Does rootstock have any effect on how early bud break occurs in apple trees?
If I have Honeycrisp on 3 different rootstocks, say B118, M111, and B9, will they greenup at different times or all together?
I have 30 seedling apples that I'm going to graft varieties onto. Most show no signs of waking up yet, but a handful have bud swell and will probably start opening in the next couple days. And 1 is already leafing out. Will that 1 force the variety grafted to it to wake up early?
If rootstock does effect bud break timing, should that early riser have an early rising variety grafted to it? Or should I graft on a late bloomer to try to counteract it?
Hoping someone knows some answers so I don't have to fly blind and find out after the fact.
If I have Honeycrisp on 3 different rootstocks, say B118, M111, and B9, will they greenup at different times or all together?
I have 30 seedling apples that I'm going to graft varieties onto. Most show no signs of waking up yet, but a handful have bud swell and will probably start opening in the next couple days. And 1 is already leafing out. Will that 1 force the variety grafted to it to wake up early?
If rootstock does effect bud break timing, should that early riser have an early rising variety grafted to it? Or should I graft on a late bloomer to try to counteract it?
Hoping someone knows some answers so I don't have to fly blind and find out after the fact.