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fruit from plum rootstock?

18 years ago

I asked this on the Edible Landscape forum, and the thread is just sitting there without response.

About three or four years ago, I went to a grafting workshop and attempted to graft a couple of plum trees. The one on which I got help (basically an 80-year-old guy named Ed fixed my bad cut and made it all work) is fine and growing as it should. The one I made all by myself failed, and now I have a 10-foot-tall rootstock plum growing in my small yard. I don't remember what the rootstock was, and it grew so fast the trunk actually subsumed the little aluminum tag with the info. It's blooming. Anyone familiar enough with plum rootstocks to tell me if I'm ever likely to see a little edible fruit? Or should I chop it (I'm also aware I'll need a pollinator for the good plum)? I don't have a lot of room, and I do have a few young benchgraft apples that I've been eying for the spot (the others will get espaliered against the house and garage). Any thoughts?

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