Wild pear rootstock

[Mahindra3016]

This tree was crowding another wild pear that I topworked, i decided to try growing some rootstock by cutting the tree off at about 8" from the ground. I cut a hole in the bottom of the bucket, and kept adding sawdust as the shoots would grow, hopefully when i remove the bucket i will have roots, if not oh well it was a cheap experiment. Stay tuned!

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[greyphase]

There should be some roots there. That's how I raise apple trees in my stoolbed. Yes keep us informed.

 

[DLH]

I hope this works out for you I would be curious myself I tried to get a Warren pear to root like this with a low lying limb no luck. I’m wondering if apples are more likely to roots I’ve noticed some apples put roots out in mound layering easier too. Grimes golden did readily but Betsy deaton didn’t I’m hoping I can figure out what the deal is.

 

[IkemanTx]

That would be just too convenient...


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