Can anyone with experience weigh in on pros/cons of Krymsk versus Gisela for sweet cherry in clay that could be wet or dry and periods of hot temps? I’m reading that Krymsk 6 and 7 tolerate higher temps well. Trying to decide what to get a WhiteGold on.
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my experience is limited. but a few years ago before buying a few rootstock of both i wondered the same.
Generally it seems like gisella is more precocious for a similar size (dwarfing) rootstock. And for some fruitful cultivars to precocious and thus to much fruitset and smaller sized fruit. (where krymsk would be better suited)
i read that the krymsk would generally handle wet soil better and might be more virus sensitive. But i can’t find the source for that. So i might be misremembering. consider this more rumor to look into than fact.
i hope some-one else with more experience answers this topic. Because I’m still curious about it myself to.
Also if anyone has experience with the WeiGi cherry rootstocks. I’m curious about those to.
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This kinda an tangent answer, but I planted a white gold cherry in Washington county MD at my parents house from star bros (thing is a twig, maybe 18 inches high, not happy for price and size) and it was on mahaleb rootstock and they have clay. So will see how it does. I think @scottfsmith grows or had grown white gold in MD, so he might be able to chime in.