To: North American Fruit Explorers <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
Subject: [NAFEX] D. kaki as rootstock?
Date: Tue, 29 Nov 2011 09:32:45 -0500
I have a D. kaki (Ichi ki kei jiro) that has been bearing for a few
years. It is my only D kaki, although we have numerous wild D.
virginiana around. My kaki has always produced seedless fruit.
This year I found 1 seed in a fruit. I don't know if it is viable, but I
would like to try to germinate it. I am suspecting if it is viable, it
will produce a hybrid. Does anyone know if these closely related species
(kaki and virginiana) hybridize?
Question- can I use D. kaki (or hybrid) rootstock for grafting kaki
varieties.? Is there any advantage/ disadvantage to using D. kaki (
compared to D. virginiana) as rootstock? I am in zone 7.