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

Commercially, they stool them (mound soil around them) in the spring and dig them the next winter.  In other words, this coming winter or early next spring.  
Or to give the process in detail, the mother tree is cut off low in early spring before buds break.  When shoots are about six inches tall, soil, or more often baked sawdust, is hilled around the base of the shoots so that at least half the length is covered.  The sawdust is kept moist and more added as the shoots grow until the mound is at least a foot deep.  In the winter, the sawdust is pulled back and the now-rooted shoots are cut off at the base.  The process is repeated for several years until the mother tree gets too knobby and large to handle  easily, then the field it pulled.  Meanwhile, a new one has been started elsewhere, ready to take over.
-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 Aug 20, 2005, at 5:05 PM, tanis cuff wrote:

LOL.  Thanks.  When someone asks "When were you born?"  I bet you answer "In 
the summer".

What I meant was, will they have enough roots next spring, or do I wait 
patiently 2 or 3 years?



----Original Message Follows----
From: "Lon J. Rombough" <>
To: North American Fruit Explorers <>
Subject: Re: [NAFEX] stooling-bed timeline?
Date: Sat, 20 Aug 2005 16:46:23 -0700

When they are dormant.

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 Aug 20, 2005, at 3:48 PM, tanis cuff wrote:

This spring I mounded soil & compost over the base of an OHxF rootstock
which has several suckers to work with.  Can anyone tell me please when I
can dig rooted stems out of this?


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