Nanking and Evans cherry grafting question

FWIW, I have an Italian prune plum I grafted to tomentosa about five years ago and it is doing well so far; hasn't fruited yet, but that doesn't surprise me. Considerably dwarfed, it is only now about chin-high. The plant seems happy and healthy and is attractive, I think.

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Posted by canadianplant (My Page) on
Thu, Jun 7, 12 at 14:46

marknmt - Thats what I was lookin for. I have access to some Nanking cuttings/fruit, as well as various Prunus scion. Was just wondering anyone elses experience experimenting with said root stock before I start doing so myself :D

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Posted by marknmt 5b (My Page) on
Thu, Jun 7, 12 at 19:11

Mind, I have only the one sample and it's only a few years old, so there's always the possibility of delayed rejection on these kinds of things. But right now I'm encouraged.

I should have pointed out that a sucker from the same clone of prune plum was allowed to grow in the garden the same year that I grafted the prune, and it bloomed and set fruit for the first time this year. I'm hopeful that we'll see a bloom in the grafted prune next year. It's consistent with this particular clone to take its time bearing.

One curious thing to point out: the rootstock is a gnarly, rough looking thing (as is the case with tomentosa) so the smooth, graceful plum stem above it seems anomalous. Tomentosa takes its time getting any size, and I think that's what's holding the prune down.

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Posted by marknmt 5b (My Page) on
Thu, Jun 7, 12 at 20:48

Mind, I have only the one sample and it's only a few years old, so there's always the possibility of delayed rejection on these kinds of things. But right now I'm encouraged.

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Posted by canadianplant (My Page) on
Fri, Jun 8, 12 at 10:32

Too true about delayed rejection. After what, 5 or so years you can be fairly confident right?

I dont know a lot about grafting, but isnt it odd that tomentosa as a rootstock would delay fruiting? Doesnt Tomentosa produce sometimes the year of planting, or 2 years from seed?

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Posted by marknmt 5b (My Page) on
Fri, Jun 8, 12 at 19:57

Didn't mean to suggest that the tomentosa had delayed fruiting; I meant to make clear that this clone in general is rather slow to fruit. I'd thought along the same lines as you: if anything, it should speed fruiting up. So it seemed worth mentioning that there was no precocity to my inexperienced eye.

As for delayed rejection I'd think five years is a pretty fair test, but I really don't know.

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Posted by canadianplant (My Page) on
Sat, Jun 9, 12 at 6:27

Naw I got ya! I just found it odd, that a rootstock that is known to fruit very early, wouldnt have an effect on the scion (so far i guess).

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Posted by konrad___far_north 3..just outside of E (My Page) on
Sat, Jun 9, 12 at 11:49

Yes, not much changes it terms of fruiting or hardiness, it might be that they would be slightly hardier, ...couldn't test this because I have nothing to compare it to.

I only have Evans cherries grafted to pin cherries and have less freeze back, this could make it more hardy but other factors play a roll here,..I'm thinking of a different growing habit, not as vigorous, ..thus hardening off better in the fall.

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Posted by canadianplant (My Page) on
Sat, Jun 9, 12 at 15:16

Thats an interesting idea. Im assuming you grafted the evans just as an experiment? THere is no real reason to want to graft evans to anything?

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Posted by konrad___far_north 3..just outside of E (My Page) on
Sat, Jun 9, 12 at 21:25

Initially yes, but it turned out good, when some years the Evans on their own roots have hardly any cherries I still get from the others.

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Posted by canadianplant (My Page) on
Sun, Jun 10, 12 at 15:47

Great when an experiment does that :D

Thanks again...

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