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[Lucky Pittman <lucky.pittman@murraystate.edu>]

At 11:57 PM 3/27/2004 -0500, you wrote:

> A few times just for
> experiment I've grafted wood w/o buds and had them take, but greatly
> reduced percentage. They also take a very long time for an adventitious
> bud to develop and break out.  
>
> I've done this with persimmon only, and may not work with hard woods such
> as walnut & pecan. I suspect Malus and Prunus would work and Pyrus
> also.

It'll work with pecan and hickory.  I've grafted 2-yr and older stuff (though I don't prefer it), when there was no vigorous 1-yr wood available, and had adventitious buds sprout, and grow quite nicely.

Lucky Pittman
USDA Zone 6
Hopkinsville, KY