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Peaches and apricots on Krymsk rootstocks

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Posted by nyRockFarmer 5A (My Page) on
Sun, Aug 31, 14 at 20:21

I wanted to try Krymsk 86 because it is cross between cherry-plum and peach, but apparently no one is offering this to the backyard grower. Remnants of past inventories on the Cummins website shows that they did offer this a few years ago. They currently have peaches on Krymsk 1 cherry-plum rootstock listed for 2015. I thought there was a compatibility issue between peaches an K-1? Why did they ditch K-86? Does this mean some peaches are indeed compatible with K-1, or is this a time-bomb combination?

FYI, I already plan on trying a few trees on Citation to see how they do in my heavy clay-rock soil.

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  • Posted by fruitnut z7b-8a,4500ft SW TX (My Page) on
    Sun, Aug 31, 14 at 21:39

I have limited experience with peach, nectarine, and plums on K1. All trees fruited for about 5 yrs after which they were removed for various reasons. Peach is apparently not highly compatible. But I think it's worth a try for the backyard grower. If I were a commercial grower I'd have serious reservations just from what I've heard and the fact that fruit was small. Fruit was high brix. I'm going to have about 50-60 trees on K1 in my greenhouse going forward.

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Thanks for sharing your results fruitnut. It gives me more confidence that you had mature trees on K1 for 5 years. I guess I can give them a try in lieu of K86.

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