@Shibumi
You might also enjoy these threads since rootstocks determine more than just the number of years until a tree produces fruit. Choose your rootstocks wisely!
I’m relatively new to the world of grafting.
One thing that I don’t fully understand is the influence a rootstock has on the scion (and future growth thereof) or that the scion may have on the rootstock.
Here’s why I ask:
I have a seedling pawpaw tree in its 4th season, third in the ground. It seems very unhappy - the leaves are pale and are scalding slowly, and it’s only about 3 feet tall while its “litter mates” are flourishing and up to 7 feet tall already, planted only 6 feet away.
Eithe…