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I have some BUD 118 that I’ll be grafting in the next few days, however my nursery beds aren’t ready (received a late freeze/snow). Can I trim the bottoms of rootstock to fit better into a pot for temporary planting, or is risky with the roots bring too delicate? Thank you!
 
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Since the root and leaves amounts are balanced, you need very little root to push out one scion upon grafting.  They can be trimmed a lot.

 
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Eric Thompson wrote:Since the root and leaves amounts are balanced, you need very little root to push out one scion upon grafting.  They can be trimmed a lot.



Great, thank you. It will just be temporary in the pots (hopefully 3 weeks max) so this is good news
 
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