New Rootstocks

[Greyphase]

Is anyone trying any of the new Geneva rootstocks?  I grafted to 25 of the G 202 rootstocks this spring.  It's advertised as being very resistant to fireblight & woolly apple aphid, tolerant to crown and root rots, rated low for suckering and burr knots and grows to M26 size. Cold hardiness to be determined.

I talked to Tino at Cummins nursery and they will have a limited supply of the G969 rootstock available for 2015. It appears identical to G 202 with it's size being between M7 & MM106. I put in an order for 25  for next spring.

I used B118 this spring for my "wildlife" orchard and G202 & M7 for my "home" orchard.  I've use Antonovka & MM111 rootstock in the past and am growing old waiting for my trees to bear fruit.  Hoping these newer rootstocks will give me apples while I still have teeth :).

Rick

[John and Annette Trout]

I planted my first G30"s last year.  One tree didn't come out of dormancy, while the others did fine.  Who knows what happened there.  Order 10 more G30s this spring and bench grafted all but one of them.  So far those grafts look good.  Roots on the stocks were very slight though.

G30 has the usual positive characteristics, is roughly M7 in size, can tolerate wet feet for a period, but support is recommended.

 

I have MM111's at five years old this season.  They've been here in the ground for 3 years.  All blossomed heavily this spring and have a pretty good crop thus far. 

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[Greyphase]

John

I have to admit that I didn't plant my MM111's  in "ideal" locations.  Between not enough sunlight & poor soil I didn't do them any favors in choosing their planting sites. But I'm getting "smarter" and have had a soil sample done and have added lime and 10-10-10 fertilizer so I should be seeing a difference to growth and production.

On Wednesday, May 14, 2014 7:42:00 PM UTC-4, JOHN ANNETTE Trout wrote:



[John and Annette Trout]

Both fertilizer and lime are biggies for apple trees.  I ignored some of my MM111's and have suffered poor growth because of it.  This year I limed and spread triple 12.  I'm thinking of fertilizing again with all this rain.