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[Charles Paradise <machelp@attglobal.net>]

Chris,
I vote for going ahead and grafting now.  It shouldn't matter if the new 
growth is killed by
frosts [if it is killed] because the scion would still be tough and survive 
the winter.
Charlie Paradise
massachusetts zone 5

Gordon Nofs wrote:

> I have put hormone power on the end and shove into the ground to the last
> bud. I hold off till later in the month. after leaf fall I sometime put a
> very light cover of leaves don't want enough to make mold. The best place if
> you have a wood chip pile that has turned color that is a better place. I
> have a lot of starts I will be giving away in the wood chip pile from last
> fall and late fall. lot of ornamental.
>
> Gordon C. Nofs
> Flint, MI.
> ***********************************************************
> I have scion wood left over from spring grafting I never got
> to use as intended.  (My year hasn't gone much as planned.)
> Last I checked it was still in good condition.  (This is
> mainly apple wood.) Should I:
>
> Do a normal whip&tongue graft. My concern here is if it takes,
> the new growth would be killed by frosts (avg. killing frost:
> October 15th)
>
> Use buds from it to do T or Chip budding.  My question here is
> how successful is budding using spring scion wood (plus I
> wouldn't be forcing growth 'until next spring).  Is there a
> difference in success in this between T or chip budding (I'm
> leaning toward the ease of T-budding.
>
> Throw the stuff away and try to replace the stuff next spring?
>
> Thanks for your replies.
>
> Chris Mauchline
> SE PA, zone 6
> 40 5' N    75 51'W
> ~650 ft. elevation
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