Lets Plant
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| Posted: Thu Jan 31, 2008 5:06 am Post subject: Grow 1 tree inside of another?? |
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I heard that you can take a cutting from 1 tree and actually cut another completely different tree and stick the cutting in the cut and wrap it up and you can grow 2 different trees in one. Is that true? If so any info about it? Thank you,
Aaron
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Lets Plant
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| Posted: Thu Jan 31, 2008 6:23 am Post subject: |
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Thank you for the info. Have you ever grafted anything before?
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zuzu's petals
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| Posted: Thu Jan 31, 2008 2:07 pm Post subject: |
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| Lets Plant wrote: | | Thank you for the info. Have you ever grafted anything before? |
Many years ago, when I worked in the nursery trade,
we did do some simple grafting, mostly on young Japanese Maple trees.
It was all for the purpose of giving the fancier varieties stronger root systems.
I really haven't had any reason to use grafting in my own garden. 
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Lets Plant
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| Posted: Thu Jan 31, 2008 6:34 pm Post subject: |
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I am really interested in grafting. I had no idea it was possible. It doesn't make a new breed right. You just end up with 2 different trees in 1.
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zuzu's petals
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| Posted: Thu Jan 31, 2008 9:29 pm Post subject: |
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You're right, it does not make a new breed, 
it's usually more about changing a plant's form, or improving it's strength in some way.
There are a couple of main reasons for grafting -
for instance, when we used to graft those Maple trees,
you might think of that as a sort of "root transplant" 
 kinda like if your doctor thought you would do better with stronger feet,
so he decides to cut your feet off and stick on a new "better" pair.
Another reason (and a different type of graft)
is to add something to what is already there,
like those multiple varieties of Apple tree I mentioned before,
that is more like as if that same kooky doctor of yours
decided that you should have more than 1 head
 and so he decided to add some extras . . .
each one that was different from the others in some way,
maybe one that's better at math,
and one that knows how to speak a lot of languages . . . etc.
You're right, it really is a fascinating subject,
but it's not just any 2 plants that can be grafted together,
the possibilities are limited by compatibility,
- so, while good ole Dr Frankenstein might be able to give you new human feet,
he wouldn't be able to graft on kangaroo paws.
Same with plants - you could graft one kind of Apple tree to another kind of Apple tree
so that you could harvest several kinds of apples from the one tree,
but you could not graft on a citrus tree limb
so that you could harvest oranges from it, too.
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Sherry8
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| Posted: Tue Feb 19, 2008 10:51 am Post subject: |
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In our first home we had a flowering crab and in the spring it was spectacular..half was a beautiful pink and the other part was white. Those were grafted together and it was so beautiful that people would stop and look at it. Sad to say we moved and the people must not have liked flowering crabs because they have something else planted in its spot.
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mtathome
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| Posted: Fri Feb 22, 2008 12:59 am Post subject: |
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I have an apple tree that grows three different kinds of apples. 
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Lets Plant
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| Posted: Fri Feb 22, 2008 4:43 am Post subject: |
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That is really cool! I am going to attempt an orange, tangerine, lime tree. We will see what happens, I hope it works out. Do you have any pictures of your tree? Did you do the grafting yourself?
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mtathome
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| Posted: Sat Feb 23, 2008 1:23 am Post subject: |
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My husband bought our grafted apple tree at a nursery and didn't realize what he had bought until he got it home. He's not very good with plants.
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Spring_rain
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| Posted: Sat Feb 23, 2008 4:31 am Post subject: |
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Okay, don't laugh at me, but what about those pomato/totato plants, where the upper half is tomatoes and the roots develop potatoes? I've actually seen ads selling them.
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zuzu's petals
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| Posted: Sat Feb 23, 2008 4:41 am Post subject: |
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Yes, I've seen those too. Pretty cool, huh?
CLICK HERE
This is an example of "compatible" grafting,
Potato and Tomato plants are related, so the graft works.
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