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Love the rooting technique, can I do this with other trees?

I live in Central California the Heart of Agriculture. I was wondering can I get a

peach, cherry, avocado,pear etc... to grow using a cutting and placing in a container
of  Sphagnum moss like Figs to grow a tree. I was told that Citrus is totally different
and is started from a seed and a bud is spliced on.......Would love to try this method
on another fruit just need your advice. Thank You in Advance!!!!

Most things do not work this way. Most things require a rootstock, and then grafting.

Mulberry is the only other fruit tree I know of that can be propagated this way, but I'm a relative newcomer.

You can also root pomegranates and blueberries. And roses if you like flowers. Lots of ornamentals too. Starting things from cuttings is great fun.

 

 

Grapes, tomatoes, sage & some passion flowers can be easily rooted too. Apparently it can be done on peaches / nectarines too, I'll give it a try this summer:

http://www.cloudforest.com/cafe/gardening/can-nectarines-propagated-via-cuttings-t1393-10.html

Also, the apple rootstock I received (M27) seems to have been grown from cuttings.

it can be done with stone fruits (peaches, plums, apricots) but you will probably want to graft for disease tolerance, etc.

You can root all sorts of things, but the important question is will they grow and produce well on their own roots? Sometimes yes, sometimes no. Figs, pomegranates, grapes, yes, peaches, plums, etc, generally no - that's why commercial growers go to the trouble of growing rootstocks, hiring skilled workers and grafting them. Of course that also takes less scion material - one node to produce a tree instead of an entire cutting. Rootstocks however are often selected for various traits that will enhance the growth of what is grafted to it.

 

'Own root' roses, for example, which that industry has been shifting too, often do not grow as large as those grafted onto proven rootstock. And it can take longer to get a plant of salable size from a cutting.

 

It would be a shame to grow something from a cutting only to learn a few years later that your tree isn't prospering. But no reason to not try if it's a hobby and not how you make your living.  :)

 

I don't know about other fruit trees but I know willow trees are extremely easy to root. Just put cuttings in a bucket of water and they'll root.

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