That scar is an artifact of a process called grafting, or fusing two separate pieces of wood into a new tree. From citrus to ...

Onalaska High School natural resources students had an opportunity Wednesday to learn a practice utilized by fruit growers for thousands of years: tree grafting. "We're basically making clones," said ...

Are you interested in learning the skill of topworking fruit trees? Perhaps you want to know what topworking even is! The ...

deplete the tree’s energy, and can crowd out the desirable portion of grafted fruit trees. Water sprouts are fast-growing upright stems that appear after major pruning. Most of the time it’s ...

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Many people love fresh fruit, but it isn’t easy to grow in today’s smaller yards. Luckily, many dwarf fruit trees are ...

People graft apple trees for many reasons. The main one is that apple trees planted from seed almost always produce fruit with inferior flavor to the fruit from the parent ...

To ensure a productive tree, nurseries attach part of one tree to another recommended for growing fruit. This is called grafting, allowing you to benefit from the healthy rootstock of one tree and ...

How does the idea of a compact, aromatic, and fun-to-grow citrus tree strike you? It does sound good, doesn’t it, so let's ...

Extension tree fruit specialist, will provide a hands-on demonstration of the technique. Participants will use specialized tools to graft young trees to take home. This workshop is perfect for ...

That scar is an artifact of a process called grafting, or fusing two separate pieces of wood into a new tree. From citrus to peaches, almost all fruit trees are grafted, and so are pecans.