Grafting Work
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10 posts
checking on sweet cherry grafted onto pin cherry, has anyone else tried this
I'll be amazed if the grafts survive, we've had quite a few nights below -35.. but a quick scratch test looks alive, though I guess cold damage might not appear until spring? the premise I'm testing is this european...
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plum scion wood bundles that were cut early, just checking in on the moisture
looks good. Most people cut scions in spring, but there are good reasons to do some earlier. You can cut dormant scion wood any time after the leaves drop, and it can be easier in late november here before the snow gets...
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root grafted apples. an old school technique that used to be the most common way to propagate them. I found the trees take an extra year to grow, these were grafted spring 2023. Inspired to research this in old gardening and nursery books after reading an article by @elizapples #grafting #rootgraft #applegrafting
someone else noticed you can graft toka (prunus simonii hybrid) to chokecherry… in 1887 in this update from the michigan
horticultural society. google books search...
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bench grafting apples last spring, the conventional and a few root grafts. I so look forward to doing it again this year, I didnât count but there were at least a few hundred and Iâll do more this year. So far Iâve preferred parafilm and then a rubber on top. maybe I donât need both, but parafilm quickly holds a whip and tongue together and keeps it clean and dry inside, and the rubber feel like it holds everything tight.
a few field grafts from last season in early summer
I spend all winter dreaming about grafting.. and stock piling scion...
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Toka plum on wild chokecherry grafts
This one hybrid variety had the best compatibility and put on 3-4ft of growth last year. I’ve left them to overwinter with budding tape in place to add a little insulation from sun scald, hoping these make it through the...
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