Want to clone Mom's tree
Komal Balakrishnan
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Do Trees 'Age' as they are cloned/grafted, down a line?
Comments (8)There's no evidence of any ageing in the oldest Pinus longaeva, their foliage, cones, and seeds are equal to those of young trees. What is true though is that plants grafted with scions from mature trees bear flowers / fruit much more quickly than seedling trees, so there is some physiological maturity transferred in grafting. "Edit: oh it was a little older than a couple thousand years... like 80,000 more lol" The claimed age for 'Pando' is pure speculation, and completely without hard evidence; it is based on the false claim that "conditions in the area have been unsuitable for Aspen seed germination in the last 80,000 years". With Aspen roots easily able to grow a metre a year, a clone that size (43 hectares) could develop in as short as 370-400 years. Resin...See Morecloning a cherry tree
Comments (2)Instead of cloning, can you graft it? I tried grafting years ago and never had much success, but I was trying to do it from pictures I found in a book. I think that you should be able to graft this onto another cherry tree, even one that isn't very good. If you take a real young tree and basically cut it off near the bottom and graft a branch into the trunk, it'll be the tree you want except for the roots. Here is a website with some instructions on grafting. Something we used to do with some trees was to make a cutting from a young stem--cut the stem off at an angle, then stick it in sand and keep the sand damp for a few weeks. Some trees will develop roots that way, but I don't know if cherry trees will. You might want to post this on the tree forum (I think there's a tree forum on GW)....See MoreHow to clone an antique apple tree
Comments (24)Hi, I am new to this forum but have been raising vegetables and fruit for many years. I remember when I was a child in NH in the late 1940s going to UPick Macintosh orchards and the wonderful taste of fresh apples and cider made from these old orchard trees. Many decades later, I've tried to many Macs looking for that taste and juiciness without much success. So I applaud the OP on wanting to carry on the line of that old mac tree. I've been experimenting with grafting old apple varieties onto existing orchard trees here in So.Cal. Many seem to do reasonably well (after a couple of years of observation) but the root stock seems important. So, I would recommend a standard root stock recommended for the region and graft several scion pieces of buds to the adapted root stock. Good luck!...See MoreClone/reproduce the same citrus tree & help with sad Citrus tree
Comments (4)Wait until your Spring, when both your tree and the rootstock are actively growing. Ask your local nurseryman for a good rootstock for your area; get 10; then do 10 T-buds or chip buds; and if you do them carefully, you should get at least 2 or 3 to take. When they are strong and growing well, I would take out the old tree or leave it and put the new tree(s) in another place. You can prune the old tree quite heavily, if you want to save it; as long as the trunk is solid and healthy; it will grow new shoots. BTW, one of the reasons the oranges from the old tree taste so good is the age of the tree; the new grafted trees should produce fruit in a year or two and they will be "clones" of the existing tree. Be warned, though... fruits from the new trees may not taste as good for a few years....See MoreSuzi AKA DesertDance So CA Zone 9b
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