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- From: Ginda Fisher <list@ginda.us>
- To: NAFEX Fruit Explorers <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
- Subject: [NAFEX] anchorage of apple trees
- Date: Sun, 7 Dec 2008 11:20:22 -0500
People have been talking about how well anchored apples are on M7 vs. M111 and similar questions. What, exactly, is anchorage? Is it the likelihood a tree will blow over, leaving it's roots in the air. (Or, the ability to withstand that sort of thing, I guess.) Is it the sturdiness of the trunk, and whether the trunk needs staking to keep it growing upright rather than leaning over? These strike me as different characteristics - one mostly a quality of the trunk and the other of the roots. (Although of course the rootstock can affect the quality of the trunk, otherwise there wouldn't be dwarfing rootstocks.)
I have a few different rootstocks (M7, M111, G30, a wild crab) but my trees are in partial shade and young, so my experience probably isn't worth mentioning.
Ginda
- [NAFEX] anchorage of apple trees, Ginda Fisher, 12/07/2008
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