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["Lon J. Rombough" <lonrom@hevanet.com>]

Might I suggest you look into putting in five or so rootstock "mother plants" from a good virus-free source, then use those as your own little stooling bed?  You can get a lot of stocks, and for many years, out of a six foot row.  The method you are using now risks passing virus if there was any virus in the variety grafted to the stock you are propagating.
-Lon Rombough
Grapes, writing, consulting, my book, The Grape Grower, at http://www.bunchgrapes.com  Winner of the Garden Writers Association "Best Talent in Writing" award for 2003.
On Apr 1, 2005, at 9:57 AM, Thomas Olenio wrote:

Hi,

I just propagate dwarf rootstock for later grafting, using this method.