Nice! Any advice on trying this?
They look great! Are they last year's tops? I shoved several in the ground last fall that are starting to leaf out and wondered if they've really put roots out or not.
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Hey Grey do you think you can do it in a root trapper bag?I planted an entire rootstock. I've never tried planting cuttings.
Hey Grey do you think you can do it in a root trapper bag?
AN, THAT's some rocky ground. I have mostly sand (which is great for digging). If I find a single stone I wonder who put it there!
That isn't rocky. It's an old field. Most of the rocks were picked out years ago.
The M7 rootstock I tried worked great. For whatever reason, I had a couple of 3 year old B118 rootstock that I cut off, they stump sprouted initially and then just died. I am going to try a couple more with trench layering. I have a 4 year old M111 rootstock I’m going to cut off this spring, I’m guessing it will sprout back well. I like the idea of messing around with these but in reality have found that I wouldn’t want to count on them, it’s a pretty slow process to get them established and growing well. Especially if you are able to buy rootstock in bulk at a decent price.I harvested my first 3 Bud 490 rootstocks this weekend. Beginning of last august, I realized I ought to try rooting them. I grabbed what was handy, some milk jugs and some fine stony/sandy black stuff from a ditch. I checked these this weekend to see how they did, found some decent rooting and decided to harvest them and pot them for the summer.
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