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  • From: edforest55@hotmail.com
  • To: nafex@egroups.com
  • Subject: [nafex] Re: Fall Transplanting/ Spring Transplanting
  • Date: Sun, 03 Dec 2000 03:18:22 -0000

My referal to grape cuttings wasn't well thought out (a cutting
versus a rooted plant), however, I still am wondering about the
callus issue, and its role in fall planting. If no one has any more
info on this (I skimmed Rootstocks for Fruit Crops by Rom yesterday
and they said nothing about it but rather said that it was important
to have the root surface in correct contact with the soil, which
happens better in the fall,) then I will probably do some more
reading and maybe an experiment or two. I would love to get a glass
pot to grow rootstocks so I could observe the roots.
>
> The point isn't the size of the roots but their functioning in the
new
> location. By spring, the feeder roots are all in place and the
plant can
> draw all the minerals and water needed for budbreak and the spurt
of spring
> growth.
>
> Grapes, I seem to recall, were one of the species that we found
better for
> spring planting.
>
> In addition to the zones you mention (4-6) Massachusetts has areas
in Zone 7
> (Cape Cod and some parts of Boston due to to moderating effects of
the city.)
> We found that the part of the state involved was unrelated to
success rates
> for establishment, and that the correct season of planting was the
most
> important factor in establishment success. This doesn't mean that
it is more
> important than watering, correct transplanting methods, etc., but
that these
> were provided adequatly, for the most part, by each of the groups
> participating in the Fruition Program. We did, as I mentioned,
rate groups
> for horticultural capability--low medium and high. Any group could
get
> mulberries for example, but only the most capable groups were given
apples to
> establish. And we only offered pears, for one, in the fall,
whereas grapes,
> kiwifruit (Actinidia spp.) and peaches were only offered on the
spring
> distribution list.
>
> DH


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