Kitchen Garden

FRUIT TREE PROPAGATION PART 2

Even if you never feel tempted to have a go yourself (and by the end of this article I sincerely hope you will!), knowing a little about how fruit trees are grown will help you become more familiar with your own trees and know what to look for when buying new ones.

Last month we looked at rootstocks, what they are and why they are used. If you didn’t manage to read that article, I’d strongly recommend finding a copy and having a

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