From my trials - Hybrids work better for root stocks. In my case Brandyboy did better than Big beef. Also Aunt Ruby's german green worked good as a rootstock. I wasn't really going for decease resistance and such.. Was just testing out which rootstocks actually took. There is so many variables - that its hard to figure out what you did wrong. Now that the weather is warming up again - i might try some more grafts.
Some of you mentioned the water stress on newly grafted plants. I was thinking if you used self watering container (bottom watered) you might be able to avoid the water stress and use a dryer medium for the soil (more granular) instead of a potting soil mix.
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