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Sun, Jun 1, 14 at 7:43
| I would like to top work a couple of trees and the older trees I would like to take the grafts from have no decent new growth. How do I go about getting some decent scion wood to work with? Can I cut off some old branches at this time of year and hope for some water shoots or better new growth? Sorry but I forgot to put I'm in zone 4b |
This post was edited by Dean-1956 on Sun, Jun 1, 14 at 8:02
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| Yes, hack the mother trees back hard. If growing conditions are adequate you should get some strong wood that's good for graft scions. A little nip here and there won't work if it's dry. |
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| Double dose the nitrogen also. Seems to kick up the vegetative growth on young trees..... Might work on the old ones too? |
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