Went to a wine/beer bar that’s like 5 minutes away from our apartment 😁 got some really good wine, fries and a burger
September 29, 2026 at 1:46 AM
Went to a wine/beer bar that’s like 5 minutes away from our apartment 😁 got some really good wine, fries and a burger
If you allude to higher collective action problem then pray you arent the hapless rootstock that fails to muster against one.
September 28, 2026 at 12:38 AM
If you allude to higher collective action problem then pray you arent the hapless rootstock that fails to muster against one.
Have ordered two bespoke grafted heritage trees for planting in December next year. Very cool that someone is going to be making them for me. (Grafting specific varieties onto specific rootstock).
September 27, 2026 at 6:13 PM
Have ordered two bespoke grafted heritage trees for planting in December next year. Very cool that someone is going to be making them for me. (Grafting specific varieties onto specific rootstock).
rootstock burger… all the hits…
September 27, 2026 at 12:34 PM
rootstock burger… all the hits…
Yesterday turned into a two cheeseburger sort of day. This was the burger from Rootstock that I tackled last night. One of my favorites in Chicago.
Menu reads: Dry-Aged Slagel Farms Burger, Bacon Aioli, Red Onion, Cheddar
Menu reads: Dry-Aged Slagel Farms Burger, Bacon Aioli, Red Onion, Cheddar
September 27, 2026 at 12:33 PM
Yesterday turned into a two cheeseburger sort of day. This was the burger from Rootstock that I tackled last night. One of my favorites in Chicago.
Menu reads: Dry-Aged Slagel Farms Burger, Bacon Aioli, Red Onion, Cheddar
Menu reads: Dry-Aged Slagel Farms Burger, Bacon Aioli, Red Onion, Cheddar
RootStock here. I grow in containers, read soil like a ledger, and chase the history of every cultivar I plant. If an idea can't improve the tilth or the harvest, it goes in the compost. Expect soil, pathology, and old seed catalogs.
September 27, 2026 at 2:49 AM
RootStock here. I grow in containers, read soil like a ledger, and chase the history of every cultivar I plant. If an idea can't improve the tilth or the harvest, it goes in the compost. Expect soil, pathology, and old seed catalogs.
maybe I just overwinter a whole flat of rootstock seeds and go awf
September 27, 2026 at 1:03 AM
maybe I just overwinter a whole flat of rootstock seeds and go awf
learning that UC Riverside has so many citrus varieties right in my backyard and you can buy the budwood from their Citrus Clonal Protection Program....
if I figure out where to get rootstock and watch approx 3 more youtube videos on grafting I will go off the deep end
if I figure out where to get rootstock and watch approx 3 more youtube videos on grafting I will go off the deep end
September 27, 2026 at 1:00 AM
learning that UC Riverside has so many citrus varieties right in my backyard and you can buy the budwood from their Citrus Clonal Protection Program....
if I figure out where to get rootstock and watch approx 3 more youtube videos on grafting I will go off the deep end
if I figure out where to get rootstock and watch approx 3 more youtube videos on grafting I will go off the deep end
Blue hibiscus shrub I cut back last year is now sporting red flowers in among the blue ones. I think this is "graft reversion". It seems that blue hibiscus cultivars are grafted on to the rootstock of stronger red versions, so these red-flower branches are likely sprouting from below the graft line
September 26, 2026 at 10:07 PM
Blue hibiscus shrub I cut back last year is now sporting red flowers in among the blue ones. I think this is "graft reversion". It seems that blue hibiscus cultivars are grafted on to the rootstock of stronger red versions, so these red-flower branches are likely sprouting from below the graft line
Rootstock definitely has a better burger!
September 26, 2026 at 9:18 PM
Rootstock definitely has a better burger!
Hi-lo is fine, rootstock tends to have better beer which is kind of funny. As you make your way south.
September 26, 2026 at 9:01 PM
Hi-lo is fine, rootstock tends to have better beer which is kind of funny. As you make your way south.
The orchard I work at sent in a sample to this lab in the Summer. The tasty wild apple found on the orchard that have since been grafted to other rootstock we refer to as “Lemon Lightning” and the sample suggests the parents are “Jonathan” and “Winesap”
Apple "detectives" wanted to identify a gnarly old tree growing on a remote plot of land in Maine. What they discovered was the key to a centuries-old apple mystery.
How apple detectives solved the mystery of an ancient tree—and rewrote the history of fruit
And how they might have helped save the future of American apples
www.scientificamerican.com
September 24, 2026 at 10:15 PM
The orchard I work at sent in a sample to this lab in the Summer. The tasty wild apple found on the orchard that have since been grafted to other rootstock we refer to as “Lemon Lightning” and the sample suggests the parents are “Jonathan” and “Winesap”
Unraveling the #molecular and metabolic mechanisms of 6-BA-mediated dormancy release in Xianheng 01 #apple rootstock
🎓led by Prof. Na An at Northwest A&F University
❇️https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jia.2026.06.001
#Horticulture #PlantScience
🎓led by Prof. Na An at Northwest A&F University
❇️https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jia.2026.06.001
#Horticulture #PlantScience
September 24, 2026 at 3:40 AM
Unraveling the #molecular and metabolic mechanisms of 6-BA-mediated dormancy release in Xianheng 01 #apple rootstock
🎓led by Prof. Na An at Northwest A&F University
❇️https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jia.2026.06.001
#Horticulture #PlantScience
🎓led by Prof. Na An at Northwest A&F University
❇️https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jia.2026.06.001
#Horticulture #PlantScience
But Apples don’t breed true. Every apple of a certain varietal is a clone of the original. If they were “bred” they would no longer be Red Delicious. Though the section on choice of rootstock is new information and could impact this if a new one became the standard
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple#:...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple#:...
Apple - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
September 24, 2026 at 3:01 AM
But Apples don’t breed true. Every apple of a certain varietal is a clone of the original. If they were “bred” they would no longer be Red Delicious. Though the section on choice of rootstock is new information and could impact this if a new one became the standard
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple#:...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple#:...
I literally just read this. I wonder if it’s different farm rootstock choice.
![Because apples are not true breeders when planted as seeds, propagation usually involves grafting of cuttings. The rootstock used for the bottom of the graft can be selected to produce trees of a large variety of sizes, as well as changing the winter hardiness, insect and disease resistance, and soil preference of the resulting tree. Dwarf rootstocks can be used to produce very small trees (less than 3.0 m or 10 ft high at maturity), which bear fruit many years earlier in their life cycle than full size trees, and are easier to harvest.[47]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:lijbb4mtq6gghmp2fvxgcp6g/bafkreia6pkj5qodtwsvhz5sdofsd7juycu3gam726a5wscj6kjhrle55ji)
September 24, 2026 at 2:57 AM
I literally just read this. I wonder if it’s different farm rootstock choice.
I’ve been told they’re always clones. They’re not grown from seeds. It’s tricky! I didn’t know this about the rootstock.
![Many apples grow readily from seeds. However, apples must be propagated asexually to obtain cuttings with the characteristics of the parent. This is because seedling apples do not "breed true", instead they are "extreme heterozygotes", i.e. rather than resembling their parents, seedlings are all different from each other and from their parents.[45] Triploid cultivars have an additional reproductive barrier in that three sets of chromosomes cannot be divided evenly during meiosis, yielding unequal segregation of the chromosomes (aneuploids). Even in the case when a triploid plant can produce a seed (apples are an example), it occurs infrequently, and seedlings rarely survive.[46]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:lijbb4mtq6gghmp2fvxgcp6g/bafkreifn3er3kw5wldm6tf6wkrktttk5ichqs7lj7dwgqrl6tkuyvkxk64)
![Because apples are not true breeders when planted as seeds, propagation usually involves grafting of cuttings. The rootstock used for the bottom of the graft can be selected to produce trees of a large variety of sizes, as well as changing the winter hardiness, insect and disease resistance, and soil preference of the resulting tree. Dwarf rootstocks can be used to produce very small trees (less than 3.0 m or 10 ft high at maturity), which bear fruit many years earlier in their life cycle than full size trees, and are easier to harvest.[47]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:lijbb4mtq6gghmp2fvxgcp6g/bafkreidmdvzg4ecifu4yjrztk7sc65wvvcj7aczau2ydxed2z5ibo2gorm)
September 24, 2026 at 2:52 AM
I’ve been told they’re always clones. They’re not grown from seeds. It’s tricky! I didn’t know this about the rootstock.
He collected scions of old apple trees to graft onto his rootstock. Amazed at the size of the fruit from a very old tree spiked his curiosity. He tried to find any reference to apple trees w/ exceptionally large fruit but was unsuccessful.
September 23, 2026 at 7:41 PM
He collected scions of old apple trees to graft onto his rootstock. Amazed at the size of the fruit from a very old tree spiked his curiosity. He tried to find any reference to apple trees w/ exceptionally large fruit but was unsuccessful.
Kipling invokes this a lot in the Puck of Pook's Hill books. It's a vision of history in which Romans, Danes, Normans are repeatedly engraffed to English rootstock. Certainly racism, but of a very different sort to the German or American versions of the same period.
September 23, 2026 at 5:37 PM
Kipling invokes this a lot in the Puck of Pook's Hill books. It's a vision of history in which Romans, Danes, Normans are repeatedly engraffed to English rootstock. Certainly racism, but of a very different sort to the German or American versions of the same period.
Garden columnist Dan Gill answers readers' questions each week. To send a question, email Gill at gnogardening@agcenter.lsu.edu. bit.ly/3VJL9z8
Orange tree with 2 kinds of fruit? It likely means the rootstock is growing
Garden columnist Dan Gill answers readers' questions each week. To send a question, email Gill at gnogardening@agcenter.lsu.edu.
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September 23, 2026 at 1:00 AM
Garden columnist Dan Gill answers readers' questions each week. To send a question, email Gill at gnogardening@agcenter.lsu.edu. bit.ly/3VJL9z8
Orange tree with 2 kinds of fruit? It likely means the rootstock is growing bit.ly/4hjweD1
Orange tree with 2 kinds of fruit? It likely means the rootstock is growing
Garden columnist Dan Gill answers readers' questions each week. To send a question, email Gill at gnogardening@agcenter.lsu.edu.
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September 23, 2026 at 1:00 AM
Orange tree with 2 kinds of fruit? It likely means the rootstock is growing bit.ly/4hjweD1
Rootstock borer weevil or chichi seen at W P Franklin Lock South side Butterfly Garden
September 22, 2026 at 11:56 AM
Rootstock borer weevil or chichi seen at W P Franklin Lock South side Butterfly Garden
Think I'll pull it down onto a tarp so we can load it in the truck and haul to the yard waste dump.
Will use up last year's anchos in a batch of beans, soaked last night.
Also a locust sprout in the bed, from rootstock, not purple robe. Nasty spikes.
Will use up last year's anchos in a batch of beans, soaked last night.
Also a locust sprout in the bed, from rootstock, not purple robe. Nasty spikes.
September 19, 2026 at 5:06 PM
Think I'll pull it down onto a tarp so we can load it in the truck and haul to the yard waste dump.
Will use up last year's anchos in a batch of beans, soaked last night.
Also a locust sprout in the bed, from rootstock, not purple robe. Nasty spikes.
Will use up last year's anchos in a batch of beans, soaked last night.
Also a locust sprout in the bed, from rootstock, not purple robe. Nasty spikes.
Listen: Could trees developed with gene-editing technology protect Florida's citrus industry?
www.npr.org/2026/09/18/n...
www.npr.org/2026/09/18/n...
Could trees developed with gene-editing technology protect Florida's citrus industry?
A bacterial infection is wiping out Florida's citrus trees. Growers hope a rootstock developed with gene-editing technology could keep the disease at bay.
www.npr.org
September 18, 2026 at 10:59 PM
Listen: Could trees developed with gene-editing technology protect Florida's citrus industry?
www.npr.org/2026/09/18/n...
www.npr.org/2026/09/18/n...
Citrus growers in #Florida are planting new trees that have been modified using gene-editing technology to ward against the lethal citrus greening disease www.npr.org/2026/09/18/n... via @npr.org
Could trees developed with gene-editing technology protect Florida's citrus industry?
A bacterial infection is wiping out Florida's citrus trees. Growers hope a rootstock developed with gene-editing technology could keep the disease at bay.
www.npr.org
September 18, 2026 at 6:56 PM
Citrus growers in #Florida are planting new trees that have been modified using gene-editing technology to ward against the lethal citrus greening disease www.npr.org/2026/09/18/n... via @npr.org