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| I just got some scions from a few apple and pear trees off a friend. I'm storing them in the fridge since it's very early, but had a question. I have a situation where I have PLENTY of rootstock, and shortage of scion. A few of the scions of one of the apples have good thickness (matches up well for whip or saddle grafting) but short 1-year growth. One in particular is a foot long, but the one-year old portion, including terminal bud still attached, is maybe 3.5" long. With this scion, should I: 1. toss it |
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| It won't hurt to have 2yr wood as part of the scion stick. Use whatever fits best. |
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- Posted by copingwithclay 8B (My Page) on Fri, Dec 19, 14 at 16:12
| I wonder why you got the scions so early rather than waiting for late Winter before clipping them from the trees. The more months of being in the fridge, the greater the chance that they could begin to degrade, or even to begin to grow out. I have lost many chances to graft many scions that stayed in the fridge too long. Lots. Maybe you may want to ask for more scions in February, whether here or from your friend. Pruners of fruit trees sometimes hate to throw away or burn perfectly healthy branches that someone else could possibly want to use for grafting. |
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| For whatever reason, you now have these scions and you have too many rootstocks for the number of scions. To best utilize them all I would consider doing chip buds this spring. That way you would use one bud per graft. Chipping is not my favorite graft, nor the most elegant, but it is simple, works well with a range of sizes, can be done from spring through middle/late summer, and has a very good chance of succeeding even if the grafter is relatively unskilled. My fingers are getting stiff and clumsy so that matters to me. Chips seem to have a "stuck-on" appearance after they take (as if they somehow perched themselves on top of the wood), but in time they look better and I've never had a problem with them splitting off or otherwise showing weakness. And boy, they're quick. They're even quicker to do than regular budding. Here's one link that describes it well: http://digitalcommons.unl.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2730&context=extensionhist And here's Kuffel Creek Nursery's Youtube vdo on it: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b01Wu0h9-Jc Just possibilities. Good luck! |
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| My preference is to use 1-3 inch scion wood of new froth with 2-3 buds 0n it. I have my reasons which are mostly wind and birds break off my grafts. A 2 inch scion can grow several feet in a year on an established tree. I do use 2 year old wood when I need to and I have a lot of success with it. Sometimes that's all you can get of a variety. |
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