VASCM: Field Grafting

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My ungrafted vines are my most balanced vines. Aloha
-----Original Message-----
From: Prudy Foxx <prudyfoxx at gmail.com>
To: Kenneth Challenger <elysiumbvi at msn.com>
Cc: vascm <vascm at kkn.net>
Sent: Thu, Jul 12, 2012 5:00 am
Subject: Re: VASCM: Field Grafting

HI Kennyth,

Sunridge Nursery has been very helpful with small orders.

You might want to ask yourself and others why you are considering a 
grafted rootstock at all.  We haven't had significant have  phylloxera 
issues here especially in certain soil types.  Obviously there has been 
some but there is a lot of info out there on this topic.

  An uninterrupted flow in hydraulics in un grafted vines seems to lend 
itself, once established, to more successful drought tolerance.

I would love to hear what others have to say about this.  There has 
been real success and abysmal failures with native plantings in our 
area.  Anyone care to comment?

Prudy Foxx
On Jul 12, 2012, at 7:18 AM, Kenneth Challenger wrote:

> Hello fellow VASCM members.
>
> I will be planting a small vineyard of Pinot Noir next winter and 
want to plant several clones on a drought resistant root stock. 110R 
has been recommended as the root stock but I am having trouble finding 
a supplier that will provide me with about 100 to 150 vines of each 
clone.  I will need about 500-600 vines total.  Nova Vines will sell 
small quantities but they do not provide Pinot Noir on 110R unless one 
orders 500 vines of the same root stock and clone combination. I am 
considering planting the 110R root stock next winter and then field 
grafting the clones I want the following year.  Any comments on this? 
And, does anyone have a recommendation of who to use for the grafting 
and how the overall cost will compare to just planting grafted vines on 
whatever root stock is available?
>
> Thanks for your help.
>
> Kenneth Challenger
> Iron Rose Vineyards
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