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Post by nhmountains on Feb 19, 2017 14:58:20 GMT -6
Yes, you can use water sprouts. They aren't ideal, but if that's all you can get...that's all you can get. For top working trees you should wait until the trees have broken dormancy (you still want your scions dormant however). The old saying was to top work when the leaves were the size of a mouse's ear. Thanks. I just don't see any new growth on these old trees other than water sprouts. Maybe I just didn't pay attention. I have one late hanging tree that is free of FB and has apples every year. I am going to start with that one. Maybe because it wasn't hit by FB last year I can find some new growth. Last year was a really bad for FB in my area. There very few trees that weren't effected. Chummer, I cut some scions today on two older trees that need some pruning. The only scions I could get were way up high where there's more sunlight. I'm pruning them next weekend if all goes well. So look up high for them. Most likely won't be large so you'll need to do cleft grafts.
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Post by nhmountains on Feb 19, 2017 14:59:58 GMT -6
Would type of grafts would you guys recommend for someone starting out. Looks like cleft would be the easiest? Clefts have worked great for me. Especially since a lot of my scions are small.
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Post by nhmountains on Feb 27, 2017 0:15:48 GMT -6
Here's a playlist from a western commercial orchard grafter. Lots of videos showing top working commercial orchards. This guy knows his stuff. They make it look easy. They graft thousands of trees a day. m.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLE870687C82260C3C
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Post by smsmith on Feb 28, 2017 8:44:42 GMT -6
Been doing some reading on chip budding, I don't recall much discussion of that technique previously on the "other" forums. Stephen Hayes makes it look easy...but then he makes everything look easy. Video 1 flowed right into video 2 for me, if it doesn't via the link then I can post a link to video 2 as well.
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Post by Sandbur on Feb 28, 2017 10:23:17 GMT -6
I tried chip budding a few times with no luck and have kind of given up.
Could the usual August droughts and short growing season thereafter lower success?
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Post by smsmith on Feb 28, 2017 10:26:21 GMT -6
I don't know Art, I've never tried chip budding.
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Post by buckvelvet on Feb 28, 2017 10:43:37 GMT -6
I tried chip budding a few times with no luck and have kind of given up. Could the usual August droughts and short growing season thereafter lower success? Yeah I tried it last year a little bit, never again!
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Post by buckvelvet on Feb 28, 2017 10:48:33 GMT -6
You know its kinda funny, my experience not anywhere near that smooth. Long live Stephen Hayes!
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Post by buckvelvet on Mar 1, 2017 10:48:36 GMT -6
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Post by smsmith on Mar 1, 2017 10:58:27 GMT -6
^^^wow, no kidding. Science is cool
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Post by smsmith on Mar 2, 2017 17:07:28 GMT -6
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Post by nhmountains on Mar 2, 2017 19:36:04 GMT -6
I don't know Art, I've never tried chip budding. I checked the two bud grafts I did last fall. They seemed to have healed over but, the bud I cut must not have been mature enough. No sign of the bud bumps now. We had issues with the drought so bark wasn't slipping.
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Post by nhmountains on Mar 2, 2017 20:50:25 GMT -6
A good video on top working a tree to switch over varieties.
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Post by nhmountains on Mar 12, 2017 14:15:20 GMT -6
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Post by buckvelvet on Mar 15, 2017 14:20:24 GMT -6
Wow, dude in the green, #epic.
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