Pembina Plum on its own rootstock

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  1. phelsuma

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    I have two pembina whips that are on its own root stock. Is there any major disadvantage to this? I live in Edmonton which get down to - 30 sometimes
     
  2. mr.shep

    mr.shep Well-Known Member 10 Years

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    You can try to grow these on but if the
    parent plant that you took cuttings from
    was a budded or a grafted plant then
    these whips, as you call them, will not
    be pure. These can still produce fruit
    very similar to a Pembina however but in
    some cases they can also produce a Plum
    not nearly quite the same as a Pembina
    also.

    If these whips came about as suckers then
    they will in most cases be closer in type to
    the rootstock rather than the grafted or
    budded Pembina scion or bud.

    If you have room grow them on as an
    experiment but keep in mind the rootstock
    that was used for the original budded or
    grafted plant should be hardier than a
    cutting grown Pembina will be grown
    on its own roots.

    I do not know of any Pembina Plums
    from cuttings being sold on their own
    roots in Canada offhand but I would
    question how hardy they would be for
    your climate as opposed to a grafted
    or a budded Pembina Plum.

    Jim
     

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