Final Cut Studio Minimum clip length to add dissolve?

I'm confused - I have some short clips that allow a cross dissolve and others that don't. Help?
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    {quote:title=NLEdit wrote:}
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    {quote:title=NLEdit wrote:}
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    {quote}
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