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  • From: "tanis cuff" <tanistanis@hotmail.com>
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  • Subject: [NAFEX] saskatoon renewal
  • Date: Fri, 09 Apr 2004 13:31:50 +0000

I admit I didn't quite follow the saskatoon logic. The ones I have bloom on old wood, not new growth, so wouldn't one need to cut them off, AND hope they make it thru at least one winter w/o vole feeding?


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From: "del stubbs" <
Subject: RE: [NAFEX] propagating prunus
Date: Fri, 09 Apr 2004 04:05:57 +0000

Well Tanis, that gets me thinking, I have a roll of root grafting tape, I could dig up one damaged evans and perhaps get a pile of grafts out of the roots, I recall hearing that evans aren't real compatable to other prunus so this would solve that problem. And the other plants can recover by root sprouting as they will. I am intrigued by Dean's comment about cutting saskatoons to the ground and thus making a mini forest out of one plant. My thinking was that I need to get the stems up over 1" dia. quickly to avoid the voles by bark thickness.
I also had a patch of dolgo crabs I was growing from seed for rootstock, about 150 quite close together like a forest, and the voles got every single one, cutting many off completely at ground level. I had to be careful digging because so many didn't show above ground level anymore! I call 'em micro beavers.
Thanks, Del

Del Stubbs http://www.pinewoodforge.com ag zone2/3


previous:
What about digging up some roots and grafting these onto the
hardwood cuttings? I vaguely recall reading something about this
in a 'Pomona', probably pre- online archive days. I don't recall
what the success rate was.

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