[Chuckknorris420 (OP)]

Is it possible to graft a fruit tree (plums,apricots,peaches or cherrys) to the rootstock of a dogwood tree?

[chris]

Good question and I must admit that I don't know what governs grafting compatibility; I shall do a bit of "digging" to find out, unless anyone else knows in the interim?

[chris]

PS - have you tried grafting things yourself in the past?

[Chuckknorris420 (OP)]

Have only done a little bit of grafting with cannabis plants, never with tree's.

[evan_au]

Grafting between species of the same genus is sometimes successful....grafting between different families is rare.

See: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grafting#Factors_for_Successful_Graft

[chris]

Have only done a little bit of grafting with cannabis plants, never with tree's.

You grafted cannabis!?

What on earth for? I've no experience of this particular field of horticulture, but is that not easier just to grow from seed?

[chiralSPO]

You grafted cannabis!?

What on earth for? I've no experience of this particular field of horticulture, but is that not easier just to grow from seed?

There is a very good reason not to grow from seed.

Cannabis is dioecious (one plant is typically either male or female), and it is the female flowers that contain the highest concentrations of active compounds. Once fertilized, the plant prioritizes seed production over complex terpene synthesis, so the potency is lost. Because males are not only significantly less valuable, but a single male plant releasing pollen can also decrease the yield of the entire crop, many growers simply do not allow any male plants to mature on the premises. Hence, they rely on propagation by cloning and grafting.

[chiralSPO]

With regards to the OP:

I have no idea whether such a graft wold be viable. But even if both organisms survive the grafting process, one also has to consider potential effects on the fruit.

I am familiar with one very stark example: The nightshade family is enormous, and includes several varieties of highly toxic plants, like deadly nightshade, henbane, angel's trumpet, etc. as well as several varieties of tasty plants like tomatoes, eggplants, hot peppers etc. It turns out the tomatoes can be grafted onto henbane (aka datura or jimson weed) rootstock. The chimaera produces fruit that look just like tomatoes, but contain potentially fatal concentrations of tropane alkaloids (which are synthesized in the roots, and then distributed throughout the plant).

I don't think that anything remotely like this would happen with "dogwood peaches" but something to bear in mind...

[chris]

You grafted cannabis!?

What on earth for? I've no experience of this particular field of horticulture, but is that not easier just to grow from seed?

There is a very good reason not to grow from seed.

Cannabis is dioecious (one plant is typically either male or female), and it is the female flowers that contain the highest concentrations of active compounds. Once fertilized, the plant prioritizes seed production over complex terpene synthesis, so the potency is lost. Because males are not only significantly less valuable, but a single male plant releasing pollen can also decrease the yield of the entire crop, many growers simply do not allow any male plants to mature on the premises. Hence, they rely on propagation by cloning and grafting.

Thank you! I now consider myself educated in the art of cannabis propagation. How do you know so much about it

[chiralSPO]

Thank you! I now consider myself educated in the art of cannabis propagation. How do you know so much about it

I know somebody who works at a legal* cannabis company in Colorado.

* Legal under Colorado State law... the feds are a different matter...

[Colin2B]

How do you know so much about it

I know somebody who works at a legal* cannabis company in Colorado.

Yeah, yeah, we believe you - NOT 

[chris]

I was just holding this plant cutting for a friend...

[chiralSPO]

How do you know so much about it

I know somebody who works at a legal* cannabis company in Colorado.

Yeah, yeah, we believe you - NOT 

Think what you will, but I tell the truth!

[Bored chemist]

With regards to the OP:

I have no idea whether such a graft wold be viable. But even if both organisms survive the grafting process, one also has to consider potential effects on the fruit.

I am familiar with one very stark example: The nightshade family is enormous, and includes several varieties of highly toxic plants, like deadly nightshade, henbane, angel's trumpet, etc. as well as several varieties of tasty plants like tomatoes, eggplants, hot peppers etc. It turns out the tomatoes can be grafted onto henbane (aka datura or jimson weed) rootstock. The chimaera produces fruit that look just like tomatoes, but contain potentially fatal concentrations of tropane alkaloids (which are synthesized in the roots, and then distributed throughout the plant).

I don't think that anything remotely like this would happen with "dogwood peaches" but something to bear in mind...

For the record, henbane (Hyoscyamus niger) isn't datura (Datura stramonium) though they are related and both produce tropane alkaloids.

I'm told that you can cross fertilise potatoes and tomatoes and get poisonous versions of both. The fruit of a potato looks pretty much like a green tomato.

Dogwood looks pretty distant, botanically, from plums

[Colin2B]

I was just holding this plant cutting for a friend...

Yes, I can just picture the following:
Policeman: hello, hello, what's this 'ere then?
ChiralSPO: It's a plant!

[chiralSPO]

ChiralSPO: It's a plant!

pun intended?

For the record, henbane (Hyoscyamus niger) isn't datura (Datura stramonium) though they are related and both produce tropane alkaloids.

Ah yes, indeed. My mistake. Thanks!

[Colin2B]

ChiralSPO: It's a plant!

pun intended?

How could I resist it?
You must admit it is somewhat arresting. 

[Bored chemist]

http://www.just-one-liners.com/police-found-pot-plants-were-cannabis/

Apparently some of these plants are weeds.

[chiralSPO]

ChiralSPO: It's a plant!

pun intended?

How could I resist it?
You must admit it is somewhat arresting. 

Ok, I'll be blunt. There's a nugget of truth there. But if I may reefer to your earlier comment, it would be highly unwise to accuse a cop of a plant--he might just smoke you!

[syhprum]

 "The chimaera produces fruit that look just like tomatoes, but contain potentially fatal concentrations of tropane alkaloids"
Was this what the "wicked stepmother" fed to Snow white in the original version of the story ?
It is well known that tomatoes were suspected of being poisonous when first introduced