Rootstocks And Seedlings
16 postsFall
16 posts
rootstock stoolbeds, one is b118 with the dark purple bark, and the other is ottawa3
most of my rootstocks are seedlings, but stoolbeds are easy and convenient, they make a larger caliper shoot in the first year, the root system is smaller and more fibrous , you get the benefits of the clonal stock, some...
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ussurian pear started in large plug trays
They can be a bit tricky to grow in trays or beds so I've had better luck in the first year as a plug. some of these are large enough to graft next spring, though most I think should grow another year in the ground. i'm...
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amur grape seedlings
plugs, seed started this spring. most of the mass is in the roots, we did a few kinds of grape seedlings this year and they worked out, you get a small starter plant with a few buds on top that's ready to take off in the...
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parkland apple grafted to saskatoon, second year
a few cultivars have had stand out growth on this unconventional apple rootstock, might need to replicate to know if it's a one off or better compatibility. one way to look at long term...
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siberian crabapple, with some random percentage of hybridization, fruit will be different sizes. the larger fruiting tree is just about completely scab resistant, collected more of those. this stand of 4 trees were planted in 2004, and I use the seed for rootstocks.
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japanese walnut and nanking cherry. for a first year seedlings they trees seem to do well. Most of my stock is in small...
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white mulberry, morus alba tatarica
these are 2-3 years old from seed, most went in the toot cellar but a couple of patches like this will stress test the cold hardiness. itâs a zone 3/4 borderline shrub, yet I saw a large one locally this summer and...
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apple stoolbed b118 harvest, 3rd year. made about 50 rootstocks 1/2" caliper and decent rooting #stoolbed
roots like carrots on these 2 yr old siberian crabapples. I had make 6-8 different beds this fall, 1-2 yrs old some raised some in ground, some local seed. lots of material for grafting in the spring, probably much more than I need but I really enjoy grafting. #rootstocks
this small bed of boxelder was ready to lift, high density kept them small, but it was also the first year for this
nursery bed and we’re continuing to make them deeper by adding composted manure and wood chips. Thinking they should be transplanted into a larger bed in rows to size up next year. This might be our approach with many...
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hereâs our larger Siberian crab apple rootstocks for spring grafting. these were direct seeded last year. #rootstock
I made a new blog post as a follow up to our wild rootstock grafting experiment
Also our site has a new design, and I’ve filled up the sections with most of the trees we’ll have available this winter. There’s a link in our profile...
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apple rootstocks tucked in for next spring. these ones are about medium sized first year seedlings, anything smaller goes back in a bed for another year. Our two year old rootstocks hit about waist high, about as large as you want for bench grafting. Working on switching to stool beds this fall, then we should be able to grow larger more uniform rootstocks in one year. #rootstock #siberiancrabapple
new nursery beds were my fall project
Fifteen no till beds 3’ x 20’ ready for seeds. By next year these should be full of small trees. #backyardnursery...
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