Craig: The standard answer is that the actual age is unimportant because the goal is
the appearance of age. That said, you can probably make a decent estimate by
counting the rings at the point of detachment from the parent plant.
Alan Walker, Lake Charles, LA, USA
http://LCBSBonsai.org http://bonsai-bci.com
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Craig Cowing wrote:
No, I'm not the sucker. I know how old I am. 8-b I've decided to try
an experiment this spring. We have some old apple trees that are on their way out,
and one of them is sprouting suckers all over the place.
I thought I'd try and see if I could separate some of them from the mama tree and
make mame trees on their own. These have been constantly pruned back by deer. I
have one that has a 1" diameter trunk, and after some pruning of dead branches etc.
it's now about 3 inches high. Should look good. I checked first to see if they had
their own roots, and sure enough they did. I'm confident they'll make it.
Anyway, I'm anticipating the inevitable question of how old it is. What should I
say? I'm guessing that some of these are in the range of 15 or so years based on
other apple trees I've collected. Could I say roughly 15 years, or is that
cheating?
Craig Cowing NY Zone 5b/6a

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