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Fear of Grafting
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Sun, Jul 29, 12 at 19:11
| There's a crab apple in my neighborhood with beautiful pink flowers in the spring. Ever since I met this tree I make a point to look at it in the spring when in bloom. Also every year I think I should graft it on my crab apple. I see tree aging and I love to see these flowers come out year after year. Every time it crosses my mind I get hyper thinking of grafting something. Somebody help me put my mind at ease. I definitely need to do this. Cowardly grafter. |
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RE: Fear of Grafting
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| It would help if you watch it done, although some videos on the internet are excellent. I took two grafting classes and have had moderate success (let's just say I wouldn't quit my day job to do it). Think of it this way, you will be doing the established tree no harm to take some scion wood from it. You can spare a few branches of your own established crabs to graft it onto and still it has done no harm if a few grafts fail. If you want to graft onto a small rootstock, just invest in a dozen or so whips. It's not a large money outlay. The only way you can be successful at it, is to learn as much as you can, choose your type of graft and just do it. |
RE: Fear of Grafting
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| if your goal is grafting .. then go for it.. but if your goal is to simply get a tree.. then just go buy the tree ... see link .. there are not that many to choose from .. what they call red.. are a very deep pink.. and there are a few regular pink ... i would look for one that is disease resistant .. and simply mail order it.. or order one in for fall or spring delivery ... ken ps: grafting a very small piece ... onto a mature tree.. is most likely.. going to be very problematic .... as you dont say.. how old yours is ... pps: winter is grafting time.. for the pros ... and you could probably locate someone.. and send them pieces of that specific tree.. and have them grafted onto proper rootstock.. if that particular tree is important ... |
Here is a link that might be useful: link
RE: Fear of Grafting
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| This crab apple is from England. The original house owners were English and on their visits home would bring some plants back to Canada. There's a beautiful Liriodendron, must be 30ft. tall. The crab apple and some shrub roses are also from England. That's the reason I would like to graft crab apple to save it and eventually have it grafted on to another rootstock. I have looked up many crab apples and haven't seen one like this. The flower is very large, exquisite pink colour and very large anthers. I have a book on propagation by Ken Druse and there are very good instructions there. |
RE: Fear of Grafting
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| Actually crabapple can be started from cuttings. |
RE: Fear of Grafting
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| there are many professionals.. who will do custom grafts for you ... you would have to contact said peeps.. and see how much it would cost ... and that would be one way to alleviate your fears.. and insure success ... grafting is usually done jan thru march.. so you have plenty of time to research such ... and it is important to find someone who has the requisite understock available at that moment in time ... and then.. you would send them the scion ... the branch pieces .... ken |
RE: Fear of Grafting
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| Do a search on Bing asking the following question..."do crab apples need to be grafted on another root stock". Some interesting and hopefully helpful reading. Living in Canada there is a chance you may be near an apple orchard and a grower who might come to your assistance. A zone 6 growing condition indicates that you might be in that protected area near one of the Great Lakes famous for apple production. I have never met anyone in the plant business who turned down the opportunity to further the production of interesting specimens. On the off chance that you might be located somewhere near the New York border take some time to visit the New York Agricultural Experiment Station in Geneva, NY. during the spring bloom with pictures of your tree in hand. The experts there will help you. This should be a "bucket list" destination trip for all tree huggers interested in fruit trees, vegetables and grapes. Also the traveler in that area should take a day to tour the many Finger Lakes wineries. Beautiful country. Great golf courses. |
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| I'm in Toronto and it so happens I'm only 20 minutes walk to the lake. I haven't come across people who do grafting. I'll have to look into it. |
RE: Fear of Grafting
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| Sure, go for it, here a link of my preferred bark grafting. |
Here is a link that might be useful: Konrad's modified bark grafting
RE: Fear of Grafting
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| Toronto! A city with the largest agricultural college in North America located within the U of Guelph! Open that door and see where it takes you. Some one there will lead you to a propagating course or graduate student interested in your project. Ask. |
RE: Fear of Grafting
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| Thank you for many helpful suggestions. |
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