bonsaiTOM
Mame
It is a commonly accepted practice to have Japanese White Pine grafted to Japanese Black Pine root stock. Now that I have one I have these questions.
#1 - what happened to the black pine that was cut off (the old top)? Was the grafting process done so early that the young 'top' was then rooted (layered?) and kept alive? Or just discarded? Speaking in generalities of course.
#2 - since the black pine (the roots) is less hardy than the white pine (the top) is the combined tree less hardy than a tree that is all white pine?
I'm in a cold zone and need to know how to treat my grafted tree.
Tom
#1 - what happened to the black pine that was cut off (the old top)? Was the grafting process done so early that the young 'top' was then rooted (layered?) and kept alive? Or just discarded? Speaking in generalities of course.
#2 - since the black pine (the roots) is less hardy than the white pine (the top) is the combined tree less hardy than a tree that is all white pine?
I'm in a cold zone and need to know how to treat my grafted tree.
Tom