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Tree Cloning Experiment

Submitted by themadgardener on Sun, 02/21/2021 - 13:55

Did you know that if you took clippings from fruit trees that it is possible to start new plants? The plants will be clones of the parent tree!

This will be my first year of attempting to do this and as of right now we have identified an apple tree, a crab apple tree, and a pear tree. Will see if I can identify other trees. It is important to use a nongrafted fruit tree that grows well in your climate.

We will be using four different techniques

1. A cloning system I purchased at the local hardware store.
2. Water in recycled containers.
3. Soil
4. Soil but with the branch stuck in a potato

The plan is to start three trees using each approach and then gauge the progress of each method.

Hopefully I get an orchard out of the deal but either way will be a fun learning opportunity!

Come back soon as we will be posting both the process of how we did it along with progress!