Storing scion wood in freezer
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Scion storage - is freezing the scion really not good?
Comments (11)Thanks for good ideas. Why freeze? Well, no good reason, just wondering. I like the idea of taking from freezer a few weeks before grafting. And I will use a big freezer bag. (Another change this year, gleaned here, is to cut longer scion - mine used to fit into the small Ziplocks, someone said use the gallon size and longer = more water reserves, etc.) Drying out could be my problem, but the scion seemed OK. I don't have a great feel for that. And my methods are suspect (see the link below). For me my mistakes are sort of free as I have unlimited scion (I help a neighbor on one of the regional pawpaw trials) and unlimited rootstock (wild ones). I get enough takes to call it progress, just looking for things to improve. My fridge is the family one, has apples, ancient leftovers, etc. (The scion are in a separate drawer and sealed in a little box.) Or it could just be something like the day I choose to graft I am a little too early in season (5/8/08 in Iowa), too cool of a day, etc. Interesting idea to freeze in water. I may try a couple. Here is a link that might be useful: grafting pawpaw in the Ozarks (some of the pix are apple or pear)...See Moretiming of cutting scion wood and grafting?
Comments (2)Straight from tree to tree works good when you see the scion buds starting to swell a bit. I don't think wrapping the scion in towel is good,..the growth of mold can be enhanced this way. Have the scion's loose in a plastic bag or hard plastic container with a moist piece of paper towel on bottom. You can store them several month. Check about every 2 or 3 weeks,... might need to change out the towel....See MoreHow long can I keep scion stored?
Comments (6)We've talked some on storing scion longer-term than usual, and a week or so ago it came up. Apparently Applenut has suggested immersing in water and freezing. You might use a a quart milk carton, for example. I'd probably take ice water with me while clipping my scions and take them directly off of the tree into the water so that they didn't have any chance to warm in the house during handling, but I get obsessive sometimes! To tell the truth I was a little tempted to go out today and clip a few myself since we're having nice weather at the moment, but I held off. I'd say "Do it". You can make it work. Good luck....See MoreHow long have you successfully stored conifer scions?
Comments (2)Darren from Whistling Gardens emailed this information to me. With his permission I will post it here on the forum. Thanks Darren!! "Yes you can post the my comments to the forum. Hopefully, someone else can take something from it too. About your scions. I have successfully grafted material that has been kept in the fridge about 5-6 weeks. In theory, it could stay longer but the scion wood can deteriorate. Force the understock to push harder when that happens. Tent them with a heater inside and leave a light on. This will "trick" the plant into thinking I better wake up before summer's over. Heat and humidity will really flush understock in a hurry. I only leave the lights on in February and March. We get about13 hours plus of daylight now [first week of April]. Don't leave the heater in there after they are grafted because the scions will dry out. All of my beds have radiant heat with supplementary forced air furnace heating. I tent oaks every year and have excellent success with them."...See More- 7 years ago
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