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dual fruit trees
Dwayne & Angela wrote:
"Rupert" wrote in message ... "Dwayne & Angela" wrote in message ... anyone know of a place either in the midlands or mail order where I can get a apple and plum or pear and plum? I seem to remember reading about them but cant find them have tried googling but no joy. or maybe I was dreaming??? You can buy what are commonly called "Fruit Cocktail " trees which contain as many different fruits as a green grocer. knew I had seen them somewhere although I doubt if some of those fruits would fruit properly here, but I am new to all this stuff and am willing to listen to any advice either way. e.g.. http://www.directgardening.com/detail.asp?pid=5556 Not certain that they perform particularly well. The site says "Pick nectarines, peaches, plums, and apricots all from the same tree. Harvest bushels of fruit." I wouldn't be surprised to see such grafts take -- note that they're all stone fruit -- but I refuse to believe it would work well. The four branches would presumably grow at different rates, which must be the main problem with any "family tree". That way you'd end up with one type taking over. But I'm reasoning, not reporting: I've never actually tried it. Somewhere it is suggested that if you are limited for space planting different varieties in the same hole may be a solution. This however sounds promising would they stunt each others growth though? if this is possible what about apple, pear and plum in the same hole? I think it would be pretty cool if they twined around each other. I don't know how one would avoid the problem of different rates of growth; and, as you guess, I imagine they'd starve each other even if they did grow at the same rate. Note how rarely you see two trees growing arm in arm in the wild, even though seeds must germinate next to one another all the time. -- Mike. |
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