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Propagating wild plums

11 years ago

I have a plum tree that I want to propagate. It has small fruits that turn yellow then red and the a bit darker when over ripe. I presume it is an American plum or similar wild plum species but I'm not sure. I would like to propagate this tree. It is a single tree and I don't see that it grows any suckers. Is it possible to root cuttings? What is the best way to go about this?

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Konrad___far_north
11 years ago
Sounds like American, you can try, if you have low branches then layering might work. A sure thing would be grafting to another rootstock.
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