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| I notice most fruit trees at the yards are grafted.I found some that used walnut for the base and man were they awesome but the roots are so dang long.Anyways,I assume it looks like crud in the long run doing fruit trees with a big graft on the trunk from a dif tree so when I see fat fruit tree trunks that were not grafted are they from seed?Basically I just want the grafted fruit tree as bonsai cleared up for me,lol,not sure how to really get to what Im trying to get to here.Any mind readers out their?lol |
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- Posted by greenman28 Nor Cal 7/8 (My Page) on Thu, Aug 6, 09 at 13:21
| I'd guess that the graft on a bonsai would have to be located either very low on the tree, so that the graft would be hidden - or else grafted higher up, as on a standard, so that the foliage would "hide" the union. I've never tried to bonsai fruit trees, though, so I'm just guessing. Josh |
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- Posted by jasonlongboard (My Page) on Thu, Aug 6, 09 at 17:36
| I just wonder if its frowned upon to do,because otherwise I just dont see where guys are getting true fuit trees that big. |
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- Posted by gnome_in_pa Zone 6 (My Page) on Fri, Aug 7, 09 at 19:38
| Jason, The reason that fruit trees are grafted has to do with fruit production. More often that not, fruit trees do not 'come true' from seed, meaning that due to the inherent variability of seedlings they will not necessarily produce the same quality of fruit that you might expect. This is often not the primary consideration when contemplating bonsai. Which is not to say that some bonsai are not grafted, they sometimes are, but not with fruit production in mind. For instance; the seed from a Crab Apple will produce a Crab Apple. But if you want a named variety it must be grafted or produced by other asexual means, such as cuttings or layers. Norm |
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