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["Christopher Mauchline" <mauch1@aol.com>]

Thanks Hélène.

I'm the disappointed grafter.  Thanks for the extra tip.

What I can't decide is whether to attempt more bridge grafting, or to 
encourage growth from below the damage, to recreate the tree 
structure since the one attempt (at 3 grafts) just ended in 
frustration and a botched job on my part.  I'm leaning toward 
the "encourage growth from below the damage" as I've limited time and 
I feel my chance of success to be low [for the bridge graft].

Since I'm in a one tree of each variety situation, I have taken the 
step of taking scion wood of each of the damaged varieties 
and "banking" it on the standard size Stayman Winesap I've been 
pruning down to a manageable size.  My eventual goal on the Winesap 
is to have it produce no Winesap apples.

Chris Mauchline
SE PA, zone 6


--- In nafex@y..., "H.Dessureault" <inter.verbis@a...> wrote:
> To a disappointed grafter:
> 
> I read a comment recently on bridge grafting which I wanted to 
reply to, but I have now lost the message and the name of the person 
who was writing. 
> The person I am refering to was unhappy about the technique and 
complained about the limb used as a bridge falling out of place.
> Someone else had described using small finishing nails at both end 
to tuck the carved tips into the live bark on both side of the gap to 
be bridged...
> So I won't go over the method again.
> 
> The following aspect was missing from the description.
> 
> The limb of good live wood taken from the same tree (if possible)  
which is used to do the bridging has to be LONGER than the distance 
to cover. When the tips of the limb cut in the usual manner are 
nailed into place the limb bulges outward, of course, because it is 
too long. But the curve creates a tension which keep the limb in 
place under the bark at both ends and a good contact. 
> 
> The nails are a necessary support but without the tension, the wood 
tends to get loose and lose contact. What appeared to have been the 
right length has become too short!!!
> 
> After a while, when the graft has taken, the limb looses the bulge 
and straightens itself into a perfect fit. Scarring tissues grow at 
each end and later the limb which now carries the cadmium accross the 
gap also gets wider and stronger. 
> 
> Hélène
> Zone 3


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