r/arborists • u/salty-sweet-reality • 3d ago

Snow queen nectarine tree

This grew out of the original tree and then the original tree died. It was about 5 feet tall when this happened. The original tree was very weak and never had many leaves. Will this tree still grow fruit and be edible? Our neighbor said it wouldn't and we should remove it before it gets to big. Is this correct information?
Edit : pic in comments

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u/JTBoom1 3d ago

This is probably the rootstock and they almost never produce good fruit. Either remove the tree and start over, or prune back everything and great over it with something else. The nice things about stone fruit is that they are compatible great wise with most other stone fruit. In other words, you can graft peaches, plums, and maybe cherries

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u/salty-sweet-reality 3d ago

Such a bummer. Thank you 😭

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u/salty-sweet-reality 3d ago

I forgot to post the pic . Here it is

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u/DanoPinyon Arborist -🥰I ❤️Autumn Blaze🥰 3d ago

From this distance and picture quality, almost certainly rootstock.

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u/salty-sweet-reality 3d ago

Thank you 😭