what does a stick placed beside a growing tree do to help?
In: Earth Science
Most fruit trees are grafted. This means you cut a branch off a good fruit tree and stick that on a stem of a similar tree that only has roots. This effectively clones the tree you took the branch off of while giving you the advantages of the roots you stick it onto (either better disease resistance and/or dwarfing so it doesn’t grow too big).
That graft point where the two connect is a major weak point and needs to be reinforced with a separate support. The branch also was not grown to support it’s weight vertically and may take a few years to be able to hold it’s own weight in its new orientation. A stiff stick next to the tree helps solve these two issues.
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