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Most fruit will not "come true" from seed, but seedlings could be used as rootstocks to grow the variety you wish, which you would graft or bud onto the young seedling. It's a cheap and easy way to grow fruit, but it has disadvantages. For example apple seedlings tend to make huge trees and be very slow to come into bearing. Clonal rootstocks (which would cost more) would control size much better, and would bring the tree into bearing at a much younger age. [[User:Pollinator|Pollinator]] 01:10, July 24, 2005 (UTC) |
Most fruit will not "come true" from seed, but seedlings could be used as rootstocks to grow the variety you wish, which you would graft or bud onto the young seedling. It's a cheap and easy way to grow fruit, but it has disadvantages. For example apple seedlings tend to make huge trees and be very slow to come into bearing. Clonal rootstocks (which would cost more) would control size much better, and would bring the tree into bearing at a much younger age. [[User:Pollinator|Pollinator]] 01:10, July 24, 2005 (UTC) |
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no tropical fruit is described (cherimoya, lychee, papaya, carambole, tree tomato, ...) |
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also it says that fruit trees are generally propogated by budding, ... (asexual propogation), yet tropical fruit is still much propogated by seed (as from most tropical fruit no cultivars exist/are used (wild species are used instead). |
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please update the article; at present its too western-based. |
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Thanks; |
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[[Special:Contributions/81.244.204.226|81.244.204.226]] ([[User talk:81.244.204.226|talk]]) 12:23, 17 July 2008 (UTC) |
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Does anyone know whether the pits from commercially available fruit (cherries in particular) will sprout when planted? Or are they sterile? --Max J, 07/09/05
I doubt thye would be sterile, but like most pits are unlikely to grow trees that are true to parenat type or be particularly useful in terms of providing edible crops quercus robur 00:47, 24 July 2005 (UTC)
Most fruit will not "come true" from seed, but seedlings could be used as rootstocks to grow the variety you wish, which you would graft or bud onto the young seedling. It's a cheap and easy way to grow fruit, but it has disadvantages. For example apple seedlings tend to make huge trees and be very slow to come into bearing. Clonal rootstocks (which would cost more) would control size much better, and would bring the tree into bearing at a much younger age. Pollinator 01:10, July 24, 2005 (UTC)
tropical fruit not decribed
no tropical fruit is described (cherimoya, lychee, papaya, carambole, tree tomato, ...) also it says that fruit trees are generally propogated by budding, ... (asexual propogation), yet tropical fruit is still much propogated by seed (as from most tropical fruit no cultivars exist/are used (wild species are used instead).
please update the article; at present its too western-based. Thanks;
81.244.204.226 (talk) 12:23, 17 July 2008 (UTC)