Apple tree roots?

[Yarg]

I've got a lot of large old apple trees that I'm pruning I'm wondering if the water spouts and cuttings will make route if I stake them like rod..has any one done this.thanks

 

[sandbur]

I've got a lot of large old apple trees that I'm pruning I'm wondering if the water spouts and cuttings will make route if I stake them like rod..has any one done this.thanks

I failed last year.


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[Mortenson]

My root tops all failed last year as well. Somebody here, maybe Merle?, had some survivors I think.

 

[yoderjac]

I've got a lot of large old apple trees that I'm pruning I'm wondering if the water spouts and cuttings will make route if I stake them like rod..has any one done this.thanks

They may or may not. They don't root as quickly as ROD, but there is a thread on here where folks have rooted there root stock cuttings after grafting. Another thing you could try is air-layering the water-sprout. Probably the easiest thing with a mature tree is to simply dig up some roots and take root cuttings. Shoot for pencil sized. Simply graft a water sprout to the root cutting and treat it like any other bench graft.

Thanks,

Jack

 

[Prof.Kent]

Place a tube around the sucker in Springtime. Fill with light soil and keep watered all Summer. Remove tube and clip off sucker with roots in Autumn and pot it. Should work.