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It is something of a myth that only roses that have been budded on to a rootstock by a nurseryman will grow.
The bud union, where the shoots join the rootstock, should be an inch under the soil.
Figure 4 shows mean and standard error of the mode, or most common, vessel length for the series of apple rootstock and scion varieties.
Most roses today are grafted onto rootstock that won't look anything like the rose you want.
Its primary use has been as rootstock for chestnut breeding, and it provides a food source for wildlife.
So growers fused English walnut grafts onto the black walnut rootstock when trees reached a certain age.
It propagates itself by seeding and by creeping rootstock, so keep an eye on it and limit its growth.
Remove all rootstock suckers or low-growing branches, and pinch the main stems to keep the height manageable.
Grown from scions of five parental families grafted onto a common rootstock, these new cacao trees yield more pods and beans than their parents.
Hieracium pilosella L. is a widespread stoloniferous perennial that produces distinct rosettes on a slender rootstock.
The effect of rootstock on wine quality is probably no greater than that of other factors such as soil, climate, fertilization, and irrigation.
Budding is usually done at ground level, and often times the rootstock will send up shoots from below the bud union.
Time and again, I have observed suckering and incompatibility between rootstock and scion.
When we were first setting out, we grew our own rootstock and grafted the cultivars ourselves.
All of these qualities vary with the species of fruit tree, the variety, and rootstock.
As a consequence, most people prefer to plant apple trees that have been grafted onto dwarfing rootstock.
A rootstock is the bottom, rooted portion of the plant to which the upper, grape-bearing scionwood is grafted.
The anatomy of the graft tissue between a rootstock and its shoot can provide a mechanistic explanation of the way dwarfing Malus rootstocks reduce shoot growth.
When his group planted Florida-derived rootstock of Star Ruby grapefruit in Texas, the fruit produced some 50 percent more of this carotenoid than it had in Florida.
An added advantage of plants which have been bred on lime-tolerant rootstock is that they are stronger.
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The very short rootstock and strong terminal bud of a Trillium or birthroot.
The rootstock cannot be used as a substitute for ginger, but smells and tastes very aromatic and pungent.
In the course of time the older roots become hollow and inactive without becoming detached from the rootstock.
Its leaves and rootstock are astringent, and the latter yields a yellow dye.
Of course, there are all gradations between a tuber and a rootstock.
In other words, we are trying to get a start on a clonal rootstock.
The rootstock, which has a bitter and very acrid taste, is poisonous.
Internally the rootstock is whitish and of a spongy texture.
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