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Hi, I am looking at growing a Dolgo/Pink Glow (low vigour) crab apple as a 3.3m wide stepover in clay soil and later down the line an apple as a 3.3m wide stepover next to it making 7.3m wide fence (including a gap in the middle).
From reading several old threads on this forum I know that M9 and MM111 do well in heavy soil and I was wondering which would be better for my use?
The site I am planning on planting it in doesn't have the best sunlight either.
Really it comes down to two things, would M9 even be able to grow to be 3.3m wide when combined with a low vigour scion and would it be possible to keep MM111 in check or would it be too vigorous to be used as a stepover of this size?
I have seen people using MM106 as a rootstock for stepovers in places with lighter and more fertile soil with much more sunlight then my site and I believe that MM111 is only a bit more vigorous.
Thanks in advance.
From reading several old threads on this forum I know that M9 and MM111 do well in heavy soil and I was wondering which would be better for my use?
The site I am planning on planting it in doesn't have the best sunlight either.
Really it comes down to two things, would M9 even be able to grow to be 3.3m wide when combined with a low vigour scion and would it be possible to keep MM111 in check or would it be too vigorous to be used as a stepover of this size?
I have seen people using MM106 as a rootstock for stepovers in places with lighter and more fertile soil with much more sunlight then my site and I believe that MM111 is only a bit more vigorous.
Thanks in advance.
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