{"id":103631,"date":"2019-02-02T18:00:37","date_gmt":"2019-02-02T11:00:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/how-to-graft-apple-trees-alys-fowler\/"},"modified":"2019-02-02T18:02:51","modified_gmt":"2019-02-02T11:02:51","slug":"how-to-graft-apple-trees-alys-fowler","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/how-to-graft-apple-trees-alys-fowler\/","title":{"rendered":"How to graft apple trees | Alys Fowler"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nIt takes time to master this tradition but the knowledge can be picked up in an afternoonFor as long as we have loved apples (and that\u2019s a very long time) we have been taking cuttings of them. There\u2019s a legend that the earliest apple cuttings were pierced into their own apples so they could be carried along trade routes moist enough to be planted up farther down the line.We owe thanks to the Romans for our love of apples and the skill to graft them. All apple trees are grafted because apples don\u2019t come true from seed: if you want to ensure a cultivar, you have to take a cutting. Grafting is the process by which you take a cutting from an apple variety that you like and graft it on to a desirable rootstock with a certain vigour (or lack of, in case of dwarfing variety) and resilience. Continue reading…
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