While doing some garden work, I noted this tree was leaning. Not a lot, maybe 30 degrees from vertical. I bent it to straighten, and the rootstock snapped completely off! Pop!
Bummer! It was a nice size and shape now, blooming size and probably would have borne fruit next year.
Photo is after I cut nice scion for grafting.
I don't know why it snapped off. Sometimes there can be graft incompatibility. That happened a few years ago with a purchased Pristine graft on a multigraft tree. Jonagold is triploid and quite vigorous. Maybe too much vigor for Bud-9?
I guess I will just use the Jonagold for the Espaliers. I have a couple of Bud-9 rootstocks that need grafting, but would I be setting them up for the same issue a few years on? It's a good question.
It's interesting to look at the red color of the broken wood. That's typical for Bud-9, which also has red cambium and red leaves. I wonder if it would stay red as dried wood for finishing.
I think that trees on Bud-9 always beed to be tied to a post for support.
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