A ground-penetrating radar (GPR) technique was used to study the three-dimensional distribution of root systems of large (DBH = 14 to 35 cm) oak trees (Quercus petraea (Mattusch.) Liebl.) in relatively dry, luvisoil on loamy deluvium and weathered granodiorite. Coarse root density was 6.5 m m−2 of stand area and 3.3 m m−3 of soil volume. Maximum rooting depth of the experimental oaks was 2 m, and the root ground plan was significantly larger (about 1.5 times) than the crown ground plan."
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paul wheaton wrote:My understanding is that the taproot is really sensitive. If you transplant a tree, it no longer does the taproot thing.
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Steve Thorn wrote:
Scott Foster wrote: I'm excited to say that I received my Kazakhstan seeds from Cornell. I can't wait
to plant them. I've been reading about the Kazakhstan forest for so long I can't tell you how happy I was to get my seeds.
That is so cool, I didn't know it was possible to get those seeds! Seems like a great way to introduce more genetic variety and resistance in apple trees!
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Jonathan Ward wrote:I'm teaching the kids about apples and growing their seeds this year. We've got 3 that we've started from seed that are coming up right now. It's really awesome to share this experience with them.
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paul wheaton wrote:Something I would like to explore a lot more is the idea of growing apples from seeds.
My understanding is that if your grow an apple from seed, it will have a tap root. Any other way and it won't have a tap root.
And .... if you grow an apple from seed, the apples might be great or they might be lousy. But even if the apples are lousy, I suppose you could graft good apple varieties on to the tree.
Anybody have experience in this space and can tell us about what to be careful of? Are there some seeds that might be better than others?
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C. West wrote:dont know if it was talked about here (skimmed some posts, long thread) but antonovka apples are one of the very few "heirloom" varieties, as in they are pretty much true to seed. plant an antonovka seed, get an antonovka tree. they are also a very hardy apple and make a good rootstock, large taproot supposedly hardy to zone 1! definitely worth looking into.
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Kaleb Rolly wrote:Could you plant the antonovka seed to gain the taproot and then graft on your desired scion and still keep the taproot?
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Ban Dinh wrote:Well, it's been a decade or more since this topic started. One point mentioned many times in the thread was that it would take 10-12 years to get fruit from apple trees started from seed.
Paul Wheaton - did you plant those seeds 10-12 years ago? If so, what came of them?
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