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Q.Apricot Tree

chrishurd added on May 15, 2011 | Answered

Our tree is 90% dead, but there are some shoots that are alive. Is there any way to use the shoots to start new trees?

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Heather
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Answered on May 15, 2011

If they are on the upper part of the tree, you can graft them:
http://pubs.cas.psu.edu/FreePubs/pdfs/uj255.pdf

If they are suckers at the base, you can separate them from the mother and grow them like saplings.

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