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30-03-2004, 10:32 PM

(XDeus) wrote in message om...
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.

If you bury the graft the top section will develop roots.
This may mean a loss of disease or cold resistance or a loss of dwarfing.
Set them at the same depth they were grown.