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[Tom Olenio <tolenio@sentex.net>]

del stubbs wrote:

> #2 How can one bridge graft p. americana / plum after it leafs out......the 
> stripped bark means the top will
> soon die...?
> thanks, Del

Hi,

You have a window of opportunity.  The tree dies because it cannot get energy 
back down to the rootstock.  The
rootstock has to starve before the tree dies.  It could take 2 years for a 
large healthy rootstock to die.

I would take cuttings now and store them, and bridge graft after they have 
leafed out or are definately out of
dormancy.

That is what I would do with apples anyway.

Later,
Tom

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Thomas Olenio
Ontario, Canada
Hardiness Zone 5b