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Post by honker on May 28, 2021 22:07:05 GMT -6
1st graft at Honker Haven throwing buds. Should I pinch those off like on a newer tree?
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Post by Sandbur on May 29, 2021 4:20:20 GMT -6
1st graft at Honker Haven throwing buds. Should I pinch those off like on a newer tree? Yes. Do it very carefully to not dislodge the graft. Which variety of apple?
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Post by nhmountains on May 29, 2021 6:00:06 GMT -6
I’d let them bloom for the pollinators and then pinch them off. Good job Honker!!
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Post by honker on May 29, 2021 7:03:59 GMT -6
I’d let them bloom for the pollinators and then pinch them off. Good job Honker!! I’m just the care taker on this one. I have smallchunk to thank for his grafting skills.
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Post by honker on May 29, 2021 7:05:40 GMT -6
1st graft at Honker Haven throwing buds. Should I pinch those off like on a newer tree? Yes. Do it very carefully to not dislodge the graft. Which variety of apple? This one is a Pillsbury grafted to a Red Splendor.
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Post by smsmith on May 29, 2021 10:58:29 GMT -6
Yes. Do it very carefully to not dislodge the graft. Which variety of apple? This one is a Pillsbury grafted to a Red Splendor. The Pillsbury mother tree was a heavy, annual producer of long hanging ping pong ball sized fruit.
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Post by Sandbur on May 29, 2021 13:26:20 GMT -6
Some dumb a$$ put that right scion in, upside down. I’ll bet it was a short JPS who figgered he wouldn’t have to reach so high to pick apples.
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Post by Sandbur on Jun 7, 2021 10:57:47 GMT -6
Some dumb a$$ put that right scion in, upside down. I’ll bet it was a short JPS who figgered he wouldn’t have to reach so high to pick apples. Today, I clipped back some nurse limbs. It is hard to figure out what to do with this drought. I know I have too many nurse limbs on a tree like this. I do seem to have better success with some shade on the scion, in this case from the nurse limbs. Stu, or others, do you clip back nurse limbs or at least pinch off some of their new growth? I haven’t done anything to this tree, yet. The upside down scion seems to have died.
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Post by smsmith on Jun 7, 2021 14:32:26 GMT -6
Some dumb a$$ put that right scion in, upside down. I’ll bet it was a short JPS who figgered he wouldn’t have to reach so high to pick apples. Today, I clipped back some nurse limbs. It is hard to figure out what to do with this drought. I know I have too many nurse limbs on a tree like this. I do seem to have better success with some shade on the scion, in this case from the nurse limbs. Stu, or others, do you clip back nurse limbs or at least pinch off some of their new growth? I haven’t done anything to this tree, yet. The upside down scion seems to have died. I usually remove the nurse limbs eventually, generally the year after I graft. I always like to make sure the grafted scions wake up the following spring.
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Post by Sandbur on Feb 28, 2022 6:23:30 GMT -6
Saint Lawrence Nursery says it is using baccata under their crab varieties. I thought their old catalogs only mentioned antanovka as rootstock. Their Facebook page says that baccata is more hardy but success is less when grafting larger apples on baccata. Baccata does best with crabs.
I have some 30 plus year old Manchurian crabs and come to think of it, my topworks or franken trees have done better with crabs.
I do have some other flowering crabs from a neighbor. A large Khazakstan apple and NWGreening have done ok on them.
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Post by chummer16 on Mar 13, 2022 14:29:53 GMT -6
I read not to use water sprouts to graft. Please tell me this is false. All the grafts I have growing from last 3years are water sprouts. It is my only source of scion for these old trees.
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Post by nhmountains on Mar 13, 2022 16:15:56 GMT -6
I read not to use water sprouts to graft. Please tell me this is false. All the grafts I have growing from last 3years are water sprouts. It is my only source of scion for these old trees. I’ve used water spouts for years and they’ve grown better than some of the smaller scions I’d received from Fedco. It nay depend on the length of the water spout 6” verses 6’, etc. I’d stay away from the bottom end because that would be the oldest wood and maybe the top end if the buds don’t look mature enough.
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Post by smsmith on Mar 13, 2022 18:16:30 GMT -6
From what I can gather the reason to not use water sprouts for grafting is that fruit production may be delayed. That's never discouraged me from using them for grafting.
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Post by smsmith on Mar 25, 2023 9:26:30 GMT -6
I saw a guy using this stuff for topworking on another site. It looks like a good option that doesn't require heating and it's not as messy as some other options. He's been using the stuff for a few years now and reports excellent results. I just ordered a block and will use it this year...if spring ever arrives anyway.
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Post by Reagan on Apr 7, 2023 5:31:24 GMT -6
Wild crab close to the cabin. I’ve watched it for a couple of years since I found it. Not a flower yet. How would you top work it? Different grafts on some of the main branches? Cut it lower with trunk feeding one graft or probably a double cleft?
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