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[Bob Hartman <hartmansfruittrees@wport.com>]

Tanis,

I have red with considerable interest this thread on the propagation of the 
OHXF rootstock.  Did you use the stooling method that Lon describes of the 
etiolation method (trench layering)?  Please report back on how successful 
you are with the process.  I had tried stooling OHXF 333 a number of years 
ago with zero success but have been very successful with stooling apple and 
some success with the etiolation method with plum.  I am willing to try again 
if there is known success that other people have had with the OHXF rootstock.

Thanks,
Bob Hartman
Western Washington

"Lon J. Rombough" wrote:

> 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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