Living · 6 pages · 12 min
How dwarfing rootstock shrinks a fruit tree
The variety stays itself, but a dwarfing root limits the top and often brings fruit sooner.
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From the opening
A dwarfing rootstock is a root system from a smaller or specially selected relative, with a full-sized variety grafted on top. The scion is still that variety, but the tree stays shorter and often bears sooner than it would on its own roots. The opening covers the variety is still the scion, roots limit vigor and timing, and why many dwarf trees need stakes.
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Inside
- The variety is still the scion
- Roots limit vigor and timing
- Why many dwarf trees need stakes
- What a buried union undoes
- Where the idea stops applying
- A distinction worth keeping
Sources
- Clonal dwarfing rootstocks such as the Malling series
- Scion rooting when a graft union is buried