How to Use rootstock in a Sentence

rootstock

noun

• Choose healthy rootstock from the same species of fruit tree.
  — Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 5 Apr. 2026
• The rootstock is the bottom part of the tree and grows roots.
  — Nan Sterman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Jan. 2023
• This growth is that of the rootstock rose and should be removed.
  — Rita Perwich, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Feb. 2022
• Dig up the rootstock in fall after the leaves and stems turn black.
  — Ciscoe Morris, The Seattle Times, 5 July 2017
• Are there some cases in which the plant looks dead, but the rootstock could be alive?
  — Esther Mobley, San Francisco Chronicle, 4 Jan. 2018
• Either grow plums as a bush on dwarfing rootstock or as a fan.
  — The Editors, Good Housekeeping, 24 July 2018
• Pruning out the suckers will not harm either the rootstock or the scion.
  — Beth Botts, chicagotribune.com, 14 Nov. 2021
• Roses will often have suckers that grow from the rootstock of the rose plant.
  — Mary Marlowe Leverette, The Spruce, 16 July 2026
• The problem is that the rootstock can send up suckers from the roots below the graft union.
  — Paul Cappiello, Louisville Courier Journal, 27 Feb. 2026
• Bare root fruit trees are made of two parts — fruiting wood grafted onto a rootstock.
  — Nan Sterman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Nov. 2021
• Suckers are branches that sprout from the rootstock below the graft union.
  — oregonlive, 6 Aug. 2022
• Sometimes the rootstock sends up shoots of its own, as suckers from below the graft union.
  — Beth Botts, chicagotribune.com, 14 Nov. 2021
• The bottom plant, called the rootstock, provides the root system.
  — Beth Botts, chicagotribune.com, 14 Nov. 2021
• Branches from the rootstock may have a different type of leaf than the branches from the scion.
  — oregonlive, 6 Aug. 2022
• Many of the best and showiest varieties are grafted onto a wild rootstock.
  — Paul Cappiello, Louisville Courier Journal, 27 Feb. 2026
• One of the great advances in apple breeding in the past few decades has been the widespread use of dwarf rootstocks.
  — Laura Helmuth, Scientific American, 24 Oct. 2024
• Care should be taken to never cut grafts back to the rootstock or risk losing them entirely.
  — Derek Carwood, Better Homes & Gardens, 10 Jan. 2023
• The hop produces annual vines from a permanent rootstock known as the crown.
  — Bonnie Blodgett, Twin Cities, 13 May 2017
• Any apple variety can be a dwarf if the tree is grafted to a dwarf-sized rootstock, Mohn says.
  — Nevin Martell, Washington Post, 13 Sep. 2023
• When root suckers appear beneath the graft union, the growth comes from the rootstock tree, not the cultivar.
  — oregonlive, 14 Nov. 2021
• Many are grafted to combine the ideal flower onto a strong rootstock.
  — Nan Sterman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Jan. 2024
• Occasionally the rootstock revolts, so to speak, and sends up its own shoots.
  — Dawn Pettinelli, Hartford Courant, 29 June 2024
• The ban affects the Bradford pear and any other tree grown from the Pyrus calleryana rootstock.
  — From Usa Today Network and Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 20 July 2021
• The rootstock is the roots and lower portion of the plant that is typically below the ground.
  — Sj McShane, Martha Stewart, 11 Mar. 2026
• Cold-hardy, standard rootstock pears are excellent options for areas with high winds.
  — Sj McShane, Martha Stewart, 8 Apr. 2026
• Workers in a nursery can graft scion wood from a different tree onto that rootstock and a third apple may arise.
  — Karl Schneider, IndyStar, 14 Oct. 2025
• Every part of the tree below the graft union comes from the rootstock tree; the trunk, branches and fruit emerge from the scion cultivar.
  — oregonlive, 14 Nov. 2021
• Due to the graft between the rootstock (in the soil), and the scion plant (above the graft), that area is susceptible to cold injury.
  — oregonlive, 23 Nov. 2019
• The rootstock is chosen for its disease resistance and the scion or above-ground part of the plant is chosen for its foliage and fruit.
  — oregonlive, 28 Aug. 2020
• How to Plant Start by purchasing a healthy young tree—preferably on a dwarf rootstock—from a nursery.
  — Emily Hayes, Martha Stewart, 30 Dec. 2025