toofarnorth
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West Central Ga. USA. Z8a
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Post by toofarnorth on Jul 2, 2019 15:53:57 GMT -5
I have some seedlings of Juanita and keraji, would they make good rootstock for zone 8a? Just wondering if anyone has tried them as rootstock?
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Post by Laaz on Jul 2, 2019 18:58:43 GMT -5
Can't hurt to try. If they don't at least they will come back from the roots & produce edible fruit. The only downside I see is that they don't go completely dormant like Trifoliata does. If you get a nice warm spell mid winter & they start to flush & then get a hard freeze you may lose them.
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toofarnorth
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Post by toofarnorth on Jul 2, 2019 20:01:41 GMT -5
For the past 2 years, we have had warm Februarys, and then BAM, 24 degrees in March. It hasn't seemed to matter what rootstock a tree is on, it still wakes up and gets hit. The only tree that hasn't had any measurable damage is the Juanita on US 852. The Miho trees I got from Stan have been hit very hard the last 2 years. I thought Miho was very cold hardy. The few trees I have under a little overhang from an oak tree seem to do pretty good.
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