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Post by smsmith on May 26, 2023 8:55:50 GMT -6
I don't have a percentage yet because I haven't checked most of my in woods top works, but from those that I have checked it looks like a good grafting year Most everything I have looked at either has new green growth or swollen buds. I'd sure like to get at least one of each variety that I grafted to grow successfully. On another note, yesterday I looked at a top work from last year. It was one that only put on barely any growth last year. This year, all 3 scions have leafed out and look very healthy. Maybe this year they'll put on a few feet of growth. edit..after typing this ^^^ I figured I'd get the tick clothes on and go check my in woods grafts. I looked at all of them except for 2-3 that I didn't want to fight the prickly ash to get to. Every one of the scions has green buds. I know not to count on grafts having "taken" until well past swollen/green buds, but things are looking good. Someday somebody is going to wonder why all these weird ass apple varieties are growing in the woods.
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Post by Reagan on May 26, 2023 13:45:20 GMT -6
How much growth do you have to see to know it was successful? I’ll get to check them tomorrow but two weeks ago I looked like an expert. Only one graft is a known failure.
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Post by smsmith on May 27, 2023 6:25:56 GMT -6
How much growth do you have to see to know it was successful? I’ll get to check them tomorrow but two weeks ago I looked like an expert. Only one graft is a known failure. Well, if the scions fully leaf out and stay that way for a week or so...you should be good.
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Post by smsmith on May 30, 2023 10:15:52 GMT -6
Looked at some grafts that looked promising last week...they don't look so promising this week. I think the heat and lack of moisture are working against me. Oh well, there's always next year I guess.
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Post by Reagan on May 30, 2023 10:48:15 GMT -6
How much growth do you have to see to know it was successful? I’ll get to check them tomorrow but two weeks ago I looked like an expert. Only one graft is a known failure. Well, if the scions fully leaf out and stay that way for a week or so...you should be good. Checked mine on Sunday. Looks like a second bench graft is going to fail. That puts me at 8 for 10 which is still good for a rookie. All top works in the Wild seem to have taken. Many double cleft show life in both but all have at least one scion alive.
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Post by benmnwi on May 30, 2023 14:08:05 GMT -6
My grafting success is only about 2/3 so far this year, but I'm still hoping for a few more to pop.
I was hoping for better results, but that's how it goes sometimes. I'll be purchasing larger rootstock to use in future years since that tiny stuff is tough to work with.
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Post by smsmith on Jun 1, 2023 6:50:39 GMT -6
I may have just gotten lucky, but my first attempts at grafting mulberry are all popping. This multi-branched wild white mulberry was a male. I grafted two forks to Kokuso and two to Northrup. All scions are showing green growth. I hope they aren't just using up stored energy
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Post by buckvelvet on Jun 1, 2023 7:39:56 GMT -6
hey that would be pretty cool Stu, are those mulberry types known to survive the level of cold you get?
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Post by smsmith on Jun 1, 2023 8:45:01 GMT -6
hey that would be pretty cool Stu, are those mulberry types known to survive the level of cold you get? Northrup = maybe to probably. Kokuso = probably not to maybe. I'm hoping that by top working them at about 5' on a rootstock that has proven to be hardy they'll have a chance. Time will tell.
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Post by Sandbur on Jun 1, 2023 9:55:43 GMT -6
hey that would be pretty cool Stu, are those mulberry types known to survive the level of cold you get? Northrup = maybe to probably. Kokuso = probably not to maybe. I'm hoping that by top working them at about 5' on a rootstock that has proven to be hardy they'll have a chance. Time will tell. That grafting at heights is what one guy does up in Alberta. He says it is a degree or two warmer than just above snow line, if snow isn’t that deep.
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Post by benmnwi on Jun 1, 2023 12:21:39 GMT -6
Are those stapled sticks there to provide the birds a place to land instead of your grafts?
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Post by smsmith on Jun 1, 2023 12:56:31 GMT -6
Are those stapled sticks there to provide the birds a place to land instead of your grafts? yup
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Post by smsmith on Jun 22, 2023 8:28:19 GMT -6
Drought years suck for grafting IMO. I've lost a number of them this year and others never moved. This one just woke up in the last week. SoDak Bison on a Frankentree. I've also got a Clark's Crab and Red Cinnamon with green buds on the grafts. If it actually rains in the next week, they may still take this year.
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Post by smallchunk on Jul 9, 2023 23:14:15 GMT -6
I was able to go 5/5 from this spring on my grafts. Pretty happy with that as one popped just last week. Two were top worked and 3 were grafted in my “nursery” just below where the damn voles girdled most of the trees this spring. Honeycrisp regrafted to a shoot from down by the trunk. This trees bark/main truck has looked like crap since I moved here. Scion pegged to the top of a Franklin The next three are Kerr, Viking and Galarina. I will have a ton of rootstock to graft to next spring as almost every single tree that was girdled has sent a shoot up and will be around pencil width soon.
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Post by Sandbur on Jul 10, 2023 3:49:32 GMT -6
I was able to go 5/5 from this spring on my grafts. Pretty happy with that as one popped just last week. Two were top worked and 3 were grafted in my “nursery” just below where the damn voles girdled most of the trees this spring. Honeycrisp regrafted to a shoot from down by the trunk. This trees bark/main truck has looked like crap since I moved here. Scion pegged to the top of a Franklin The next three are Kerr, Viking and Galarina. I will have a ton of rootstock to graft to next spring as almost every single tree that was girdled has sent a shoot up and will be around pencil width soon. If your grafts will be low to the ground, I have a bunch of these to give away.
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