Another adara/puente question

General Fruit Growing
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Does anyone know or had tried grafting adara
as an interstem onto apricot seedling rootstock?

I see where it has been used on plum rootstocks and peach rootstocks,but nothing about compatability with any kind of apricot or apricot complex hybrid.

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‘Adara’ is a selection of Prunus cerasifera also known as cherry plum or myrobalan plum. This species is known to be a good rootstock for apricots and since ‘Adara’ was specifically selected as a superior rootstock among a species that was already pretty flexible with what could be grafted to it, I’d say it’s rather safe to assume you can graft it to apricot seedlings if you want.

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Agree with Johann, but my choice would be to use peach rootstock over apricot, especially in my region where apricots are susceptible to so many diseases making it a non starter here, I’ve lost many times trying to grow apricots. Any peach seedling is superior to apricot, in California the puente is a Lovell peach rootstock grafted with Adara. I have three of those I purchased about 5 years ago, and on those I have grafted peach, plum, pluot, nectarine etc have not found a stonefruit that Adara will not be compatible with.
Dennis
Kent, Wa

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Does Adara root from cuttings?

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Yes, I have a number of ‘Adara’ which I grew from cuttings. It’s not 100%, but still good enough. However, you don’t get nice straight trunks for grafting onto when propagating this way. I intent to use mine to establish a stool bed so that I can produce better rootstock quality ‘Adara’ starts.

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Here in west Texas the apricot has the toughest roots,longevity,crown gall resistance,and more.
There are trees that have been left to mother nature that have been in the ground for two plus decades that have withstood many horrible conditions.
I’m planning on grafting Atlas and Viking onto apricot seedlings then grafting peach,apricot,plum,pluot,and others on what is basically a complex hybrid interstem.
Just about every stone fruit rootstock I’ve tried in ground outdoors succumbs to some form of disease within 5 years,except apricots.