Pre-emergent for graft garden

[gunfun13]

I am grafting a couple hundred apple, pear and persimmons this spring. Is there a pre-emergent herbicide I can use in the garden I'll be planting all these freshly grafted trees into? I used Preen before when I had lesser trees, but it wasn't very effective.

 

[Mortenson]

Last year when I got home from spraying the orchards I hit my graft nursery with the same strong rate of atrazine and prowl h2o. Best decision ever.

 

[hunts_with_stick]

Where is a good place to buy standard size tree rootstock? I'd like to get as many apples as I can on one tree, for both the family and the deer.

 

[Ben.MN/WI]

Where is a good place to buy standard size tree rootstock? I'd like to get as many apples as I can on one tree, for both the family and the deer.

Many county soil and water departments offer annual tree sales that include red splendor crabapples. That's what I currently use for grafting rootstock and a 20 pack of trees is typically around $50. You can also likely get some Antonovka rootstock from SLN in New York, but you would need to call them for availability. Seedling trees for grafting are usually only a couple bucks per tree. I've also purchased dolgo seedlings from Chief River Nursery and they can be used for grafting as well.

 

[omicron1792]

I am grafting a couple hundred apple, pear and persimmons this spring. Is there a pre-emergent herbicide I can use in the garden I'll be planting all these freshly grafted trees into? I used Preen before when I had lesser trees, but it wasn't very effective.

Preen. Pursuit. Atrazine.