Pears and Rootstock Trials: Spring Field Notes

top working russian pears onto saskatoon, z-grafts continue to be my goto for this

and I'm fluent in all the grafts availble ;) this really is the best option I know of. if the diameters match I switch to whip and tongue...

double working pears, here is paul pear on saskatoon as an interstem, with favoritka red on top

it's experimental, but I've noticed some pears take off and grow more vigorously on saskatoon, and...

bolshaya pear full of flowers

It's grafted onto saskatoon, which can be precocious and it's dwarfing. I'm out...

couple of russian pears grafted in 2022 about to flower

excited to try them. one of the photos is the graft union on...

ussurian pear ready to transplant

the large pear seeds take off and grow quickly, I started some in community pots just to save on greenhouse space. pear is tricky to grow under lights or with close spacing, there's foliar disease that will turn the...

bark grafts on an old pear tree, top worked two years ago from ussurian pear

It’s mostly a tree to grow out scion wood. I don’t usually make cuts so large but...

ussurian pear grafted on saskatoon in 2022 flowering in it’s third year

field grafting pears onto saskatoon #grafting

going back to paint the stumps before it rains, the parafilm is ok...

ussurian pears on about day 7 from germination are getting their first leaves

growing pears in pots indoors can be tricky, I always seem to get some fabraea leaf spot, aka leaf blight, black spot. pear inside usually completely die from it after growing a few sets of healthy leaves, outside it’s...

night grafting with a headlamp

I’ve had a few late nights working around the nursery with these bright led headlamps. Here I’m working over some tall saskatoon to russian pears at around...

bench grafting russian pears in my kitchen this morning

pear seeds after three weeks in stratification, good thing I checked they’re supposed to need sixty days

my fridge is at 1-2 C (34F) and these...

wild rootstock project continues, we’re grafting plums onto choke cherry and pears onto saskatoon

(prunus virginiana and amelanchier alnifolia) .. selecting vigorous previous year growth, 12-36”. the goal is to find the most graft compatible zone 3 hardy species/cultivars. there are some good candidates, we’re...

Apple on Saskatoon graft

In late summer well past grafting season I grafted onto about a dozen small trees, happy to see most are leafing out. Saskatoon is in the Rosacea family with apples and pears and has been used experimentally as a...

Russian pear grafted into wild Saskatoon #grafting #backyardnursery #fruittreenursery #orchard #backyardorchard

first #peartree #blossoms of the year have appeared in the nursery orchard #blossom

#fruittreenursery #fruittrees...