04-19-2014, 05:40 PM
"Natural??? Sounds like a form of human engineering to me. Natural would be you plant a lemon tree, a lime tree and then on it's own some combined product develops."
Natural simply means occurring in nature. Trees do naturally graft to one another under rare circumstances, it occurs more frequently amongst the branches of a single specimen but also occurs between dissimilar specimens. It sometimes occurs through abrasions (but not limited to) induced by winds amongst branches that fuse to one another at the abrasion points remaining in contact after the winds cease.
Grafting is a natural process of the combined specimens, the cuts/abrasions/compression maybe induced naturally or by human intervention.
If you've never observed natural grafts in nature, there are many photos available on-line. http://www.treknature.com/gallery/Oceani...142562.htm
Natural simply means occurring in nature. Trees do naturally graft to one another under rare circumstances, it occurs more frequently amongst the branches of a single specimen but also occurs between dissimilar specimens. It sometimes occurs through abrasions (but not limited to) induced by winds amongst branches that fuse to one another at the abrasion points remaining in contact after the winds cease.
Grafting is a natural process of the combined specimens, the cuts/abrasions/compression maybe induced naturally or by human intervention.
If you've never observed natural grafts in nature, there are many photos available on-line. http://www.treknature.com/gallery/Oceani...142562.htm