Apple tree, stone fruit tree Root stocks each - $10

South Orange County Chapter has rootstock available, so that you can
create your own unique tree! We will be making this available to the public in 1 day.

If you have any apple , Plums, Apricots, Pluots or Pear, Asian and European , or Universal Prunus, includes Peach scion wood that we can give away on Saturday, let us know. Thanks

We will be at the Food Lab in the Irvine Great Park on Saturday, April 8, from 10 AM to 1 PM.

Address:
Great Park - Food Farm Lab
8000 Great Park Blvd.
Irvine, CA 92618

Map:
https://legacy.cityofirvine.org/civica/filebank/blobdload.asp?BlobID=29614

You can purchase rootstock (limited amounts), and the Chapter will supply a 2.5 gallon pot and excellent Aguinaga soil, $10 for non-members. Payable by cash at the event.
Rootstock varieties available:

• M7(Apple) - Semi-dwarfing (60%) and resistant to fireblight and common viruses - phyyophthora

• GF8-1 - (Universal Prunus, includes Peach) - Dwarfing to 50%, vigorous stone fruit rootstock that can be used on many soil types

• M29C - (Plums, Apricots, Pluots) - Very vigorous rootstock. Less suckering. Resistant to root knot nematode, mildly resistant to crown gall and oak root rot

• OHF33 - (Pear, Asian and European) - A semi-dwarfing rootstock - 1/2 to 2/3 standard size. Resistant to fireblight, collar rot, woolly pear aphids and pear decline - very healthy stock. Compatible with all Pears

We will try to have some scionwood available for your rootstock (be sure to bring tags or masking tape and a pen).
you can bring scionwood of a variety you want to graft onto the root stock.
also bring a pair of pruners and a grafting knife or a sharp cutting tool like box cutter or exactor knife if you plan to graft a cutting to the root stock

Note- need to graft a variety of the appropriate type to the root stock to produce fruit. It can be done now, or next year just prior to plant coming out of dormancy.

sign up at:
https://southoccrfg.org/monthly-meeting/

Also, If you have plants for your annual Fundraiser plant sale, let us know so we can arrange pickup.. This years goal is to give all proceeds toward scholarships for students of agriculture.
This benefits our chapter by encouraging more Speakers to become presenters at our meetings, which benefits us all. .

we will also be giving out some vegetable seeds to attendees.

South OC CRFG Chapter
Frank and Kathy Co Chairs