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Post by kazedwards on Jun 8, 2017 11:21:38 GMT -5
So at the old house we had a beautiful pear tree. Last year we lost it to a storm. This year we had several suckers coming up from the roots. I have dug several of them but only one has made it more than a day. When I took it from the ground I couldn't get any of the roots. I just transplanted it from store bought topsoil into some miracle grow and noticed that it hasn't started rooting. It isn't doing to good either. Any ideas to get it going?
Also yesterday I took another sicker and a good size cut of root. The sucker is not attached to the root but looks like it has small roots on it. I planted the roots thinking that they might send up their own sucker and also planted the sucker in a pot. Both are in miracle grow.
Should I put them in straight water or leave them in soil. Also thought about sticking the suckers in a potato. I have heard that it's easy to root cuttings that way. Any advice?
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Post by mjc on Jun 8, 2017 12:01:24 GMT -5
1. Those root suckers aren't likely the same pear. My guess is they are a rootstock variety...several are known to freely sucker.
2. The 'easiest' way to root them is to leave them in place and sever the connection to the main 'root'. That way the sucker will be forced to develop it's own roots, fairly quickly. Still it takes a couple of months, minimum.
3. The best way if you need to do it quickly is to get as much of the 'main root' as possible and plant the whole thing into soil/large pot with a loose fert-free potting mix (in other words NO Miracle-Gro...straight perlite/coir/peat moss or mix of them) and water with willow bark tea. Place the pot in a shaded location and unless you can monitor and water a couple of times a day, cover with a plastic bag/milk jug.
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Post by kazedwards on Jun 8, 2017 12:12:30 GMT -5
1. Those root suckers aren't likely the same pear. My guess is they are a rootstock variety...several are known to freely sucker. 2. The 'easiest' way to root them is to leave them in place and sever the connection to the main 'root'. That way the sucker will be forced to develop it's own roots, fairly quickly. Still it takes a couple of months, minimum. 3. The best way if you need to do it quickly is to get as much of the 'main root' as possible and plant the whole thing into soil/large pot with a loose fert-free potting mix (in other words NO Miracle-Gro...straight perlite/coir/peat moss or mix of them) and water with willow bark tea. Place the pot in a shaded location and unless you can monitor and water a couple of times a day, cover with a plastic bag/milk jug. It's a ornamental pear so I'm not sure about the root stock. May very well be different. I kinda figured it would be. I can't leave them in place because the house was just sold. Otherwise I would have just waited until this fall after a season of growing. I might put them in a milk jug with soil. I didn't think of that. Kinda like a winter sown type thing. I will definitely get better soil too. We got the miracle grow last minute for a flower box right before we put the house on market. I guess it would just be nice to have part of the old house at the new one so I thought it would be worth a try. Thanks for the help! |
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Post by khoomeizhi on Jun 10, 2017 16:06:17 GMT -5
I don't know how much top/leaves they've got but I'd consider cutting the top back significantly, so the few severed roots aren't trying to support too much. Obviously leave some leaves, but maybe not much.
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Post by mjc on Jun 10, 2017 19:28:02 GMT -5
It's a ornamental pear so I'm not sure about the root stock. May very well be different. I kinda figured it would be. Well...then actually, it's likely to be a 'rootstock'. Most of the 'ornamental' pears are also used for rootstock purposes, too. |
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Post by richardw on Jul 3, 2017 14:24:37 GMT -5
Ive found it much easier to get suckers to take during winter. Apples and Pears would be on par i would think.
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Post by jocelyn on Jul 10, 2017 9:52:08 GMT -5
This might not help, but just in case, here it is. I bought a grafted quince, and it made a lot of low growth, too low to leave on as the snow would break it off next winter. I pulled the green twigs off the stem, 5 or 6 of them. I put them in a glass of water with a plastic bag over them, and put them in a south window. 3 died over several weeks, but 3 more have callus tissue at the broken end, and one has short roots. I have no idea if it's repeatable. They were very green when torn off the trunk, no woodiness. No idea if this will help you, but quince and pear are a little the same.............
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Post by hardypears on Dec 25, 2017 22:47:09 GMT -5
Hope this helps, with old apple trees that were grown from suckers or seed not grafted, take your sucker off as close to the large root it has sprouted from. The sucker should be clean cut not mangled off the root. It should have some white bark below the ground that is root like even if the sucker looks like a straight stick coming out of the ground. Take suckers in the early spring as soon as the ground thaws enough in zone 3. Plant in shady drained but moist area. Pack soil firmly around it and plant about 9 inches into soil. KEEP MOIST and cool. Many suckers will root this way, much like scions trying to develop roots stored to long in a refrigerator. This works on bush roses as well. Maybe even dig and saw a root with sprout from your past tree, good luck.
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