WHY ARE PLANTS GRAFTED ONTO ROOTSTOCKS? Boost vigour

Control vigour

Rootstocks control vigour, allowing you to grow trees in a smaller space than if they were grown on their own roots.

A rootstock can also strengthen a plant that would normally grow weakly on its own root systems.

Faster to fruit

For a fruiting plant, grafting onto a rootstock can allow fruit to be produced faster than on its own roots.

Hard to propagate

Some plants are difficult to propagate from seed or cuttings, or may not come true to type that way.