@Travis That article says the layed over style, “continuous layer,” is helpful for stocks that yield fewer shoots - that is the ticket for me making my own Geneva 30 stocks. One of the reasons I like Gen30 so well is that it does not sucker under whatever scion.
I put several cuttings of Bardsey with rooting hormone in a pot over the winter. If any root & grow, I will try “continuous layering” with at least one. Bardsey is so drought tolerant, disease resistant, semi-dwarf & its fruit so juicy, I think it may be an excellent choice for rootstock. (I cut the tree down since I cannot get clean fruit without worms from it most years. Something about it in my situation makes it irresistible to codling moths as the petals fall. I’ve been using orchard socks with good results on 6 other trees.)
Maybe I should try the same thing with Rosemary Russet, which tree has a host of useful attributes…
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Theee were some questions, but few answers here. Can I stool an OHxF pear, specifically OHx97? I’m getting a few leftover rootstock and deciding what to do with it after I use up my scion. I’m not opposed to starting cuttings if they are likelier to work in the end.
I am trying to stool some rootstock too. This is the Mustang rootstock that came with my Black Ice plum. I can’t find it for sale in the U.S., so I want to experiment with it. I think it may be superior to Marianna 2624 for varieties it is compatible with.
Bringing this topic back to life. Anybody attempting a stoolbed this upcoming growing season? I have a few failed grafts that Id like to plant out in a row and cut to the ground and hope to see some new shoots come up this year.
I plan on moving my stooling bed from my veggie garden to the orchard this year. I should have a few to divide into individual root stocks that were stooled in sawdust previously.
I harvest mine a while ago but the main thing I found out to watch for the first year is to not let one shoot/rootstock become overly dominant or else you get one 1 inch rootstock and then a bunch of 1/4 - 3/8 rootstock.
Also - in a 15g I’ve found about 8 shoots is the right number for my climate/sun exposure. YMMV
Yoda , yes apparently it is possible to have a persimmon stool bed.
Go to youtube channel Brian’s Permaculture Project and / or search for “Stool bedding persimmon rootstock “.
I found it fascinating, especially because it was accidental in that his goat attacked his tree and he was trying to make the best of the situation with his experiment!
I did a stool bed this year on 2 mulberry. It was a dry year but I did get some roots. Nothing special about the trees just seedlings. Just an experiment. I will try it on named cultivars in 2025.
