the other problem might be incompatible grafting rootstock. I had several "dwarf"
fruit trees from Miller nurseries do fine for 2 years after planting and then die.
typically they graft onto sand cherry which is incompatible. Ingrid

"Pam - gardengal" wrote:
The graft has simply failed, which is a common enough occurrence on grafted
trees IF insufficient time has been allowed for the graft to take or less
than proper care was exercised during the grafting process. This is much
more likely to happen on trees which are cheaply mass produced for
discounters or box stores than by quality growers. 20 gallon trees are
pretty large, so perhaps the graft was attempted when both the root stock
and scion were too mature. BTW, that IS a cherry growing from below the
graft union, just not a very desirable one.

pam - gardengal






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