I started a fusion project just for the fun of it (yes, fun). I took 50 or so long cuttings from a JM in my yard and overwintered them in vermiculte in my basement. This was in fall of 2018. I moved the whole tray outside in spring. By summer of 2019, 1/4 of them had rooted, I bundled them up with some kind of grafting wrap I had and planted in a colander.
In late spring of 2020, I wraped more of the “trunk” and left stems sticking out as I went up to serve as branches. No sign of any fusion yet., but I am hopeful that it will ultimately turn into a tree as opposed to a bundle of sticks : )
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