sandbur
5 year old buck +
No, it would be a rare occurrence to see a rabbit around here. I have some old concrete reinforcement wire around them.
I noticed something yesterday that has me scratching my head. I had a seed-grown Antonovka that was about 10 years old and still only five feet tall. I cut the top one foot off it and cleft grafted Golden Russet onto it this spring and got five feet of new growth from the scion -- actually, both buds grew five feet. I thought that was a lot for a tree that had been averaging only six inches its previous years.
I also had an about 12 year old whip grown from Red Delicious seed that was still only six feet tall. I similarly cut one foot off it and cleft grafted an Ide's of March scion on top and got three feet of new growth from both buds on that scion.
I'm wondering whether some seed-grown trees that appear not to thrive have growth habits that form a lot of root, but not a lot of top, and when a more vigorous variety is grafted on, there is plenty of root to push nutrients to the different top wood. I don't know. I'm still scratching my head over this. I've found a few more old dinky whips to try cleft grafting onto next spring to see if the results are repeatable.
I have seen the same thing with some different rootstocks. Does the cutting stimulate some hormone for growth?
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