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[John Henderson <jhenderson@ithaca.edu>]

August is the right time for T-bud grafting, but you need to have done some advance planning back last winter, since I've always been advised that budsticks (source of scion buds) must be dormant.

John Henderson
Sage Hen Farm
Lodi, NY

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Sent    : 8/4/2006 10:48:01 PM
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Subject : RE: [NAFEX] apple grafting

 I would like to graft an apple tree either this weekend or next.
What methods work at this time of year?  Chip budding?  Do I have to
wait until spring?  How much/when should I cut back the stock?  The
stock has been in the ground a little more than a year, now.

Ginda,
I'd do a T-bud placment - just my preference.  Never have been able  
to get the hang of chip-budding.

I did a few apples & crabs last week, and have been doing some  
redbuds(Alba & Forest Pansy) this weekend.

Took a quick look at some of the 'whitebud' T-bud  placements I did  
a week or so back, and they look good, but I probably won't force  
them until next spring.

Lucky

    

Just did my first ever t-bud grafts.  Mechanically, they look nice  
and I feel optimistic about them.  I assume the goal is for the bud  
to "grow into" the tree this fall, and sprout next spring.  Should I  
cut back most of the rest of the tree next spring, or wait until  
after stuff sprouts?

Ginda