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I have approval for setting up a few rows of cordon apple trees but bought the wrong rootstock - M106, not M9 - & I'm having a real problem getting my allotment committee to agree to allow me to keep them. It's the start of the growing season & I can't send them back/order more. They seem to have a bee in their bonnet about the root ball spreading too far, height etc, however as the trees are trained as cordons I can't see a problem with either as the height is managed & there's 1.7m to my neighbours plot. Will I really have a problem or cause a problem for my neighbours?
Fruit trees aren't my speciality, but just had a quick lookup, M106 is a dwarfing root stock, OK for small gardens and M9 is a real dwarf. However if you are keeping the tops pruned and trained as cordons that will restrict the root growth anyway, so I can't see it being a problem. If the next plot is dug over regularly they aren't going to establish there anyway. However you are dealing with an allotment committee - good luck with that.
Thanks SB - I thought exactly the same. The Allotment Committee seem to be ok, but just on this simple issue they seem intransigent. I have the option of going to the council too, but am hoping a long letter will suffice (I'm crossing everything)!