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submitted by meditonsin [link] [5 comments]

If you try to grow an apple tree from an apple seed, there is a nearly 100% guarantee that the apples will be COMPLETELY different from the one that had the seed.

Planting apple seeds does not mean you’re going to get what you want. You might still get an apple tree, but it almost certainly won’t be the kind of apple tree from which the seed came from.

This is because seedling apples are an example of what’s called “extreme heterozygotes,” meaning that rather than inheriting DNA from their parents to create a new apple with those characteristics, they are instead significantly different from their parents.

Of course, there are apple orchards that contain only one type of apple tree, so there must be a way to get the kind of tree that you want. This is true, and it’s done through a process called grafting.

Grafting is a horticultural technique whereby tissues from one plant are inserted into those of another so that the two sets of vascular tissues may join together.

Another way to think of this is the root providing the scaffolding for the plant, while the other plant’s characteristics are put on top of that to make the kind of tree you want.

Grafting allows growers to choose pretty exact characteristics for their trees. The rootstock used for the bottom of the graft can be selected to produce trees of a large variety of sizes, as well as changing the winter hardiness, insect and disease resistance, and soil preference of the resulting tree.

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submitted by Feasinde [link] [78 comments]

submitted by Gibstov [link] [9 comments]

If the amount of Trixie's I've recieved these last month in the email box are any indication, you guys seem to be having fun with this little event here. One of the big requests was a tier system for points, and with the July update, that has been officially completed.  Example:

1000 pts. - Lyra's Anthropology Project

Hands? Check! Feet? Check! Patchy mane? Check! The realization that everyone in Equestria runs around naked? Awkwaaard.

Along with tiers we have 20 new achievements for you all to strive for while we sit around waiting for new episodes.  These focus primarily on:

• Episode watching
• Comic Reading
• Card Playing 
• Misc EQD stuff 

If you don't feel like bookmarking the achievement page, it has been added to the community tab at the top of the site. 

Head on down below the break for the new tiers, and the 20 achievements! 

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submitted by SlayerBVC [link] [2 comments]