{"id":238,"date":"2021-10-31T18:14:37","date_gmt":"2021-10-31T17:14:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.carobgarden.com\/?p=238"},"modified":"2021-10-31T18:16:20","modified_gmt":"2021-10-31T17:16:20","slug":"hidden-flowers-of-the-carob-tree","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.carobgarden.com\/?p=238","title":{"rendered":"Hidden flowers of the Carob tree"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>End of October 2021: An observation I made for the first time is the hidden flowers of the carob tree. Apparently it is something similar to the rather rare phenomenon of trunk flowering (cauliflory), because the flower set is only visible inside the tree, on coarser branches. Well, they then also have to bear the weight of the fruit. 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