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Post by nhmountains on Oct 23, 2017 11:43:49 GMT -6
I've seen several threads on grafting chestnuts but, never understood why people would graft? My understanding is that if you graft American Chestnut onto a Chinese (if you can get it to take)!that you will still be vulnerable to blight.
The only advantage I can see for grafting would be to graft scions from other chestnuts for cross pollination. Would that work?
I'm still plugging away at them and haven't given up hope yet. I've got a dozen trees that are getting close to producing burs but, they are spread out. If I could cross graft scions maybe lone trees would produce.
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Post by smsmith on Oct 23, 2017 12:07:08 GMT -6
I don't know much about chestnut (or other nut) grafting. I assume that folks are seeking desirable traits of scion and rootstock just like with apples and pears but maybe that's a faulty assumption?
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Post by nhmountains on Oct 23, 2017 12:18:19 GMT -6
Stu,
Are any of yours living?
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Post by nhmountains on Oct 23, 2017 12:21:13 GMT -6
On another note. Thoughts on grafting white oak scions on red oak? Would that work?
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Post by smsmith on Oct 23, 2017 12:24:58 GMT -6
Stu, Are any of yours living? I don't think so. I had one hanging on for a few years, but I don't think it ever woke up this spring. As far as grafting red to white oak or vice versa...I don't know. I'd lean against it since they're different species but who knows. |
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Post by drdirtnap on Oct 23, 2017 19:51:07 GMT -6
I know some chestnuts are grating because of "drop times". If you have a consistently late dropping chestnut the best way to propagate that trait would be to graft a scion from that tree. That would ensure the new tree would be late dropping like it's parent tree.
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Post by nhmountains on Oct 23, 2017 21:11:27 GMT -6
I know some chestnuts are grating because of "drop times". If you have a consistently late dropping chestnut the best way to propagate that trait would be to graft a scion from that tree. That would ensure the new tree would be late dropping like it's parent tree. Welcome to the forum. That makes a lot of sense. I'm wondering if you could graft multiple drop times on the same tree like you can apples? Do you know what type of grafts they do? |
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Post by drdirtnap on Oct 24, 2017 21:00:25 GMT -6
I know some chestnuts are grating because of "drop times". If you have a consistently late dropping chestnut the best way to propagate that trait would be to graft a scion from that tree. That would ensure the new tree would be late dropping like it's parent tree. Welcome to the forum. That makes a lot of sense. I'm wondering if you could graft multiple drop times on the same tree like you can apples? Do you know what type of grafts they do? I believe they use standard whip and tongue grafts on chestnuts but I also know that chestnut grafting is very tricky....more difficult than fruit trees. I've also read that chestnut grafts can fail years after a tree is growing and what you would think is a successful graft. With all that said I have some grafted chestnuts growing on my farm and producing nuts now. I've also lost several trees over the years. I've decided that for chestnuts the best route to go is standard chinese or american/chinese hybrids. |
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