just.wing.it
Deadwood Head
I think some of the pots over there weigh 80-100 lbs, empty!
I just did a workshop with Danny Coffey An he was caretaker there An he specifically said that that tree was grafted onto black pine roots 400 years ago (1625) that is the info he gave me any way.I don't think that is true.
It is IN the museum. It is physically inside the museum enclosure in the garden between the pavilions-which also home to other special displays of the museum's trees..
I stand corrected!I just did a workshop with Danny Coffey An he was caretaker there An he specifically said that that tree was grafted onto black pine roots 400 years ago (1625) that is the info he gave me any way.
Your up!Ooooh needs a trim!
What are you trying to say? EVERYBODY knows you can graft Ume on everything! Especially @MarkyScott’s trees! No strange sexual practices needed. Just liberal libations of Shiners!I had to look up the history of grafting when I read that about the pine. Here’s a good source (https://hort.purdue.edu/newcrop/janick-papers/c09.pdf)
As Leo correctly states, it is old! Circumstantial evidence from Sumerian cuneiforms dated to 1800 BCE, Hebrew Mishna references from 200-300 BCE (interestingly, prohibiting grafting together of different tree species. Ahem, @Adair M), it was widely practiced by the Greek and Romans, and a Perisan botanist from 1200 wrote on the superstition of grafting including some interesting sexual practices to get them to take. The earliest Chinese credible evidence of grafting is in the first century BCE, but some authors speculate that it occurred 1000-2000 years earlier. Cool Stuff!
I saw one person watering while I was there - with a copper can from a cistern.
I wonder if they have a team of people who work on these trees. Seems like it would be a huge responsibility for upkeep to rest on one persons shoulders. No way...no how.... would I ever even want to be responsible for even watering one of these things. They are truly awe inspiring.