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["tanis cuff" <tanistanis@hotmail.com>]

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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