Scion Wood

12 years ago

I read about the Devonian Botanic Garden, DBG Fruit Growers Scionwood and Seed Exchange being held tomorrow. Unfortunatly I will not be able to make it due to other demands. I am nevertheless interested in grafting some plum scions to the apricot tree in my backyard. The apricot tree will probably not be worth growing for apricots but should produce good plums.

Do the folks who offer scion wood do so only at this event or will they ship to Calgary? Perhaps a heads up for this event next year would allow me to make a visit to Edmonton. If there are other suggestions for plum scion wood I am interested to hear.

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Konrad___far_north
12 years ago
Yes,..only tomorrow.
We exchange or $2.00 a stick/scion. I know a fellow who is from Calgary and sometimes comes, if he shows up, he could take some down and you could pick it up at he's place,... no guarantee. I'll have some scion around for another month or so if you happen to come to Edmonton. What Apricot do you have? I probably wouldn't graft it over completely, some years you should have fruits.
What plums are you looking for?
bluegoat_gw
Original Author
12 years ago
Thanks for the reply. To answer your questions first.

The apricot is fairly young and I understand that it was grown from an apricot seed. I got the tree and was growing it out of curiosity.

I have no idea of the plum varietal name I would want. There are probably only a few good ones that grow well in our climate. At this stage, I'll take what I can get.

Your plan sounds good. It shouldn't be that big a problem to get up to Edmonton during the next little while if the fellow from Calgary doesn't make the trip.

I don't quite understand what you mean by I probably wouldn't graft it over completely, ... I have an old text book on plant propagation that I bought once and will read up on grafting.
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Konrad___far_north
12 years ago
Oh.. then you might practice first on apples this year, they take better then plums. Perhaps take a grafting course.

How large is your tree?
I'm thinking of top working your tree onto branches not heavier then pencil to thumb size.

I also have several apricot seedlings, it will take a long time to see fruits, to speed things up and see what fruit might have you, I have taken some scions of the seedlings and top grafted to older plums, this will speed up fruit production by several years and can make the graft hardier further up the tree, especially if you have a super hardy plum. Fruit set you can have in the 2, or 3rd. year.
This is a Capilano Apricot grafted to a plum seedling, fruited in the 3rd. season.

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There are many methods of grafting, mostly I do is bark-grafting,..see link.

Here is a link that might be useful: Konrad's modified bark grafting
Konrad___far_north
12 years ago
My friends from Calgary weren't there. Some others from that
city came up for this event, hopefully you can make it next time, or like I said, still have scion wood around for several weeks if you or somebody else happen to be in Edmonton.
bluegoat_gw
Original Author
12 years ago
Konrad,

I appreciate your effort with me. It may be the case that I need to study and practice a bit so that waiting until next year's exchange would be appropriate.

Are grafting supplies easily available at garden centres or they carried by specialist shops?

Your top grafting to get earlier fruiting is interesting. I will have to find a hardy plum. Would Nanking Cherry which is really a plum work? My problem is my small north facing backyard. Limited space for an orchard

Here is a photo of the apricot tree. It had a few flowers a couple of years ago and last year the late frost did it in. It's about 10' tall and it's been planted in my garden for about 4 years now and my be about 7 - 8 years old.
Konrad___far_north
12 years ago
No problem..if you see my bark grafting thread you see all the tools I use, most grafters use something else.
Yes, Nanking would work, cut scion, always last year's [new] growths and save it in a plastic bag with a moist paper towel, it can keep several month.
You have a nice looking tree...you might get fruit this year and decide to leave it alone?

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