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Post by smallchunk on Apr 9, 2021 16:50:54 GMT -6
Is anybody getting after it yet? Yesterday I had 20 Dolgo rootstock show up from Ryan at Blue Hill and I’m about to go soak some scion and sharpen my blade! I cracked the box and the trees are already fairly awake, so it’s time to start sticking wood together  |
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Post by Sandbur on Apr 9, 2021 17:23:48 GMT -6
Do you usually soak the scion? For how long?
I will not be bench grafting this year, but only top works.
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Post by smsmith on Apr 9, 2021 17:36:53 GMT -6
I won't be grafting for another few weeks. Good luck, I hope you get lots of takes
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Post by gsquared23 on Apr 9, 2021 19:15:53 GMT -6
How long does it take newly grafted trees to start leafing out? I have one batch that is 3 weeks old and isn’t doing much
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Post by smsmith on Apr 10, 2021 9:12:01 GMT -6
How long does it take newly grafted trees to start leafing out? I have one batch that is 3 weeks old and isn’t doing much There really is no hard and fast answer. It depends on temperature, light levels, how good/bad your graft unions are, and how lucky you are I don't give up on grafts until the scions are clearly dried out. I always allow at least one or two rootstock buds to remain until I'm sure the scions have taken. Once I know the grafts are good to go, I remove any rootstock growth. |
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Post by benmnwi on Apr 10, 2021 9:59:58 GMT -6
I had some grafts take a couple months to show life. I assumed they were dead, but they weren't. It seems more common with spindly rootstock.
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Post by Reagan on Apr 25, 2021 7:28:01 GMT -6
 First grafting ever. One stick is showing signs of life. Buckman onto a wild crab. |
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Post by Sandbur on Apr 25, 2021 8:21:36 GMT -6
First grafting ever. One stick is showing signs of life. Buckman onto a wild crab. How did you make those tags? I have been using copper and stamps. |
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Post by kooch on Apr 25, 2021 8:28:32 GMT -6
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Post by smsmith on Apr 25, 2021 8:32:32 GMT -6
I used those for a number of years. They do "ok" as long as your trees are not in windy areas. Here, you're lucky if they last a season.
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Post by kooch on Apr 25, 2021 8:33:30 GMT -6
I used those for a number of years. They do "ok" as long as your trees are not in windy areas. Here, you're lucky if they last a season. What happens to them? |
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Post by smsmith on Apr 25, 2021 8:36:35 GMT -6
I used those for a number of years. They do "ok" as long as your trees are not in windy areas. Here, you're lucky if they last a season. What happens to them? They get beat in the wind to the point they're illegible....or the skinny wire breaks after being beat in the wind...or deer chew on them and make them illegible/and or pull them off...or the limbs grow into the wire and you have to remove them to prevent girdling. |
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Post by kooch on Apr 25, 2021 8:41:02 GMT -6
I attached mine to the cage.
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Post by smsmith on Apr 25, 2021 8:48:15 GMT -6
I attached mine to the cage. Yep, that's what I usually did as well. They flutter like leaves in the breeze. They get beat to piss when the wind is blowing 30 mph+. If your trees are in a protected location where the wind can't hit them full speed you may be okay for awhile. The inner core of the write on tags is cardboard. They last for awhile, but once they're waterlogged the core will rot and the tag gets to be about like a piece of tinfoil. Nothing wrong with using them. I just want a permanent, once and done tag. I use aluminum flashing, a cheap engraving tool, and coated copper wire strung through two holes on each tag. Even in that set up, the copper coated wire can break after years of being beat in the wind. I need to go with heavier gauge wire from now on. |
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Post by Reagan on Apr 25, 2021 8:53:57 GMT -6
My tags came with my grafting knife. I can see the problem expressed above happening. I hadn’t thought about that when labeling.
I was also dumb enough to mix up two sticks. They are on the same tree but I don’t know what they are.
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