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Grafted 30 apples this spring. Was able to trade scion wood with some plebs to add new varieties to the collection. Got over 50 varieties so far and hoping for the first good fruit set on the oldest trees this year. Growing orchards from bench grafts is definitely low time preference.
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TK SuitCoin.exe 80HpW 2y ago

Explain this to me like im 5

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rev.hodl 2y ago

It's tree transplant surgery. Cut a young branch off an apple tree and splice it onto a young seedling apple tree. The seedling tree and the young branch grow together making a clone of the tree the young branch came from.

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TK SuitCoin.exe 80HpW 2y ago

Ohh fancy!

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AJ Nobody ⚡🏴 2y ago

Correct me if I'm offbase Rev (additional explain):

We graft apples because apples grown from seed are wildly unpredictable.

1 in 10k chance it's good eating, true to type.

1 in 1000 chance it's good enough for cider.

1 in 100 chance it's animal feed or "rootstock"

Sound fair?

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rev.hodl 2y ago

Yes, grafting makes certain a desired fruit will be produced. A seedling is definitely uncertain what quality of fruit will produce. As far as the ratios go, I have no idea. There is a wild apple here on the homestead that is tasty enough not the best apple ever but definitely fine for cider or animal feed.

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Dan Wedge 2y ago

Just blew my mind, now i know why grandpa laughed at me when i said I wanted to grow from seed.