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[Charles Paradise <machelp@attglobal.net>]

My vote is, move only the peaches indoors.  Peaches are utterly unlike your
NY 1502 and other plums, peaches insist on warm ideally 80 deg. F
temperatures for graft take, plums & apples they like 40 degrees, leave them
outside.  You didn't pot this year did you?
Charlie Paradise in massachusetts

On 5/12/06 1:04 PM, "bruce" <rural@threeriverwb.net> wrote:

> *"A few weeks ago, I made several whip and tongue grafts of various scions
> (apple,
> pear, peach, and plum) onto dwarfing rootstocks.  So far, only one graft has
> taken, a
> NY 1502 plum on Krymsk rootstock.  These trees are under a canopy on the 
> south
> side of my home.  Question is would I help the grafting process by moving
> these
> plants indoors, considering the outside temperatures here in zone 5 have 
> been
> hovering around the low 40's for the past few days?  I hesitate to move 
> these
> pots
> because they are heavy and I haven't much room indoors."*
> 
> I grafted apple scions onto Bud9 rootstock (north central Nebraska) growing
> outdoors on April 13 (modified chip budding). I unwrapped them on May 1. So
> far 2 have shown signs of life with the bud starting to grow. I cut off the
> Bud9 stems about 3" above the graft on these 2 hoping to stimulate the buds.
> Had some pretty cool nights when they were wrapped up. Had them protected 
> with
> sawdust around graft and inside a plastic pipe.
> 
> bruce
> 
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