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Post by buckvelvet on Feb 25, 2017 21:43:53 GMT -6
Man for someone starting out and dont want to graft, how could you go wrong for this cheap? Disease resistants like ark black, liberty, a late hanger like Gala for $7 shoot, crazy cheap. vaughnnursery.com/apples/ |
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Post by nhmountains on Feb 25, 2017 22:30:07 GMT -6
Good find BV. Hard to believe they are selling that cheap. Rootstock would cost them $2-$2.50 unless they are propagating their own. Then growing the whips a year and over wintering them. $7 seems low but, maybe they love what they are doing and price isn't an issue.
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Post by smsmith on Feb 26, 2017 7:47:58 GMT -6
I kept looking for the "catch" but don't see any. For that price, grafting isn't even worth it.
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Post by sd51555 on Feb 26, 2017 8:44:03 GMT -6
The thing that jumped off the page to me is Tennessee. Their shipping season ends mid march.
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Post by buckvelvet on Feb 26, 2017 8:55:09 GMT -6
Early ship or not keep em cold who cares. That is crazy stinkin cheap!
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Post by nhmountains on Feb 26, 2017 9:50:35 GMT -6
What's their shipping charges?
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Post by wiscwhip on Feb 26, 2017 9:59:54 GMT -6
My question is how hardy are "standard rootstocks" from TN? Couldn't the term "standard rootstocks" mean just about anything? In addition to the question of how cold tolerant they are, how disease resistant would they be? AGAIN, I am not an apple tree guy at all, but I like it when I hear terms like Antonovka, Baccata, Ranetka, or one of the "improved numbered" rootstocks(B118), because it gives my dumb ass something to compare it to, that I can look up and get real data and recommendations for my area. Maybe I'm just dumb and putting to much thinking into this?
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Post by smsmith on Feb 26, 2017 10:09:12 GMT -6
My guess is their standard rootstock is either antonovka or common domestic apple, probably CDA. Antonovka would have known qualities, CDA would vary from tree to tree.
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Post by wiscwhip on Feb 26, 2017 10:14:18 GMT -6
My guess is their standard rootstock is either antonovka or common domestic apple, probably CDA. Antonovka would have known qualities, CDA would vary from tree to tree.Thanks stu! That ^^^ is what I would be afraid of. |
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Post by Bwoods11 on Feb 26, 2017 11:05:35 GMT -6
Would Arkansas Black survive in MN?
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Post by nhmountains on Feb 26, 2017 11:20:22 GMT -6
Would Arkansas Black survive in MN? That would depend on the rootstock and the variety itself. I don't see Arkansas Black listed at Fedco from Maine so maybe not. You'd want Antonovka , B118 , or one of the crabs like ranteka or Siberian for rootstock. Black Oxford is a Maine zone 4 for sure tree that's similar to Ark Black. |
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Post by smallchunk on Feb 26, 2017 17:37:05 GMT -6
I have an ark black on 4th leaf? that has made it thus far.
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Post by nhmountains on Feb 26, 2017 17:47:19 GMT -6
I have an ark black on 4th leaf? that has made it thus far. I like your avatar SC!! |
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