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| I got my first good crop from my Goldrush tree this year and now I want to plant another! Yeah, they're that good. So my first tree is on MMM 111, which I selected both because I want a fairly tall tree to foil deer, and because my soil is heavy. I did plant on a mound, and everyone here advised me to not let the tree grow too high. So, for my next tree I figure I could get a smaller- growing rootstock like EMLA 7 or G 30, but I'm not sure if these will do as well in my soil. Or should I just stick with MMM 111 since my first tree is doing well? Thanks! |
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- Posted by Chris-7b-GA none (My Page) on Thu, Nov 21, 13 at 18:13
| Jayco, from my limited experience, some of the Geneva rootstock may do well for you. Last year about this time I planted 18 varieties in my Georgia clay with no amendments on G-11 and G-16 rootstock. The trees I got from Cummins were in the 3 to 4 foot range at planting and grew like wildfire the 1st year. Almost all of them are now 7 to 8 foot and pretty well branched. The 2 varieties I have on M-7 do not seem to like the clay as well and are growing at a slower pace. Chris. |
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| Thanks, Chris. Sounds like M 7 wouldn't do for me then. Maybe someone who's grown a tree on G 30 will come along. |
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| Jayco, In my heavy soil I have trees on both M7 and G30. Both seem fine, but the G30 trees have a faster growth rate, and are bearing earlier. Two notes about G30: they seem a magnet for woolly aphids when very small, but to no ill effect and it's not a problem later. And if you plan to graft G30, it's a very brittle rootstock, and is best budded in late summer rather than grafted. |
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| Thanks, Marc, I would be purchasing a whip from Cummins or Adams County, so no grafting myself. |
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