[NAFEX] What time to graft fruit?
Jwlehman at aol.com
Jwlehman at aol.com
Sun Apr 5 10:17:10 EDT 2009
In a message dated 4/5/2009 7:41:32 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
topgun at otelco.net writes:
> I graft here in AL anytime in March but I prefer to wait until about 2
> weeks before the last frost as the earliest to avoid too much fresh callus
> developing and having it
> subjected to frost. As for lateness, grafts will take up until the bark
> stops slipping; however, you need to have time for the new growth to grow and
> mature before winter.
My experience agrees totally with Topgun. For deciduous fruit trees graft
when the bark is in the slip. Of course in Indiana that time differs considerable
from Louisiana. Here I don't even think of grafting fruit wood until June
when the understock is actively growing. This has also worked well for me with
Prunus and Diospyros.
I have also successfully taken actively growing material from one tree and
grafted to another the same day and even several days apart, carrying the
material home with leaves removed, wrapped in plastic and in the pop cooler. Then
wrapped with Parafilm after grafting. Do not let that scion dry out! I've not
done this more than a dozen times, but it works and works well! I'd guess my
success with this is nearly 90%.
Jerry
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