Does anybody know where they might be any acceptable rootstocks for apricots. What I had lined up fell through. I need 7 around the end of the month so I can graft up some of my old trees to bring south with me
Marianna works well with apricots. I grafted to a Marianna root sucker perhaps 10 years ago and gave it to a friend. It has grown well and produces well.
Right now I’m growing out a few cots from seed. We’ll see what happens, but have this notion that some of the truly old apricots growing around here (75+ years) are seedlings that happen to be well suited to local conditions. And I expect to get a few fruit next year (year three) but won’t let them fruit too heavily.
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