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["Dennis Norton" <dmnorton@royaloakfarmorchard.com>]



Chris,

 

Is the original graft union below the soil line?  If the graft union becomes covered with soil, the scion cultivar will root, possibly send up suckers, and the dwarfing habit induced by the rootstock will be lost.  I'm sure you are aware of this, but was just wondering if the sucker is from the original rootstock or possibly from the scion cultivar rooting instead.

 

Dennis Norton
Royal Oak Farm Orchard
http://www.royaloakfarmorchard.com
http://www.theorchardkeeper.blogspot.com

----- Original Message -----

From: mauch1@aol.com

To: nafex@lists.ibiblio.org

Sent: Monday, April 24, 2006 2:24 PM

Subject: [NAFEX] Graft question

I have apple tree whose root has sent up a sucker, probably because I suspect there's crown gall somewhere underneath the graft.  Question is as both the tree and the rootstock are leafed out, could an inarch graft be done using this rootstock sucker?  I was thinking of lifting the bark on the tree, and have sliced the rootstock off as if whip graft, and removing any other growth from the sucker insert it in the bark and tie down.

 

Any chance it would work?  Alternatives anyone could suggest?

 

Thanks,

 

Chris Mauchline
SE PA, zone 6
40° 5' N 75° 51'W
~650 ft elevation