posted 2 months ago
Earlier when I bench grafted a few apples I noticed that the rootstock appeared to have been propagated from cuttings. So after grafting I gathered the cuttings, dipped into rooting hormone and put into a cutting mix, At this point it appears that most will root. I will plant at least a couple and if I decide to plant more trees next year will use these for rootstock but at this point if my grafts take I don't need more apple trees and I was wondering if the EMLA 111 will produce fruit for wildlife? It would be handy to have a known rootstock variety tree I could collect cuttings from and root more rootstock.
Are other rootstock varieties as easy to propagate from cuttings, esp MM7?