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Posted: Feb/09/2007 1:19 AM PST
What are your thoughts on 4 on 1 apple trees? I am looking to buy 1, where is a good place to buy one? So far just Henry Fields and Gurneys have them listed. |
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Posted: Feb/09/2007 4:07 AM PST
I would see no problem in having one. They are basically 4 varieties grafted onto a common rootstock. There is alwys he chance that one or more of the grafts may fail, in which case you would have less than 4 varieties. |
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Posted: Feb/09/2007 5:26 AM PST
I grew up on a farm with a 'farmhouse apple'. Basically, with a lack of space for anything growing (even with 400 acres) we had one appel tree with 6 or 7 different apple varieties on it. They are COOL! If one variety goes, go find someone with an apple tree and ask if you can have a small branch, get some mastic, score your main tree with a wedge, stick the branch on and mastic around it after tying it on (my preference is nylon, minimal scar, maximum stretch). Give it a bit, first sign of new growth - take off the nylon. I love grafting, and it can have beautiful rewards! |
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Posted: Apr/29/2010 1:28 PM PST
if anyone is still interested, home depot has them - 2 in 1 and 4 in one - and they were selling for about 40.00 - nice size trees too - I didn't buy because the tree was too big for me to handle, but will hire somone to help me nex year. |
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Posted: Apr/30/2010 5:32 AM PST
Be careful with Home Depot plants. I've purchased mislabeled plants from them in the past. |
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Posted: Apr/30/2010 6:45 AM PST
Funny you should say, that, Mario! Yesterday I was in Home Depot (I'm looking for Coral Honeysuckle), and there was your standard wild honeysuckle IN BLOOM, in a pot labeled yellow jasmine. And, there were some yellow jasmine around it, but that one DEFINITELY was not! |
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