Pennylvania - Starting an Orchard on an Urban Homestead, Grafting

[LarryvilleMicro]

I also live in Pittsburgh. I’m looking for hands-on help with grafting onto existing espaliered apple and pear trees in my micro-garden. Also someone I can work with to accelerate my espalier pruning knowledge.

[mroot]

@LarryvilleMicro

Welcome to the forum. If you have specific questions about grafting I would suggest you start a new thread. It will increase the visibility and you will be more likely to get responses.

[LarryvilleMicro]

Thank you!

[Rosemary]

Any updates on your orchard?? I live in Pittsburgh and have been daydreaming about planting an urban orchard, so I’d love to know how it’s going for you!

@PittGardener

Hi Folks! I’m new to the group. I’m in zone 6B, Pittsburgh PA. I live on a 5000 sqft lot in the suburbs, about 5 minutes from downtown.
I’m having a hard time finding the varieties on the rootstocks that I want, if I can find anything at all. I’m starting to wonder if grafting is the way to go.
I’m wanting to to apples, pears, peaches, nectarines, Asian plums, European plums, sweet cherries and tart cherries, and pawpaws.

What rootstocks would you recommend? I have clay soil that I will obviously amend during planting.I would prefer semi dwarf that has some disease and drought tolerance.