Subject: [NAFEX] loquats are graft-compatible on quince (cydonia oblonga)rootstock
Date: Mon, 28 Mar 2011 13:12:51 -0700 (PDT)
Graft scions of best quality named varieties(not seedlings) on Quince
rootstock.
This yields more manageable plant (and more precocious) for containerized
growing
The quince rootstock has a dwarfing effect on the scion variety (wch means
reduced fruit yield)
No significant overgrowth observed at the graft union (after 4 years)
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From: "rmelrose@danvilleVT.net" <rmelrose@danvilleVT.net>
To: North American Fruit Explorers <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>; mIEKAL aND
<qazingulaza@gmail.com>
Sent: Sun, March 27, 2011 11:10:23 AM
Subject: Re: [NAFEX] Potted loquats
Thanks for the guidance. I will see if I can locate some scions of named
varieties and try my hand at grafting them -- although I have never grafted
anything (successfully anyway) that wasn't at least close to dormant.
On 27 Mar, mIEKAL aND wrote:
> I've been growing loquats from seed collected from a fruiting loquat
> at Olbrich Gardens in Madison. Just lost my oldest tree which was
> 12-14 years old & not once did it flower or fruit tho one year it sure
> looked like it was going to flower. Grafted loquats are probably the
> way to go. They do make wonderful low maintenance houseplants if you
> don't let them get too big.
>
> ~mIEKAL
>
> On Sun, Mar 27, 2011 at 12:51 PM, <rmelrose@danvillevt.net> wrote:
>> Anyone out there have experience growing Loguat (as in Eriobotrya japonica)
>> in a pot? I have two sprouted from seed (different cultivars too) and both
>> are doing pretty well inside in a sunny cool room over winter; they will go
>> outside if it every warms up here.
>>