Loquat - Grafted Nagasakiwase (forum)

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Hi,

About 1.5-2yrs ago I bought one of Daley's grafted Nagasakiwase Loquat trees and have since successfully grown in in a 45cm pot and it averages about one meter in height. While its grown marginally in height it seems to prefer to grow more spur branches than any single tall leading branch.

My question is whether the grafted tree is dwarfing? Does anyone know the rootstock? I've been told if it was on a quince rootstock that might explain why my tree is dwarfed. Of course it might be the pot that's forcing it to dwarf but I would like to know as I'm considering transplanting it into a larger pot.

Knowing whether it is actually a dwarf will reassure me that its not going to suffer or try over grow its pot some time in the future, especially as the large ceramic pot I'll be using will make transplating near impossible if the tree decides to bolt.

All in all, I prefer if it is an actual real dwarf due to its rootstock and any confirmation would be great especially as I know loquats with age are known to grow to 20/25m+ in open soil and I would hate to find out in the future my attemp at growing it in a pot was futile.

Any advice greatly appreciated!

Dave

Time: 9th March 2013 4:19am

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glennis says...
My grafted Nagasakiwase is in the ground and i keep it at 3 mts high . It is a small variety , nothing like the big loquats . I think the pot is too small , get the biggest pot you can use . Dont touch the rootball when transplanting or you will set the tree back in its growing . My tree took 5 years to get a reasonably crop on at about 2 mts high in the ground . cheers . The fruit is like nectar from the gods .

Time: 9th March 2013 8:09am

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davidX81 says...
Thanks heaps for that extra info.. Any advice from anyone if the rootstock is considered dwarfing?

Time: 13th March 2013 12:22am

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Jenny says...
I tidied up my grafted N-W loquat about a week ago. Looking at it today it dawned on me that only one branch is blooming, the left hand one. Could the right hand branches, which do seem more vigorous and are not blooming at all, be the rootstock?
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Time: 1st January 2014 9:46pm

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gimme says...
Hey jenny, nice pineapples, even though your photos are really good it's still hard to see where the graft is on your trunk. This is why it's important to check and take off rootstock suckers regularly especially when rootstock and scion leaves look the same. I think loquat should flower evenly across the canopy so it might need the chop hey

Time: 1st January 2014 10:21pm

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Glennis1 says...
Those branches that are not flowering yet are probably just not old enough . Or that's just what they do . Not every branch on my plant flowers either .

Time: 5th January 2014 7:44am

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