Thread: Re: "fruit cocktail" trees

On May 17, 9:42*am, Doug Freyburger <dfrey...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Omelet wrote:
>
> > I posted about these trees back on the upside down cake thread.
> > Just in case anyone does not believe me, here is a link to them:
>
> > <http://davesgarden.com/guides/articles/view/1225/>
>
> > I think it's a cool idea as you can get more fruit variety with less
> > growing space, and the blossoms would often be different colors adding
> > to landscape beauty. :-)
>
> > I have considered playing around with cactus grafting as those are
> > easier to experiment with successfully...
>
> It's like the movie "Mars Attacks" they graft a person's head onto a
> chihuaha dog's body. *Multiple fruit trees are as wierd as that but not
> nearly as funny.

That's what I was thinking when I read this Seattle Times headline a
few days ago:

Local News | Sultan woman with dog's head taken to hospital

On 2011-05-17, Doug Freyburger <[email protected]> wrote:

> It's like the movie "Mars Attacks" they graft a person's head onto a
> chihuaha dog's body. Multiple fruit trees are as wierd as that but not
> nearly as funny.

It would be if someone could figure out how to graft on beef bones to
make Jello.

nb

In article <iqu8hs$39h$[email protected]>,
Doug Freyburger <[email protected]> wrote:

> Omelet wrote:
> >
> > I posted about these trees back on the upside down cake thread.
> > Just in case anyone does not believe me, here is a link to them:
> >
> > <http://davesgarden.com/guides/articles/view/1225/>
> >
> > I think it's a cool idea as you can get more fruit variety with less
> > growing space, and the blossoms would often be different colors adding
> > to landscape beauty. :-)
> >
> > I have considered playing around with cactus grafting as those are
> > easier to experiment with successfully...
>
> It's like the movie "Mars Attacks" they graft a person's head onto a
> chihuaha dog's body. Multiple fruit trees are as wierd as that but not
> nearly as funny.

Heh! My sister liked that movie! I thought it was painfully stupid.

Sorry.

As for grafting cactus, they are so compatible there is almost nothing
you cannot do with them! I want to place some Epiphilium on to a Cholla
base, or maybe a T. Pachanoi. One of the Opuntias might be interesting
grafted onto the sides of a tall Trichocereus such as San Pedro for a
spineless one, or Peruvian torch for a spinier Opuntia.
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