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  1. Maria Vlasyuk

    Can an ordinary seedling grow a bonsai tree? I bought planting material in the garden center, and from the farmer, and from an amateur gardener. But still you get stunted trees. Why?

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    • OOO "Sad"

      - The height of a tree of any variety depends on the type of stock on which this variety has been grafted. If the stock was a seedling obtained from the seeds of Antonovka or another cultivar, the grafted tree creates a powerful root system and grows up to 5 m and above.
      However, today, not large trees, but plants with restrained growth are in fashion, for which scientists created special stocks. For example, for growing medium-sized trees, the MM-106 stock is used, and for dwarf trees, the M-9 stock.
      Thus, the height of the grafted fruit tree does not depend on the place where you bought it, but on the stock on which the stalk of the cultivar was grafted. In your case, seedlings purchased in different places were grafted on a dwarf rootstock, and therefore they grow low.

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  2. Oleg Ivanovich REPIN, Tula

    What is the size of the hole to dig for a dwarf apple tree?

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    • OOO "Sad"

      If you intend to settle such a tree on your plot, dig a hole the size of 80x80x50 cm, and on sandy soil increase the depth by 10-15 cm. You should not dig too deep a hole, but rather increase it in width.

      It should be remembered that the planting of a low tree has its own characteristics. In the planting hole or on the knoll, carefully spread the roots in all directions, not forgetting that they are very brittle. The site of inoculation after sedimentation of the soil must be higher than the level of the soil, otherwise the scion may form its own roots.

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