Best place to buy grafting rootstock?

[CAS_HNTR]

Looking to get a 12-24 rootstock for a bench grafting effort this coming spring......anyone have a good recommendation on a place to purchase. Looking for M111 or B118 apple and OHxF87 pear.

 

[Turkey Creek]

Hope this isnt to out of line for the forum policy, mods feel free to remove it if it is. If someone wants a small number of root stock shoot me a PM I will sell them to you cheaper than you will be able to find them. Been down that road myself before. Problem is most places require 50 or 100 as a minimum purchase and they dont break bundles, or if they sell them by the piece they jack the price way up. With the amount I order anymore I usually have a few left over and if I know that enough people want a certain number I can certainly order more. I shipped to a few with guy's orders last year when I shipped their trees.

If you are wanting bigger quantities you can buy from Willamette, Copen Haven Farms, Treco, Lawyers Nursery, etcc...

 

[CAS_HNTR]

Thanks Chris......you send me some last year. Should've got a few more! Hah!

I sent you an email about tree orders....check it out.

 

[Doctorbrady]

Cummins nursery is where I get mine.

 

[Turkey Creek]

Cummins nursery is where I get mine.

Nothing wrong with Cummins, great bunch of people. Their prices typically are some of the highest around though as they will sell you individual root stocks.

 

[dogdoc]

TC, what root stocks do you use or order?

 

[Turkey Creek]

TC, what root stocks do you use or order?

Apple: M7, M111, B118 Hoping to try some G935 this coming year. Pear: OHxF87 and OHxF97. Cherry: Mahleb and some Giesla this year if I can get my hands on some. Most of the Geneva and Giesla root stocks are almost impossible to get if you dont order a year or two ahead of when you want them. Plums and Apricots on Myrobalan and native plum.

 

[wbpdeer]

Turkey Creek,

Those two root stocks for pears that you mentioned - what are the properties of each. Is it size difference or what?

I would be interested in doing some pears. Even I can't seem to kill pears.

 

[Turkey Creek]

OHxF is Old Home x Farmingdale cross. Fire blight resistant, cold hardy, adaptable to most soils. There are a few different selections in the series 333 is the most dwarfing, I think there is "500" , then 87 is equivalent to a smaller semi dwarf, and 97 is the most standard variety.

 

[Fish]

Ive ordered from Cummins and the quality was good. Century Farm Orchard also sells rootstock, but order early. Turkey Creek's offer sounds pretty sweet though.

 

[wbpdeer]

OHxF is Old Home x Farmingdale cross. Fire blight resistant, cold hardy, adaptable to most soils. There are a few different selections in the series 333 is the most dwarfing, I think there is "500" , then 87 is equivalent to a smaller semi dwarf, and 97 is the most standard variety.

Turkey Creek,

I have no bears. I am interested in avoiding disease. What would you recommend I get? I need your expertise & guidance.

I am a pear guy. Please give me advice based on your knowledge. Thanks

 

[Turkey Creek]

Turkey Creek,

I have no bears. I am interested in avoiding disease. What would you recommend I get? I need your expertise & guidance.

I am a pear guy. Please give me advice based on your knowledge. Thanks

I would go with x87 as it is more precocious. Varieties wise I would go with what you have seen that does well locally. I will admit I am not all that familiar with your growing area. I would guess fire blight is a real concern for you. I would think that Kieffer, Ayers and Moonglow would be some good options to start with. I would bet that if you do a search that your in state universities or extension service probably have a on-line list of varieties that are best suited for your area.

 

[wbpdeer]

I would go with x87 as it is more precocious. Varieties wise I would go with what you have seen that does well locally. I will admit I am not all that familiar with your growing area. I would guess fire blight is a real concern for you. I would think that Kieffer, Ayers and Moonglow would be some good options to start with. I would bet that if you do a search that your in state universities or extension service probably have a on-line list of varieties that are best suited for your area.

Thanks Chris. I appreciate your assistances. Would it be possible for me to get 12 to 15 of the x87 rootstock from you?

Please advise.

 

[Turkey Creek]

Thanks Chris. I appreciate your assistances. Would it be possible for me to get 12 to 15 of the x87 rootstock from you?

Please advise.

No problem, I sent you a PM.

 

[Turkey Creek]

I should have mentioned earlier that I dont get my root stock shipment in until mid April, so for you guys that are in a warmer zone that may be later than you want to receive it. It is fully dormant when I receive it and would be in that state when it gets to you as well.

 

[Neahawg]

Shoo mid April is late. You think it would hurt to graft them that late in say the very top of zone 7a moving into zone 7b?

 

[Merle Hawggard]

I should have mentioned earlier that I dont get my root stock shipment in until mid April, so for you guys that are in a warmer zone that may be later than you want to receive it. It is fully dormant when I receive it and would be in that state when it gets to you as well.

I had you in mind TC, but I usually get mine in mid March here. That gives me time to let them heal up a week or two before I set them out in my garden to grow for the year.

 

[Turkey Creek]

Shoo mid April is late. You think it would hurt to graft them that late in say the very top of zone 7a moving into zone 7b?

I guess every situation is different. If you are hitting high temps 80s or above every day maybe too late. I can only speak from personal experience all of my bench grafted trees primarily apples and pears are callused indoors in a 50-60 degree room before moving out to the nursery. Last frost here is typically the first week in May so no reason for me to chance getting them set back by a hard frost. I had a limited number of root stock left from last spring, that I could ship to folks earlier, but they are spoken for now. At some point in the future I will likely try and produce my own root stock, but for now I just order in to fit my grafting schedule.

 

[dogdoc]

I'm actually wanting some rootstock to start a little nursery for me. I was thinking of just planting the root stock and then top grafting when they are ready. Plan on moving to my place in about 6 years, which should be plenty of time for M111 to be producing.

 

[wbpdeer]

Turkey Creek,

When would it be possible / wise to graft a scion to that root stock? Bear with me I have zero experience with this process.

Thanks