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Brilliant info from you in this thread yet again FB. Cheers.Originally posted by FB. View Post
Are rootstocks all unique varieties just like any apple seed? It's just that they are all seeds of a M25 tree, or MM106 tree, etc?
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Yes, MM106 produces different fruit to M25; they are genetically different.Originally posted by Bane View Post
The MM106, MM111 and M25 produce reasonable (but not outstanding) apples because they all have the American dual-purpose apple "Northern Spy" as one of their parents.
I have a few MM106 apples growing on an ungrafted rootstock and they're almost ripe at the moment - I'll try to take a picture in the next few days..Comment
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LOLOriginally posted by orangepippin View Post
I've realised now the best way is by stooling, but the time and effort involved in that means, like you say, just buy them from someone else.
Although there is a video on youtube about stooling apples and the guy had budded some of the shoots before detaching from the main plant!The more help a man has in his garden, the less it belongs to him.
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I don't like the idea of that because some varieties (especially old varieties) will be carrying virus-like diseases which will spread via the sap of the scion to infect the rootstock stoolbed.Originally posted by Paulieb View Post
The result will be that scions of varieties more affected by that virus which are later grafted onto those rootstocks may not "take" or may make poor growth.
It would be wise to also clean pruning tools or grafting tools between varieties to limit the spread of disease.
How would you like a nurse to re-use a needle and wound dressings on you, which had previously been used for the patient in the next hospital bed?
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