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  • From: "philip sauber" <mrtejas@lycos.com>
  • To: "North American Fruit Explorers" <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [NAFEX] Re: Scion wood length
  • Date: Fri, 13 Jun 2003 16:23:21 -0500

What I have heard and used successfully is a scion with no more than three
buds. I carefully wrap the scion with parafilm to prevent moisture loss and
wrap the graft with grafting tape including the bud. T-budding takes only
one if you are short of scions.
Phil
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--------- Original Message ---------

DATE: Fri, 13 Jun 2003 13:25:52
From: Console G4 <tfnews@gate.net>
To: nafex@lists.ibiblio.org
Cc:

>
>Hi Gordon,
>
>The 'best' scion wood length will vary from species to species and with type
>of
>plant as well. My experiences are with tropical and subtropical plants. Here
>in
>Florida mango, avocado, white sapote, citrus, and everything else I have
>ever
>seen are done with scion wood about 6-8 inches long. Many grafters would get
>three plants done from your 15" piece of scion wood if it were a rare
>variety.
>
>What a difference between temperate and tropicals. One of the reasons I love
>horticulture and botany.
>
>You had 70F? We had 96 yesterday with rain. (I have too much empathy with
>lobsters to eat them :) ). Like everyplace else, its either too hot, wet,
>dry or
>cold here for my plants. Today at 1:30 pm its a balmy 88.9.
>
>Best of growing,
>
>Bob - SW Florida
>Rare fruit site:
>www.gate.net/~tfnews
>
>New site opening at:
>www.quisqualis.com
>
>> Message: 1
>> Date: Fri, 13 Jun 2003 11:08:10 -0400
>> From: "Gordon Nofs" <gc_nofs@hotmail.com>
>> Subject: [NAFEX] Scion wood length.
>> To: nafex@lists.ibiblio.org
>> Message-ID: <Law14-F348i7MYMgqJq00029f24@hotmail.com>
>> Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed
>>
>> Back in early spring there was questions of proper length to use for
>> scion wood for grafting. I was out doing some grafting on April 14th. I
>> had
>> 2 scions I had cut that day that were long. These were all apple grafts to
>> the same tree. One I grafted at 23 inches long about a 1/4 inch at the
>> graft, the other was 15 inches long. These were splice grafts wrapped in
>> rubber strips and only the graft covered in parafilm. I had also done
>> couple
>> other grafts same tree that were down to 1 bud long. All the grafts took
>> and
>> are growing. All the buds to the end are in leaf. Only puzzling thing was
>> a
>> Shiawassee apple graft done the same day I t didn't look like it was going
>> to take. 6 weeks later all the buds are in leaf. It was a 6 inch long near
>> 3/8ths dia. I also did another for someone else month later, and it took
>> twice as long as other apple grafts that day.
>> We have had a very unusual spring up till now. Lately 50s at night and
>> we
>> may hit 70 today.
>> Gordon C. Nofs
>> Flint, MI.
>> Zone 5
>
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