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Rob,

DON'T DO IT!  Prunus americana suckers like hell!  Everywhere! (except at
the based of the tree, naturally!)  I pull out suckers that appear in beds
50, 75, or more feet out from the mother trees.  I know they're not
seedlings because I can sometimes pull up 20 feet of root running inches
beneath the soil surface, heading back toward Mama.  If I grew only mown
grass for an acre surrounding the trees, perhaps I would not scream quite so
loudly

For us tundra denizens, P. americana may be the only choice; but don't live
in igloos unless your other option is freezing to death.

Steve Herje, Lone Rock, WI   USDA zone 3, with luck, turning into a 4.

----- Original Message -----
From: <robscott@freeshell.org>
To: <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Thursday, February 12, 2004 8:33 PM
Subject: [NAFEX] Prunus americana


>
> I am on the verge of submitting a major grant proposal for an experimental
> orchard that would use Prunus americana as rootstock for a plum orchard.
> Prunus americana is sold as a rootstock occasionally, so I assumed it
> could take P. domestica (european) grafts, but a few people this past week
> have suggested that it's only for grafting american plums (beach plum,
> chicksaw, etc.) which is not whayt I'm writing a grant for.
>
> Does anyone have experience with P. americana as a rootstock for grafting
> cultivated varieties *of any kind* that could chime in with experience?
> Would greatly appreciate it.
>
> John Bunker, thanks for presenting the pollenation problem with plums so
> clearly and *concisely*! Very helpful.
>
> Robert Scott
> Urbana Permaculture Project
> Urbana, IL zone 5b
> (zone 6 in the city)
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