Kitchen Garden

FRUIT TREE PROPAGATION PART ONE

The choice of rootstock is probably the most important decision you have to make when buying any top fruit tree – arguably even more important than the choice of variety! Get it wrong and you could end up with an unproductive bonsai, or else an 8m (25ft) tall monster that swamps everything else in the garden. Familiarise yourself with a few rootstock names, learn about their relative strengths and weaknesses and you’ll be able to pick the most suitable

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