@mmaaxx1198 Yes, I've heard it as mound layering, ground layering, and stoolbed. I think containerized mound layering is probably the best description, as a stool bed has the trees tied down horizontally.
@mmaaxx1198 No, its just plain sawdust; for the pots a combination of peat moss and perlite is also used and has been tested to be the most productive. The stoolbed farms use shredded bark from the local sawmills. They fertilize the tree roots.
okay little confused. so you plant a seed, let it grow a lot of roots then take a branch from another tree and graft it to the tree i grew from seed then it will produce good apples???
@usc5299 Yeah, apples from seed never taste good because the "variety" of apple comes from which genes are on and off not the total DNA, sort of like eye color in humans. So, you choose the rootstock based on your soil type and the variety based on what you like to eat. Also in this way you can have 10, 20, 30, infinite number of different varieties of apple on ONE tree!
Kevin, I have an apple tree I suspect is a rootstock. I thought it was a Red June so I transplanted it but the apple is NOT a Red June. Have you ever heard of a description of a MM111 apple?
@kuffelcreek very good videos. I've just been given a mm106 apple and a St Julian' A 'plum stock . I want to propagate them as in the video . It's winter here in England with lots of frost to come . when is the best time for me to cut the root stocks down to ground level and plant them . there in 5inch polythene plant pots at the moment.
@ProfKSE I took the plunge and planted my mm106 and St Julian "A" root stocks and cut them of at ground level I sealed them by melting a little bees wax on the top which are about 25mm in diameter . Just have to wait and see what happens next year.
Spring won't arrive until April, this is pretty much our winter, and Dorsett Golden is a Winter-flowering apple. It is hardy to Zone 4 but never fruits there. Thanks for your comments.
Thank you very much for this.I ordered rootstock for this spring,and planed on saving out 3 to propagate off of.this helped a great deal,all the best.your spring is early,ours is not until April or May.3ft of snow and -15 right now :).
Hi Kuffelcreek, where do you get the bucket top that has no bottom in it....the one you pull out to get to the root stock? thanks
Buzzy1960 3 weeks ago
Isn't this ground layering?
mmaaxx1198 3 weeks ago
@mmaaxx1198 Yes, I've heard it as mound layering, ground layering, and stoolbed. I think containerized mound layering is probably the best description, as a stool bed has the trees tied down horizontally.
kuffelcreek 3 weeks ago
@kuffelcreek Also, do you treat your saw dust in anyway, say half nutes or do the roots get all of their nutes from the main rootstock?
mmaaxx1198 3 weeks ago
@mmaaxx1198 No, its just plain sawdust; for the pots a combination of peat moss and perlite is also used and has been tested to be the most productive. The stoolbed farms use shredded bark from the local sawmills. They fertilize the tree roots.
kuffelcreek 3 weeks ago
okay little confused. so you plant a seed, let it grow a lot of roots then take a branch from another tree and graft it to the tree i grew from seed then it will produce good apples???
usc5299 3 weeks ago in playlist More videos from kuffelcreek
@usc5299 Yes, provided the tree you took the branch from produced good apples.
kuffelcreek 3 weeks ago
@usc5299 Yeah, apples from seed never taste good because the "variety" of apple comes from which genes are on and off not the total DNA, sort of like eye color in humans. So, you choose the rootstock based on your soil type and the variety based on what you like to eat. Also in this way you can have 10, 20, 30, infinite number of different varieties of apple on ONE tree!
mmaaxx1198 3 weeks ago
I have enjoyed watching your videos. Lots of information and well done. I'm curious about your project of tropical apples. sounds interesting.
Bridgestreetnursery 1 month ago
Kevin, I have an apple tree I suspect is a rootstock. I thought it was a Red June so I transplanted it but the apple is NOT a Red June. Have you ever heard of a description of a MM111 apple?
ProfKSE 7 months ago
Yes, they're nasty; very coarse.
kuffelcreek 7 months ago
@kuffelcreek very good videos. I've just been given a mm106 apple and a St Julian' A 'plum stock . I want to propagate them as in the video . It's winter here in England with lots of frost to come . when is the best time for me to cut the root stocks down to ground level and plant them . there in 5inch polythene plant pots at the moment.
QUARTERBAT 3 months ago
@ProfKSE I took the plunge and planted my mm106 and St Julian "A" root stocks and cut them of at ground level I sealed them by melting a little bees wax on the top which are about 25mm in diameter . Just have to wait and see what happens next year.
QUARTERBAT 3 months ago in playlist More videos from kuffelcreek
Very handy technique! Thank you for sharing
Do you know if this works for other fruit trees like plum?
BikeManDan1 1 year ago
-9 and 3 ft of snow here too
thank-you for sharing your knowledge freely
gaiagale 1 year ago
Thanks for the video dint know that you could do that ,we also have 3 ft of snow here
cant wait for spring !
aainds 1 year ago
Spring won't arrive until April, this is pretty much our winter, and Dorsett Golden is a Winter-flowering apple. It is hardy to Zone 4 but never fruits there. Thanks for your comments.
kuffelcreek 1 year ago
Thank you very much for this.I ordered rootstock for this spring,and planed on saving out 3 to propagate off of.this helped a great deal,all the best.your spring is early,ours is not until April or May.3ft of snow and -15 right now :).
cooper68ns 1 year ago
Fantastic video, Thanx fo posting!
crazyamazondude 1 year ago