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Atemoya rootstock for FL
« on: February 07, 2015, 08:46:07 AM »
Is there a general consensus on the best rootstock for atemoya here in FL, particularly SWFL? It seems like a lot of nurseries prefer to use sugar apple to keep them a little more controllable, but here I've seen a few comments along the lines of "eww, sugar apple root stock" especially in regards to the Lisa cultivar. I've got some atemoya, sugar apple and pond apple (requires a sugar apple intergraft I've heard) seeds and am planning on propagating some atemoya in the future, and just wanted to get an idea what's worked well for others. Thanks in advance.
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Re: Atemoya rootstock for FL
« Reply #1 on: February 07, 2015, 02:08:39 PM »
IMO, atemoya or cherimoya.
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Re: Atemoya rootstock for FL
« Reply #2 on: February 07, 2015, 05:10:22 PM »
Lisa on cherimoya is the way to go--or so I have heard!
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Re: Atemoya rootstock for FL
« Reply #3 on: February 07, 2015, 05:21:26 PM »
Lisa on cherimoya is the way to go--or so I have heard!

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Re: Atemoya rootstock for FL
« Reply #4 on: February 07, 2015, 08:20:40 PM »
Yup, 'moya
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Re: Atemoya rootstock for FL
« Reply #5 on: February 07, 2015, 08:32:41 PM »
Thanks folks!
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Re: Atemoya rootstock for FL
« Reply #6 on: February 08, 2015, 11:15:59 AM »
I have never seen Sugar-Apple being compatible grafted on Pond-Apple, so Sugar-Apple would be a terrrible interstock.
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Re: Atemoya rootstock for FL
« Reply #7 on: February 08, 2015, 06:42:42 PM »
Oh, OK. I can't remember where I saw that, but thanks for clearing that up.
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