Suckering occurs when a plant sends its roots to the soil surface to become the start of a new plant. Aspen trees are a good example of this phenomenon. Homeowners with aspen trees in their landscapes often complain that little aspen trees keep popping up all over the place in their lawns. Those little aspen [...]
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Grafts vs. Seeds
Fruit trees sold by nurseries today are reproduced almost entirely by asexual means (grown from grafts of the parent tree). The reason for this is because fruit farmers want to reproduce the same characteristics of the type fruit they are growing on all their trees. In other words, a Jonagold apple from one tree needs [...]
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