To: North American Fruit Explorers <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
Subject: Re: [NAFEX] Re:Need opinions...
Date: Mon, 05 Apr 2004 12:03:42 -0400
Hello,
After carefully selecting scion and rootstock, to achieve the variety and
sized tree you want, why would you
toss that away?
Also, on more mature trees even a shift in grade of a few inches can kill a
tree. Once a soil depth is set, it
is usually permanently set.
Young wood (whips/seedlings) can tolerate changes in soil depth on the trunk,
however mature wood suffers and
dies.
That is my experience anyway.
Later,
Tom
tanis cuff wrote:
> <snip>The only problem I've found is, what if I decide I want the topwork
> to grow
> its own roots? Then I have to dig a trench in order to get all the
> rootstock below ground. <snip>