It's best to just deal with the unsightly graft and make sure that stem
tissue is above ground.

Dave

"XDeus" wrote in message
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I just purchased 6 crabapples and was wondering if there is a problem
with planting them with the graft underground. A couple of them have
big, ugly rootstock stumps with what looks like a lot of pruned
suckers. Is there a problem with putting that section underground?
They range in length by 2 to 4 inches.