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  • From: Tom Olenio <tolenio@sentex.net>
  • To: North American Fruit Explorers <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [NAFEX] Re:Need opinions...
  • Date: Mon, 05 Apr 2004 12:03:42 -0400

Hello,

After carefully selecting scion and rootstock, to achieve the variety and
sized tree you want, why would you
toss that away?

Also, on more mature trees even a shift in grade of a few inches can kill a
tree. Once a soil depth is set, it
is usually permanently set.

Young wood (whips/seedlings) can tolerate changes in soil depth on the trunk,
however mature wood suffers and
dies.

That is my experience anyway.

Later,
Tom

tanis cuff wrote:

> <snip>The only problem I've found is, what if I decide I want the topwork
> to grow
> its own roots? Then I have to dig a trench in order to get all the
> rootstock below ground. <snip>





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