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is it true that grafted plants are better than seedlings fruit wise?

Time: 4th March 2008 11:19pm

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Correy says...
Some fruit is not true to type from seed. eg citrus. So if you grow from seed it will taste different to it's parent tree. Here is some more info:

Can Cross Pollination Effect the Flavour of Citrus

If you name which fruit tree you are interested I may be able to list the pro's and con's of seedling vs grafted for you if you wanted.

Time: 5th March 2008 9:15am

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Anonymous says...
mango and carambola (star fruit)

Time: 5th March 2008 8:04pm

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John says...
Hello Corry, you are very knowlegdeable about fruit trees arnt you. I very impressed. Thanks

Time: 6th March 2008 6:36am

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Anonymous says...
i heard that seedling bowen mango trees are stringy and carambola seedlings does not taste very nice

Time: 6th March 2008 7:12pm

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John says...
Hears a thourght. Althought I have done it with apricots, nectarines and pom's, the use of a seed for a fruit tree ninty % of the time will give you just that and never any fruit. This is why so many get grafted.

Time: 6th March 2008 8:01pm

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Anonymous says...
so i have no hope of any fruit?

Time: 7th March 2008 12:07am

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Anonymous says...
Who knows? You may very well get some fruit. It may not be very good quality though. Or maybe you will be lucky. It is this variability that is the risk you take with seeds as opposed to grafts, in most cases. An exception is the Kensington Mango - the fruit and plant will be identical to its parent, although a grafted one will probably fruit earlier.

Time: 7th March 2008 12:49am

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John says...
I bought my star fruit six weeks ago. The day it got here it was 40c +, so were the next 5 days. then i planted it. Now about 2 weeks of that heat. I placed some green shade cloth around it and water it 3 times a week. Its grown 8 inches and doubled its branches. For ten to fifteen dollars just buy a seedling and get some fruit from it.

Time: 7th March 2008 10:33am

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Anonymous says...
so there is hope?

Time: 7th March 2008 3:02pm

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Anonymous says...
i bought the plants from daleys and on the write up it said that the plants would fruit in 2 to 3 years

Time: 7th March 2008 3:16pm

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John says...
I find that it depends on how you water and fed the plant to when its starts fruiting. It comes down to having a huge tree or rather a runted small tree. I know I encourage my trees to grow and thr fruit will come in time in numbers size and quantity. If you start them to early as well they can become biannual which is a bitch to repair/undo.

Time: 7th March 2008 7:02pm

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