Does " if tiny hands disobey" mean "if children pick up flowers" (3rd paragraph) in this context?

Context
Wuerffel is the garden coordinator for Ray School, where her children attend second and fourth grades. She has a background in edible gardening and helps manage a community garden at 62nd Street and Dorchester Avenue.

Recently, Wuerffel led the Girl Scouts toward what needed digging, what needed hauling away, what should remain untouched.

Soon the garden’s grapevines will hang heavy with grapes. Lilacs will cover the arches that kids hide behind and pretend to live among. Signs ask people not to pick the flowers, but if tiny hands disobey, they won’t come in contact with pesticides, which are never used on the grounds.

“By the end of the season, it’s half weeds,” Wuerffel said. “It’s good for the kids to see there are different types of beauty. You don’t need a manicured garden look. Things that look a little bit wild are important.”

Question

Does " if tiny hands disobey" mean "if children pick up flowers" (3rd paragraph) in this context?

Context>>>>>>>>>>
Wuerffel is the garden coordinator for Ray School, where her children attend second and fourth grades. She has a background in edible gardening and helps manage a community garden at 62nd Street and Dorchester Avenue.

Recently, Wuerffel led the Girl Scouts toward what needed digging, what needed hauling away, what should remain untouched.

Soon the garden’s grapevines will hang heavy with grapes. Lilacs will cover the arches that kids hide behind and pretend to live among. Signs ask people not to pick the flowers, but if tiny hands disobey, they won’t come in contact with pesticides, which are never used on the grounds.

“By the end of the season, it’s half weeds,” Wuerffel said. “It’s good for the kids to see there are different types of beauty. You don’t need a manicured garden look. Things that look a little bit wild are important.”

blue_eyesblonde_hair · Answer

Yes!
If the children touch the flowers...

yobenjy · Answer

Hmm, that is just a little twist to make the passage more interesting to read. It COULD be saying that, because kids will disregard the rules, they won't put on pesticide because of safety hazards. However, it could ALSO mean that,  even if it says no picking, if the kids picked the flowers, they would at least be safe because they never put pesticide on those areas.

In situations like these, where sentences can seem ambiguous, it could be...
1. the multiple meanings are done on purpose, usually done in poems or abstract and complex writings.
2. It is above your reading level. English is in a way where if it is too advanced, it will just go over your head, happens to me too sometimes.
3.(most likely) you just need to get more of the context, which is probably the case for this particular passage. If you read more of a story, it starts to make sense. 
oh, and yes, tiny hands means children.
hope this helps!

Yes!If the children touch the flowers...

Yes!
If the children touch the flowers...