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Comments (11)Mark, I don't have pictures or a link. Here's how I do it. I scrape the loose bark flakes off of where I want to put the graft. I cut a large T in the bark. The top of the T is usually a couple of inches long and the vertical is about 2 to 3 inches long. I peel back the bark to separate the bark from the sapwood. If the scion is cut from a non-dormant tree, cut the leaves off but leave the petioles, like one would make a budstick. If the scion is cut on top as opposed to a tip, then I dip it in wax. The bottom 1 1/2 inches or so of the scion is cut like a whip graft on one side and on the other side the bottom 1/4 of an inch is also cut so that it forms a kind of a wedge. The scion is pressed deeply into the T, with the larger cut side against the sapwood. The graft is then wrapped tightly with polyethylene tape, leaving the top buds of the scion unwrapped. I can usually tell if the graft has taken within 2 weeks. So far, it always has....See MoreBudding versus own root
Comments (39)Camps. I didn't realize Glenburn was not talking about the States, my mistake. Got confused by the phrase 'imported from Europe' but I should have known better... lol I live in an ex-rural, ex-seaside summer vacation place that is now mostly part of the sprawling Athens suburbia, about 40 km east from the center of Athens, by the sea. Yes, I do grow citrus trees as a hobby, I got about 30 of them in my garden, various kinds and varieties and I also grow some in pots (mainly until I can bud them to some suitable rootstock). Citrus are grown commercially in Southern Greece at low altitudes relatively close to the sea. Northern Greece, mainly stone fruit country as you noticed, is already too cold for them as are places in higher altitudes and places too far inland. Citrus and England don't mix well, I know, unless one wants to grow just rootstocks like trifoliate orange and its F1 hybrids which produce inedible fruit, just for decorative purposes. Even under cold glass growing citrus in England should be very iffy, I think. Nik PS. How on earth can one get stuck in Polykastro, a small rural town north of Salonica on the road to Bulgaria? What on earth had you been doing there? That place is really hot and humid in the summer and can be bitterly cold in the winter. Pic of Polykastro in the middle of nowhere.. http://www.kilkis24.gr/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/polykastro1.jpg Here is a link that might be useful: An Engish citrus lover's interesting site This post was edited by nikthegreek on Wed, Feb 5, 14 at 8:19...See MoreSo if grafting a pear tree, i remove and graft the flower buds?
Comments (4)You don't graft, or T bud, using a flower bud. You use a vegetative bud. The picture shown is of a T bud. You insert a vegetative bud if you want a tree. It has to be done when bark is slipping on the rootstock. That's usually June thru August. In long season areas May to Sept. Never had disease due to cuts. Not on the cut end or area of the bud or graft....See MorePaniculata grafting / budding ?
Comments (5)The standards that I have seen (so far) in plant nurseries here in the States are not grafted. The wholesalers select from amongst all the stems, one that is particularly straight and develop it and cut down all the way the ones which they do not want to develop as a leader trunk. However, I have seen paniculatas for sale in Canada that are grafted. Not sure if it is to put super duper big extra winter hardy roots or what. I contacted the wholesaler but failed to get a response to my question of why they (the wholesaler) were doing that. Basically, over here, paniculata owners who do tree paniculata forms will evaluate the new/old growth each year and cut off those stems that they do not want to use as a main trunk and leave a handful that appear as good choices/candidates. With each passing Spring, less stems are left until one single stem remains as the main trunk. I think hyed has a nice Vanilla Strawberry Tree that -I think- he "developed" himself (not sure if hyed is a 'he' or 'she'; defaulted to 'he'; sorry if this wrong hyed!)....See Mores
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