Topworking plums - cleft grafting
13 years ago
I have a dozen or so American plum trees growing in a grove that I would like to use as rootstock for grafting some Japanese plums, and I am considering what grafting options might work best. The trees are about 3-6 feet from one another and range in trunk diameter from 2 to 7 inches at chest height. There is very little branching coming off the main trunks at less than 6 feet, and nothing worth grafting onto. One plan I've considered is cutting the trees to about 3 feet tall, hope for new growth and then graft onto this the following year or bud later this summer.(I do have doubts about the American plums' ability to even survive this treatment.) The other consideration is cleft grafting the stumps. I've read various accounts about cleft grafting plums, some positive, some negative, but was wondering if anyone here has had any actual experience using cleft grafts in a similar situation with plums.
Scott F Smith
Konrad___far_north
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