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Sat, Sep 27, 14 at 23:20
| Can i buy a 5 foot callery pear tree and cut it in half horizontally and graft it onto a dwarf pear rootstock to keep the flowering pear tree small? I really want one but dont have room for a normal sized large one. |
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- Posted by 2010ChampsBCS 7B St Clair Co (My Page) on Sat, Sep 27, 14 at 23:44
| Treelover03. It should work assuming you are familiar with grafting. It is not practical to attempt to add half a tree with a graft. Most people add a few buds and them let it grow into a small tree. I'm currently grafting dwarf a inter-stems to callery roots and them add a fruiting variety on top. This allows for a stronger root system combined with the inter-stem to keep the tree smaller. Good luck, Bill |
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- Posted by 2010ChampsBCS 7B St Clair Co (My Page) on Sun, Sep 28, 14 at 5:49
| My picture Callery seedling root/dwarf pear interstem/Orient pear top You could do |
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