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["Bassem Samaan" <bassem@gardener.com>]

Grafting goes back thousands of years, and have been mentioned in Romans chapter 11,

"11:17  But if some of the branches were broken off, and you, being a wild olive, were grafted in among them, and became partaker with them of the root and of the richness of the olive tree;
11:18  don't boast over the branches. But if you boast, it is not you who support the root, but the root supports you.
11:19  You will say then, "Branches were broken off, that I might be grafted in."

My Great grand parents who originally from Lebanon, used to graft the wild olives. They used to wrap the graft with the bark of green mulberries branch. Then apply some moist soil and wrap the whole thing with a peice of cloth.

Bass, 

Zone 6, Pa

 

----- Original Message -----
From: "Thomas Olenio"
To: "North American Fruit Explorers"
Subject: Re: [NAFEX] grafting is simple
Date: Fri, 01 Sep 2006 12:27:16 -0400



Hi,

Grafting goes back thousands of years and was done with nothing more than
sharp sticks, willow bark and mud/dung protection.

The tools we have in our junk drawers are 100,000% better than early man's
grafting tools. And they were successful at grafting too.

Grafting is simple, and getting simpler everyday.

People should not be put-off by the "mystique".

Later,
Tom

On Fri, 01 Sep 2006 12:11:55 -0400, derry and bill
wrote:

> Richard,
>
> I agree that grafting is quite simple, only one or two things to
> remember (have dormant wood in Spring, and match the cambiums). I think
> that it is in the aftercare of the graft where people fail.
>
> Derry
>
> http://derrysorchardandnursery.ca
>
>
>
>> Lee Reich notes that his hort professor taught that "any fool can
>> graft", so that encouraged me to plunge in, give it a try, and
>> be willing to learn
>> from my failures.
>>
>> Richard Moyer
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