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Fri, Jul 6, 12 at 10:46
| I am going to try some bud grafts this year and the instructions say to wait until the bark is slipping.
how do I tell then bark is ready for this technique? thx for advice. Mark in MN |
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- Posted by scottfsmith 6B-7A-MD (My Page) on Fri, Jul 6, 12 at 10:55
| Cut a T in the bark and see if a flap easily lifts up or not. Bark slips in spring and later summer. If the bark is not slipping you can always do chip buds instead of T buds. I almost always do chips for this reason. Sometimes I think I should switch to T when the season is good but old habits die hard -- chip budding is the first graft I learned. Scott |
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| If the bark isn't slipping a good watering will usually get it to do so within a week. |
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