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I'm not sure calling this a "technique" is entirely accurate. It's mostly made possible by a unique genetic mutation that some tree happened to develop. All the
by turminal 3y ago
I'm not sure calling this a "technique" is entirely accurate. It's mostly made possible by a unique genetic mutation that some tree happened to develop. All the trees this can be done with are clones of that tree.
- kaba0 3y agoCopping and pollarding doesn’t require genetic identity. E.g. you can grow pears from the branches of an apple tree (they still have to be somewhat close genetically, which is true here).
- seszett 3y agoWell... growing pears on an apple tree is doable but not really practical, pear and apple trees are generally not graft-compatible and they will need specific interstock. It's rarely done. But coppicing, pollarding and daisugi have nothing to do with grafting. It's just that daisugi works with only one tree and its rooted cuttings, but no grafting is involved.