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["Erdman, Jim" <ErdmanJ@uwstout.edu>]

After I took a grafting class this spring, I tried grafting a couple of 
Meteor cherries when I go home from the class, and they are doing fine.  I 
think that the class was in late April, don't remember the exact date.  
I had never had any success with my grafting or budding attempts in the last 
20+ years, so to have 4 of the 6 plants that I did in the class grow 
successfully (so far at least) and then to have the 2 cherries that I did on 
my own at home grow just as well is very encouraging.
 
And a reminder to everyone on the list--it really helps to mention where you 
are located and your growing zone, so that we can make better use of your 
messages, when you post something to this list.  I have noticed a number of 
messages lately signed by familiar names without any geographical information 
attached.
 
Jim Erdman, in Menomonie, WI, cold edge of zone 4

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From: nafex-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org on behalf of mauch1@aol.com
Sent: Thu 6/30/2005 2:48 PM
To: nafex@lists.ibiblio.org
Subject: [NAFEX] cherry budwood question


 I have had some success with whip&tongue grafting cherries.  But it required 
me to either graft 
incredibly early (before February 15th), or after the stock had begun to leaf 
out.  In the second
case, I bagged the graft to keep it from drying out.
 
I haven't had success in budding cherries, but my overall budding success is 
low.
 
The bad news is that 2/3 of my cherry trees are on GM 51 (and the 3rd 
dwarfing rootstock is unknown).  To paraphrase Jim Cummins when I heard speak 
at a Nafex conference:
"Beautifully dwarfed tree, but no fruit"
 
Some of the scion wood were from not particularly productive trees so I may 
have compounded my problems.  I'm considering starting to grow the sweeter 
tart cherries and give up on the sweets.
 
*SIGH* 
 
Chris Mauchline
SE PA, zone 6
40° 5' N 75° 51'W
~650 ft elevation

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