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Before you buy a fruit tree, you need to learn about rootstocks – they're the key to finding a tree that thrives in your garden

Usually, you don’t have to worry about the actual grafting part – most bare-root and container-grown trees are sold readily grafted, so you’ll just need to check the label to make sure you’re buying a ...
Nature

Rootstocks and Cultivars in Fruit Tree Production

The production of fruit trees relies critically on the careful selection and combination of rootstocks and cultivars. Rootstocks are used not only to control tree vigour and enhance nutrient uptake ...
Hunker on MSN

5 Fast-Growing Fruit Trees You Should Be Planting In The Fall

Most gardeners wait until spring to plant fruit trees, but these varieties actually thrive when planted now and reward you ...
Kitsap Sun

Planning on buying a fruit tree? You should think about grafting

Late winter is the perfect time to start getting your fruiting trees and shrubs ready for spring. Now is a good time for pruning and planting. And it is a great time to graft! Grafting is a method of ...
Globe Gazette

Rootstock makes the fruit tree

When selecting a dwarf fruit tree, the root of the matter lies in the matter of the roots. Sure, the top part of the tree above the graft is important, too. That’s what determines the looks and the ...

Growing apples has changed over the years. Here's how it's done in Indiana

Apple orchards have changed. The large stout trees with thick gnarling branches of a few decades ago are now flimsy bushes ...
PBS

Spring-Blooming Shrubs & Fruit Tree Rootstock

Joellen Dimond discusses spring-blooming shrubs, and Mr. D. talks root stock for fruit trees. This week on The Family Plot: Gardening in the Mid-South, Director of Landscape for the University of ...
The Roanoke Times

Different rootstocks to create miniature trees

Saturday’s article on miniature fruit trees referenced the use of dwarfing rootstocks to create small trees that produce full-size fruit. You might think you should just choose the rootstock that ...
Las Vegas Review-Journal

Rootstock may be source of sour fruit

If you want to know everything about roses in the desert, here is your chance. The Las Vegas Valley Rose Society will hold its annual rose pruning workshop Saturday from 9a.m.-2 p.m. at 1112 Oak Tree ...
Oregonian

Fruit trees need attention this time of year. Here’s a guide to planting, pruning and spraying

CORVALLIS — It’s the time of year when fruit trees are on the minds of beginning and experienced backyard enthusiasts. More and more homeowners are adding fruit trees to their landscape and now’s the ...
CNN

Art professor grows trees that can bear 40 types of fruit

The first time Sam Van Aken saw tree branches being grafted and grown onto other trees, he likened it to Frankenstein. Yet, when the process became a full-time fascination, the Syracuse University art ...