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Sat, Mar 17, 12 at 15:51
| About 6 years ago I planted two dwarf plums out in the orchard. After the second year in the spring, they both appeared to be dead, but then one put out shoots from the base. I assume that they originated from the root stock that the dwarf plum was grafted to. It is now about 6 feet tall, but I'm not sure it is a plum! The bark looks right but it is covered in long thorns.
Could the original plum have been grafted onto something other than another plum? |
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| I do know they can be grafted onto any prunus tree, like peach, cherry, nectarine, etc.. Peach is common. But I don't know of any thornes on any of these. Look carefully. Maybe somethng else sprouted at the dead tree's base. |
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| American (native) plums have thorns from my experience. I'm not telling you what you have is an American plum, but just that wild plums have thorns. |
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| Will grafting a plum onto peach tree stock make a semi-dwarf plum tree? How tall? |
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- Posted by scottfsmith 6B-7A-MD (My Page) on Sat, Mar 17, 12 at 21:06
| Prunus americana and prunus spinosa have thorns, probably some other plums as well. Americana is used as a rootstock for some northern plums so it is probably americana. Grafting plum onto peach will not dwarf it; peach is vigorous as a rootstock. Scott |
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- Posted by northcountry47 (My Page) on Sun, Mar 18, 12 at 16:00
| Thanks for the help everyone. I think I will plant a companion plum for pollination and see what develops |
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