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Temperate Fruit & Orchards => Temperate Fruit Discussion => Topic started by: giorgosgr. on August 26, 2020, 11:49:49 AM

Title: grafting che on mulberry
Post by: giorgosgr. on August 26, 2020, 11:49:49 AM

Has anyone grafted successfully che on mulberry?
is it possible?

Title: Re: grafting che on mulberry
Post by: Jaboticaba45 on August 26, 2020, 03:11:20 PM

They are in the same family of moracae. It is possible. Most of the time che is grafted to osage orange.

Title: Re: grafting che on mulberry
Post by: Mango Stein on April 16, 2021, 02:30:49 PM

The Maclura clade is quite isolated within Moraceae and it is certainly not closely related to mulberry (Morus spp.). So intergeneric grafting would likely fail.

In fact, che is more closely related to fig and breadnut than mulberry. Source: https://europepmc.org/article/PMC/PMC7995901 (https://europepmc.org/article/PMC/PMC7995901)

But if you want to experiment, sure, let us know the results. Maybe due to convergent evolution there is a chance it could work.

Title: Re: grafting che on mulberry
Post by: Tropical Bay Area on April 17, 2021, 01:40:00 PM

I would say maybe but highly unlikely.