Cummins Nursery is the best man. Love those people.
Central leader is right at 6’ parallel with the top of the stake. Planted last season. I plan to just let it keep growing un pruned. Im open to any advice for pruning though. Thanks!
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I got the same last March and looks about the same but my initial heading cut was lower. Im just grafting to two of the scaffolds. But, I have no idea what I’m doing 
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Very cool. Do you have any trees on g.210? If so how are they doing. Thanks.
I don’t. But if you search here you can find people who do talking about them.
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Looking great. Please post updates on how this tree does! Galarina is one of the varieties I would like to plant in 2027. I have a few tree coming this Spring on G214, so I would appreciate updates on how that rootstock does for you as well.
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I will for sure. I have enterprise on g.210 so ill give updates on it as well. I think both rootstocks are really cool. The enterprise grew 4 ft last year on 210 trained in a super open center.
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Glad to hear it. I’m planning on training 8 trees in a row using a high density/tall spindle style. Instead of a trellis I am opting for an individual stake for each tree.
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If it were me, i would do an individual 10’ stake driven 4 ft in the ground 5"s away from each whip while planting. Then add support wires if you want. Support wires require work to up keep up over the years but you can train espalier and make the trees into a wall of apples instead of 8 pillars. If I only had to do one method of support for g.214 id put stakes next too each one.
I like the idea of trellis wires, but I just don’t know if I want to commit to building one.. My current plan was to use 10’ metal t posts. From my conversations with a few other members on here, videos, and talking to others, I am thinking (hoping) that a single t post will be sufficient support for each tree. Do you have any experience staking a tree like that? I’m always looking for advice!
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For g.214 I bought these steel pipes linked below and drove them 4ft into ground 5-6”s away from the tree so you have 6 ft of pipe above ground for support. You can add an extension later to the top of the pole for additional support. For bigger rootstocks id plant support rod a little further away. T posts arent nearly as sturdy and cost more
*PS rent a small post hole driver machine. Dont do it by hand… forget that lol. My back hurt for a week.
The 10’ T-Post should work well for you. I’ve used 8’ T-Posts driven 2’ deep and have had great support from that. A T-Post driver will make setting that stake much easier, if you don’t have one see if you can borrow one. Even with the 8 footers I need a stool to get them started, with a 10 footer you may need a short step ladder.
I’ve considered the conduit piping you linked. I’m surprised that you preferred that to a T post. I would have thought that a T post would be more rigid. I will have to take a look at both of them again.
I’ll definitely get a post driver before planting. I’m glad to hear that T posts have worked well for you. 10 footers are quite a bit more expensive, around me anyway, which is a bummer. I plan to get them anyway because I would really like that extra 2 feet.
I just think the thin pipe looks better long term. T post arewider and more noticeable. Plus they’ll eventually flake and rust. Those were some of my reasons