Q.Is There A Mistake In Your Loquat Article?
the phrasing of this paragraph is rather confusing. why would we not get a tree that produces the same fruit as the plant we got the fruit from originally?
Certified GKH Gardening Expert
This is due to hybridization. Loquat trees are grafted from clones, which guarantees that each tree is identical. Planting the seeds will give you traits from each of previous lineage. These may or may not be good traits, such as lower fruit production or lower quality fruit. This could even be a tree that doesn't produce fruit at all!
In short, you will not expect the tree to be true from seed. If you want a tree, then clone one that looks good and produces well and graft it to a host root stock. This can be a citrus, quince, or even paw paw root stock, oddly enough. Or you can choose to graft it to a known vigorous loquat root stock.
https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/ornamental/trees/tgen/grafting-trees-what-is-tree-grafting.htm
