I have a cherry tree and a yellow plum that both appear to be on their own
roots, not grafted. They are both excellent
trees. Normally I cut off any
root suckers but this year I let some grow. I am going to try to cut them with a sharp shovel and try to get at least one rooted sucker per tree that I can pot up. I haven't done this before but it seems like it
should work. I think I should probably wait until the trees are dormant although I am not certain of that part.
These are pretty huge old trees so in this case I am not worried about sapping
energy from the tree by allowing a one-time experiment with sucker growth. The suckers are all in the six inch to a foot height range and about as thick as a pencil or my finger.
Curious to know if others have had success doing this? These two trees are not grafted but it seems to me this could be a way to get rootstock if they had been.
Also curious to know if anyone has found a way to make use of
water sprouts? They seem to be so vigorous it seems to me they could make good grafting material. I need to learn to graft so that may be an experiment for another day :)
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