My first attempt at clonal rootstocks. I was given a couple of red splendor crab apple saplings from a good friend. They have served as my main rootstock for grafting apples here in northern MN. This is how I intend on growing the orchard. So far we have over 10 varieties of apple that are hardy to -35 temperatures. It dawned on me after cutting the saplings and planting them on the north side of the property that it would have been less stressful for them if I would have got on it a bit earlier in the spring, before bud break, while they were still dormant. Then when they did bud out they would have already been where they are going to permanently be. Chalk it up to the learning curve? It was super exciting to see those roots... looking to do the plum rootstock next. I ended up using all of the trees even though in the video I left two, they were for a friend, finally cutting the main tree down to the ground again. This will start the process completely over again. I will hopefully get around the same number of fresh saplings to plant again next year, all for no cost! Happy growing-

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