AnthElliott
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I have just bought 25 two year old crab apple trees (£20) which are sold for hedging which initially I intended to use to improve pollination in my recently planted orchard. However I wondered whether I could in fact use these as rootstock to increase my stock of cider apple trees (dabinett, major. Yarlington, Hereford redstreak) when I prune these in mid-winter. (I may even buy some cheap scions of new varieties such as Foxwhelp, and open to suggestions here). I recognise these may grow into full size trees (10m) and will need appropriate spacing but my real question is whether I should plant these bare root trees this winter and wait a year for them to establish before grafting new scions or will it be OK to graft scions straight away next Spring?