Apple tree broke at the graft union
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Comments (41)In the spring of 2012, I attempted to graft a Pear scion onto my apple tree using Winter Banana Apple as an inter stem. (All of he grafting i do is "Whip and Tongue" grafts wrapped in grafting tape. I then coat the wrapped union with grafting wax) The parent branch was a Winesap Apple branch with a grafted Winter Banana Apple scion from a few years before. (I actually have two of these paired branches.) I then attempted to graft two "Kieffer" Pear scions onto my two Winter Banana Apple inter stems. The "Kieffer" Pear scions started to grow, but died a few weeks later. This spring (2014) I attempted to graft this Apple / Pear union again using the same Winter Banana Apple inter stems. I had just enough branch on my Winter Banana branches to try this experiment one more time. This time around, I used "Sunrise Pear" scionwood. The grafting was a screaming success! (I had enough "Sunrise Pear" scionwood to graft two branches onto my apple tree, and two more onto an ornamental pear. All four pear grafts were a success!) I have no idea why this experiment failed in 2012 and was a success in 2014. I do not know if it had to do with the pear variety used, or if it had to do with environmental circumstances. I will re-post in 2015 with an update. There are a few different treads on this subject so I will be re-posting on those threats also. Below are pictures taken on 07/27/2014....See Moresnapped at graft union - insane lifesaving behaviour
Comments (4)there's hope then? Oh, it was staked with a stout piece of hazel, the whole thing snapped. I have a really tiny garden, more like a courtyard, really, with 2m brick walls enclosing a 4m x 9m space - the wind acts like a tornado yet the whole area bakes when it is a still day - challenging. As you may have guessed, I have done rescue acts before but never on something so large and substantial. Anyway, thank you for responding, I am practically drooling over the prospect of half a doxen peaches (at my allotment, I managed one good crop in 8 years and just could not get the spray timing exactly right. Wish peaches (and nectarines:) were as easy-peasy as apples and plums....See MoreQuestion for Jellyman on grafting yellow delicious apple
Comments (12)It may have come from Europe, of course. I have heard that claim and read it as well in "Ecological Fruit Production In The North" by Hall Beyer and Richard. In this book they recommend restoring old apple trees by training them to this shape. When I began my business 20 years ago I used their method as a guide and began my mission of transforming hundreds (probably thousands by now) of old apple trees into apple factories. In this book it is called "The Swiss Method". The trees I generally employ it on are huge old seedling root-stock trees, but I've recently begun training some younger trees to the shape because some varieties just seem suited for it. Ginger Gold is an early GD type (much snappier) that really wants to weep that I'm training this way and on my own property I train my Fuji this way because it's the only way I know to reliably get annual cropping from it and also keep it's rediculous vigor under control (the 2 issues are related). You can join NAFEX and check out that book from their library or order it on-line. If you give me a FAX# or your address, I can probably find a print of the chapter about this method. You will have to translate it from converting old trees to training young ones, but it won't be hard....See MoreShould you plant grafted trees with the soil above the union?
Comments (6)Magnolias are often planted with the soil line at or just above the graft line. People then add soil over a period of a couple of years until the graft union is completely buried. They do it this way to make sure they don't immediately suffocate the rootstock(allowing the rootstock to adjust to the higher and higher soil line until the top graft is well rooted itself) before enough of a root system has grown from the top graft to support the top growth. This is done by some people with some fruit trees as well. Many people prefer their Magnolias on their own roots for various reasons. Many have found that in fact many Magnolias grow much better on their own roots than grafted. Some do it because they are zone pushing and if the Magnolia dies back to the ground and is on its own roots, when it grows back it will be the same Magnolia they bought and not the rootstock. If done correctly, it can be done with many(most) grafted trees. Though, if you plant the tree with the graft union well buried in most cases you will kill the rootstock before the top graft can grow any or enough roots to support the top growth and you will end up killing the tree....See Moremurkwell
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