Propagation 101: Fruit Trees

Middletown CT

10 July, 2021

12:10 PM

Description

Growing your own food doesn't have to be hard or expensive. In this brief introduction, people learned three simple techniques for multiplying fruit trees: from seed, transplanting suckers, and by air layering. It demonstrate each process on the Cherry Plums located near Church Street. Their delicious fruit should be at peak ripeness in mid-July, so we will indulge in taste testing while we're at it! If all goes well, there will be a few free saplings available for attendees to bring home once their roots are suitably developed. The event was sponsored by The Russell Library: