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Mine is going to be WAY too small a trial to prove anything! One plant, w/ a 
management (ie: damage) history. More of story off-list, if you want.  Lon 
describes using "this spring's" growth; I used last year's growth/ 1-yr-old 
"wood".

Thanks for your notes on the OHxF 333.  Some time ago, somewhere, I read 
that the reason some things are hard to root is because the rooting part of 
the stem needs to have light excluded for X # wks or months before they even 
consider initiating roots.  Probably depends on age/lignification of stem 
too.


----Original Message Follows----
From: Bob Hartman <>
To: North American Fruit Explorers <>
Subject: Re: [NAFEX] stooling-bed timeline?
Date: Sun, 21 Aug 2005 14:26:16 -0700

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

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