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Old 09-04-2013, 12:57 PM   #10 (permalink)
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Default Re: Fort Myers Mystery

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Originally Posted by servatusprime View Post
No mini-manzano?

Well, I have it in a small mound with highly compacted soil a couple of feet down (thank you over conservative engineer). Could the underlying soil cause some dwarfing? This is the first time the plant has fruited from tissue culture. Shouldn't subsequent p-stems be a bit taller? Thank you for your help.
There is a Mini-Manzano in the Wiki.

It might be possible that deep soil could have a dwarfing effect, but I wouldn't know.

I plant in shallow soil, about 8 inches in depth added on top of hardpan soil/rock.
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