bklyn I do plant peaches and apples in pure topsoiless clay areas of my yard. They have done very well. My apples are on mm11 rootstock. The apples are also almost heat and drought proof. All 4 of my Poncirus trifoliata are in pure hardpan clay. They are deep green. The PT trees are on the north side of my 3 story house and shaded from the east by a 2 foot pear tree. The tree in the video was planted in heavy clay loom yard dirt 50% and home made compost 50%, not pure clay. All my trees are on Seville sour, Flying dragon, Poncirus Trifoliata on Seville sour, US897, or own roots. Those rootstock do very well in hard wet clay soils. I will try a bunch of seeds this fall in clay soil and see what it does. I do have 1 NZL grafted to an NZL seedling. Steve

I have a small spider mite infestation, so I trimmed off all the rootstock support shoots and sprayed with oil and soap. Outgrew its bucket light so I had to add another bottomless white bucket. Steve

Now that it is watered, I have to carry it up the next level. Steve

I looked over the stem and all I could find are leaf stipule scars and new growth to old growth junction scars. Maybe you are seeing something I am missing. Steve