at Quarter Size: Natural June Drop; Pomelo Tree Hijacked by Sour Orange Rootstock: Graft Takeover Confirmed; Preventing Sycamore Fruit (Seed Balls) with Florel; Preventing Mesquite Pod Production: Florel Growth Regulator; Stopping Mesquite Seed Pods with Florel Growth Regulator; Loquat Tree Fruiting from Seed; Identifying and Treating White Grubs at Fruit Tree Roots; Tree Identification in Phoenix: Why Local Expertise Matters

Garden Articles

Plum Tree Dying Back: Likely Brown Rot Blossom Blight

Rabbit Bark Damage on Young Chilean Mesquite

Saving a Partially Uprooted 10-Year-Old Mesquite

Cherry Tree Borers: Fruit Safety and Trunk Treatment

Harvesting and Ripening Bananas in Central Florida

Mystery Fruit Tree in Lower Michigan: Cherry-Raspberry Hybrid?

Identifying a Prunus Tree in Oklahoma: Peach, Plum, Apricot, or Apple?

Plants

Bark Splitting and Sap Flow in Fruit Trees and Maples: Sunscald Management

Brown Spots Inside Green Apples: Disease or Physiological Issue?

Key Lime Scale and Greening: Organic Approach with Atomic Grow

Identifying a Tree with Four-Sided Fruit and Orange Seeds in Indiana

Grafting Multiple Fruits onto One Tree

Plum Tree Leaf Spot and Fruit Drop in New Zealand

Selling Loquat Seedlings: Legal and Cultural Considerations