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planting a piece of root

9 years ago

I work at a nursery and today I was thinking about starting my own nursery as i was digging up a silver maple that had been heeled in for a quite a few years so i had to cut large pieces of root out. i took a few various sizes home some with lots of feeder roots. I am not familiar with grafting but I was wondering if planting the root cuttings (asap) in containers would grow a silver maple? or would I just be composting roots?

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mikebotann
9 years ago
I doubt the roots would sprout.
You have a long ways to go before you will be able to successfully run a nursery. Working in one is a good start.
Mike
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