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Old 15-Oct-2006   #10
Ian Hill
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Originally Posted by zube
Ms. Vic, I don't know what pine you have, but I think 'pinus on standard' would mean that it's grafted onto different rootstock (the 'standard').


Cool thread. I am in agreement with zube, from all my reading i seem to remember it being common practice to graft white pine to a black pine rootstock for more vigorous growth and i think a couple of other positive attributes but cant recall specifically what.
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