To: North American Fruit Explorers <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
Subject: Re: [NAFEX] Rooting pears
Date: Fri, 1 Apr 2005 10:07:32 -0800
Might I suggest you look into putting in five or so rootstock "mother plants" from a good virus-free source, then use those as your own little stooling bed? You can get a lot of stocks, and for many years, out of a six foot row. The method you are using now risks passing virus if there was any virus in the variety grafted to the stock you are propagating.
-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 Apr 1, 2005, at 9:57 AM, Thomas Olenio wrote:
Hi,
I just propagate dwarf rootstock for later grafting, using this method.