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Position of cutting determines years to bare

13 years ago

I know the position on the tree where you take a citrus cutting for grafting determines the time it takes for the new tree to bare fruit. IE: a cutting taken at the top of the tree and grafted will produce sooner (sometimes years sooner) than a cutting taken from the bottom of the tree grafted on the same type of rootstock.

Does this hold for all grafted trees? What about cuttings that are self rooted?

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yiorges-z5il
13 years ago
does not apply to MOST other plants.
calistoga_al ca 15 usda 9
13 years ago
In the case of fruit trees, for most trees the flowers(and eventual fruit)will be on mature wood at least two years old. If your scion wood is from fruiting wood, it can often start flowering the first year. A seedling tree ungrafted can take up to 10 years to produce fruit. Al
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