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Just for fun, try grafting with a terminal bud scion.  (Terminal bud plus as 
much twig as you can get w/o other buds.) If it takes, it will grow at 150% 
of the regular growth rate.

Tanis




> From: Charles Paradise <machelp@attglobal.net>
> Reply-To: North American Fruit Explorers <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
> To: North American Fruit Explorers <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
> Subject: [NAFEX] scion -- best length?
> Date: Tue, 8 Apr 2003 18:08:14 -0400
>
> About scion length, I would like to hear opinions what length is best.
>
> My usual grafting method is dormant spring saddle grafting.   I like to 
> work with scions of 5/16" thickness, which is about exactly the size of a 
> regular no. 2 pencil.
>
> True or False?  It's necessary to have 4 or more inches in scion length to 
> have energy reserves enough to callus the graft union.  [if so, how does 
> summer budding work when the scion [in this case just a single bud with a 
> little wood around it] is capable of uniting with the stock?
>
> True or False?  It's hard for a longer scion to 'take'.
>
> True or False?  A short scion [say, just two inches long] with just one bud 
> can 'take.'  Can anyone point to any successful or unsuccessful experiences 
> with grafting with shorter scions?
>
> Charlie Paradise
> zone 5 / Massachusetts
>
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