gasdoctor wrote:


Cheers,

Some of the varities are said to be self fertile, in particular plums.
I was wondering if its possible/ok to grow just the one tree. Is this
self fertility reliable enough to produce a crop. Cross polination is
prefarble for genetic reasons but i dont intend to "breed" trees

For example could i succesfully grow an apple and a plum (family trees
are hard to come by especially plum).

Thoughts please,

thanks

Ed


You will get a crop from a single, self-fertile tree. It is said, although I
don't speak from personal experience, that you'll get a heavier crop from a
self-fertile tree if it is pollinated by pollen from a different individual
tree.

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