Joanie

When we say that a tree is not self-pollinating, for instance the crabapple, can it be pollinated by one of its clones? A cutting or airlayer taken from the parent tree? Or does it have to be a slightly different cultivar to work?

I have one crab that is slower to break buds than the others, and slower to produce flowers. By the time that it has flowers, the other flowers have faded. So unless the bees have a 'crab apple bank account' and are storing the pollen, it is not getting pollinated.

If I took cuttings from this tree and planted them, could they pollinate the parent tree?

Joanie

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