How to Harvest Rootstock for your Orchard the Easy Way

How to Harvest Rootstock for your Orchard the Easy Way
Easy to gather enough to expand your orchard. We've been preparing our new seeded orchard block. After pulling out the last trees, some have live roots that have rootstock shoots on them. We harvested these M-26 apple rootstock and heeled them in for next springs grafting workshop. I also show you the tools and technique we use to do this.
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[@tezzasbigbuz3933]

Finally someone else who uses willow I use it for absolutely everything

[@jowoo7237]

Thank you for your content. You always inspire and put fire under my feet.

[@melsolomon8256]

thank you for sharing your knowledge.

[@seangaul4618]

Great video!!

[@mohammedserbouti3280]

Thank you

[@valley3621]

Wow! Now that's what I call saving some cash. I am going to try healing in like that.

[@riverponicsgrowingsystems7450]

Natures way of procreating ~ Very Nice :-)

[@matt67524]

Your soil looks great from what I can see.

[@StefanSobkowiak]

In some places.

[@trollforge]

Stefan, make sure you get the notice out the the workshop early, it takes me a few weeks to plan a trip down there, and I want to attend this one.

[@StefanSobkowiak]

Got it, hope to get the schedule out before mid November.

[@trollforge]

I might be able to work with that! :)

[@foodsgoodfarm2429]

could I just dig up wild apple sprouts and saplings and use them as rootstock? they wouldn't be dwarfing, but would be super adapted to my site. thanks for the video and I am enjoying less distracting effects on your latest videos :)

[@StefanSobkowiak]

Certainly you can but even better if you never move them if you can.

[@extendedp1]

Thanks for the video. I bought an improved Meyer lemon this spring, and I just noticed it had sprung up a 3ft branch shooting straight up the middle from below the graft. I snapped it off, but was wondering if I could/should try to plant it to develop some roots to use it as a rootstock in a year or two? Thanks

[@StefanSobkowiak]

Sure you can try, I don’t know how easy it is to propagate from cuttings but worth a try.

[@extendedp1]

@@StefanSobkowiak thanks for the reply, have a good day.

[@hbdennen]

Hi Steven. We are inheriting a cut down orchard in Idaho with a lot of root stock that’s grown back over 15 years since they were cut down. Should we graft right onto what’s in the ground? They’re pretty wild looking and we want to remove some to replant(and do NAP system), but they’re huge. Any tips?!

[@StefanSobkowiak]

Yes you can overgraft large rootstock, just use side branches and main trunks and add several scion per cut (I’ve seen 6 on one cut).

[@markwoten6679]

So this root stock off an apple tree you buried can only be used as place to graft that type of fruit 🍎

[@bigal25938]

What time of the year is best for the initial digging of the rootstock?

[@StefanSobkowiak]

Before bud break in spring or near or after leaf fall in fall.

[@myhillsidegarden3998]

Stefan, are all of your apple trees "dwarf"? Thank you for sharing. Catherine

[@StefanSobkowiak]

All started dwarf, some have bypassed the dwarfing rootstock and are more like semi-dwarfs. Will be seeding trees to give standard sized trees as well.

[@chukwuemerie]

@@StefanSobkowiak Can I use apples grown from seed as rootstock. How long will take to bear fruit?

[@gerryspence1483]

This may be a dumb question but what will happen if you don’t graft onto those root stocks? What kind of fruit will they produce?

[@StefanSobkowiak]

Unknown results except for Dolgo crab apple which comes back true to type.

[@tezzasbigbuz3933]

I use it to root cuttings will it root apple cuttings instead of air layering?? I haven’t tried apples

[@StefanSobkowiak]

Certainly apples are harder to root from cuttings unless it’s the root. Best to get root shoots (suckers) and dig them up.

[@Yahya.72]

Is red love a good apple variety

[@StefanSobkowiak]

I’ve never heard of it, I’ve never heard of the majority of the 10,000+ named cultivars.

[@bigal25938]

What made them dwarf rootstock? Because they were harvested off of roots? What if you use apple seeds to grow for rootstock? Will that make big trees?

[@StefanSobkowiak]

Genetically dwarf selected for that trait and propagated vegetatively.

[@ElinWinblad]

What roots/plant types can you graft apple trees to other than other apple root stock

[@StefanSobkowiak]

Crab apple, even pear though not ideal.

[@StefanSobkowiak]

Crab apple, even pear though not ideal.

[@chelseahartweg2938]

Any advice on propagating root stock on the farm?

[@reformationinc.3376]

Chelsea Hartweg Start putting fruit tree seeds in the ground :D hopefully they come up in the spring.

[@StefanSobkowiak]

Depends on what rootstock cultivars you are looking for. If you already have some look up “stool bed propagation “. That’s the name of the propagation technique used in the nursery industry

[@chelseahartweg2938]

Just googled and holy moly I didn’t know that worked on trees! I thought it was only some more prolific shrubs. That’s awesome! Thanks!

[@marklam8548]

Would it be better to prune them to 1 leader to conserve less of energy through the winter and less to do next spring.?

[@coronacrown3741]

does it have to be an apple rootstock? is it possible to graft apple onto another species for rootstock and if so, what would you think is the best. This is for big arid field with acid wet soil.

[@StefanSobkowiak]

Crabapple works great. Perhaps hawthorn, but check to be sure.

[@Skashoon]

Doesn’t rootstock require the same genus as the scion?

[@nicolaschery1942]

Bonjour stefan, tu n'as pas de soucis avec la sécheresse du fait que les racines de tes portes greffes soient superficielles et n'ai pas de racines pivots?

[@StefanSobkowiak]

On utilise un système d’irrigation pour toute la ferme. Mais je veux essayer un prochain verger de semis pour justement avoir des arbres avec leurs racines pivots.

[@nicolaschery1942]

Ok @@StefanSobkowiak

[@Skashoon]

@@StefanSobkowiak My French classes ended in 1973 but I got most of it. Surprising that I can still remember anything from that age.

[@splashafrica]

I always wondered how root stock is grown commercially for grafting is it rooted cuttings or is it grown from seed

[@StefanSobkowiak]

Depends on the rootstock size mostly. For large standard trees you can use seedlings, for semi dwarf and dwarf you want root strikes (rooted shoots coming off the root), look up “stool bed” the technique used to multiply rootstock.

[@regiegija02]

Do rootstocks have to be from dwarf trees?

[@charlesdevier8203]

No

[@hightrailshomestead]

So when actually "time of year" do you harvest rootstock?

[@StefanSobkowiak]

Spring or fall while dormant, no leaves.

[@grazvydasj6956]

Should remove the leaves when digging up a tree.

[@jmr]

I just bought bare root rootstock. They are being delivered this week and now I can't find any information on whether it's better to graft them now(this spring) or let grow in the ground for a while first so they can recover(graft next spring).

[@StefanSobkowiak]

Graft now and any ones that don’t take can be grafted in a couple of weeks (if you have fridge stored scion) and then can be bud grafted in august - September.

[@jmr]

@@StefanSobkowiak Thanks!

[@candidethirtythree4324]

But where do you get the rootstock to start with?

[@StefanSobkowiak]

We just dig some at the base of some fruit trees.

[@lynbsker1968]

I only have 2 apple trees and no stock growing from them. My plum tree has root stock, will I end up with a cross if I graft an apple on it?

[@Skashoon]

@@lynbsker1968 no

[@gcgopro6912]

Lifting in full leaf?

[@StefanSobkowiak]

Yup that was a mistake.

[@olagunjutemitope7848]

How many years before producing fruits please

[@StefanSobkowiak]

Depending on the rootstock used (dwarf or standard) 3-8 years.

[@nameless688]

Can you graft apple to pear rootstock?

[@StefanSobkowiak]

Yes but not sure how well the apple does long term.

[@nameless688]

Ok im tryining it on a flowering pear, it took the graft and is growing

[@hightrailshomestead]

Can i just take a rootstock and plant it and grow an apple tree from it? Or do I HAVE to graft onto that rootstock in order to get an apple tree and apples?

[@StefanSobkowiak]

If you want decent fruit from a rootstock use ‘antanovka’ or M106. The others are not as good but I’ve not tried them all.

[@hightrailshomestead]

Thanks I actually wound up doing modified cleft grafts on my 5 Apple tree root stocks and surprisingly because it's my first time ever grafting, 98% of them have taken with the chance more may take! Now I think im addicted to grafting! 😂 Super stoked as I grafted Honeycrisp Red and honey crisp on to them.

[@StefanSobkowiak]

@@hightrailshomestead haha that’s the usual response after teaching hundreds how to graft. Seems mysterious before you ever graft, then you’re surprised that it’s much simpler than imagined.

[@candidethirtythree4324]

Can you make your own rootstock? what kind of seeds make dwarf rootstock trees? Is it some sort of crabapple? I have read several books on apples and every single one said BUY them from a nursery but where does the nursery get them from?

[@StefanSobkowiak]

All dwarf and semi dwarf numbered rootstock are vegetatively propagated cultivars that come from a seedling that was rigorously evaluated as a rootstock cultivar. Yes buy them, use seeds to get a standard 30’ (10m) tree.

[@richardsabean5781]

All farm critters can be a pain,, proper fencing,, & paying attention to problem birds & animals.. They play follow the leader...

[@arthurdewith7608]

Virus free and nematode free otherwise u get poor growth in some trees u can treat for these parasites chemical soil fumigation well worth the effort