I have two pembina whips that are on its own root stock. Is there any major disadvantage to this? I live in Edmonton which get down to - 30 sometimes
You can try to grow these on but if the parent plant that you took cuttings from was a budded or a grafted plant then these whips, as you call them, will not be pure. These can still produce fruit very similar to a Pembina however but in some cases they can also produce a Plum not nearly quite the same as a Pembina also. If these whips came about as suckers then they will in most cases be closer in type to the rootstock rather than the grafted or budded Pembina scion or bud. If you have room grow them on as an experiment but keep in mind the rootstock that was used for the original budded or grafted plant should be hardier than a cutting grown Pembina will be grown on its own roots. I do not know of any Pembina Plums from cuttings being sold on their own roots in Canada offhand but I would question how hardy they would be for your climate as opposed to a grafted or a budded Pembina Plum. Jim
