Spontaneous underground grafting.
"Malcolm Manners" wrote in message
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NICHE541 wrote:
On Dec 5, 8:25 pm, "Peter Jason" wrote:
Do clumps of trees and plants of the same species form
root
grafts?
Aspen trees do, I know of a PHD dissertation on the
subject but it has
been many years ago. I think that Blackjack oak and Post
oak do also.
John in the Indian Nations
Citrus trees often do, especially on 'Cleopatra' mandarin
rootstock.
I was worried that the application of a weedkiller (roundup)
on one tree might spread to an adjoining one.
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