Barton
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Zone 6a-ish Lake Erie influenced climate
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Post by Barton on Dec 23, 2010 18:39:46 GMT -5
Hello everyone!
I'm wondering if any of the members here practice or have experience grafting? I have read up on the subject several times in my life...for different reasons at different times I have never taken it up.
It seems to me that you can only read so much about it. The practice would be the real way perfect the skill. Also, it seems to me that working with another person who has experience would be invaluable. What do you folks think?
...and having said this, do any of you know of a must have book or manual that would give one an advantage in practice?
I think I'm at a point in my life where I can finally devote some time to this art.
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Post by coppice on Dec 23, 2010 22:25:55 GMT -5
The wound for a graft isn't rocket science Think of how your tumb looks as it sticks out slightly from your hand. The top wood is a bud long and has a slim pie shape to the cut. It doesn;t look as pretty as some of the old guys work, but strechy electrician tape over the wound to close out air--but leaving the bud exposed.
It is a trial and error deal you can try with some (read any) apple sapling as root stock. Plant to pot or feild and remember what you did. Your success rate will climb quickly. Cut off root stock top after new top wood wakes up.
John Chapmans ghost will shake his spectral head as you do this :-)
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rintintin
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Post by rintintin on Dec 24, 2010 18:48:40 GMT -5
Only politicians need no instruction for 'grafting'.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 25, 2010 0:32:08 GMT -5
My dads friend used to graph citrus trees by taking a small branch off of some citrus tree, sharpen it in a pencil sharpener, then drill a hole in the tree and put the branch back in and seal it with wax.
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Post by coppice on Dec 25, 2010 12:16:03 GMT -5
My dads friend used to graph citrus trees by taking a small branch off of some citrus tree, sharpen it in a pencil sharpener, then drill a hole in the tree and put the branch back in and seal it with wax. The "and seal it with wax" is the germ of this thread. The new top wood has to be protected from drying out.
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