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  • From: Lucky Pittman <lucky.pittman@murraystate.edu>
  • To: nafex@lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: [NAFEX] Pecan on hickory --> dwarfing?
  • Date: Tue, 07 Jan 2003 08:27:27 -0600

At 06:23 PM 1/6/2003 -0500, you wrote:
Lucky
Why not graft the pecan to the dwarf hickory?

Well, Gordon,
That had crossed my mind, but I don't know how well that would work - I'd be concerned that the more vigorous pecan, on top of a hickory rootstock, or even a hardy pecan root with a 'dwarfing' hickory interstem, would 'outgrow' the hickory, and be prone to breakover at the graft union.
Perhaps it's a misplaced concern, but some of the long-timers in the KNGA had warned me about this phenomenon when I first got started playing with nut trees, but I've not actually seen it.

Lucky





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