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Geoffrey:
Ordinary midwestern black walnut for rootstock has
always worked for me.
Ernest Dietrick near Olney Illinois grafted english
walnut, at approx. 11 ft. high, onto black walnut and it resulted in a very
superior tree. The nuts are much better than average.
I sent an article about this to Pamona a few years
ago. Maybe you can find this article.
Ernest was in his 90s when I first saw
the tree and he told me several times that if he was a young man he
would graft 1000s of such trees because it was the best that he had ever
seen. Ernest is now gone.
Good luck with your project,
Bill Freels, Paducah, Ky
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Tuesday, March 06, 2007 12:38
PM
Subject: [NAFEX] Propagating English
Walnut
NOTE: This was initially sent to Don Basler,
the focalizer of the Nut Group. It bounced back so I am submitting it to the
list.
I am a newbie to nafex and
plant propagation in general. I recently went to a grafting workshop in
Asheville, NC where I was gifted with some English Walnut branches. I'm
seeking advise on how best to honor this gift.
1) Can I cut the branches to into scion wood
and attempt to graft to some kind of nut tree common to our community ( www.earthaven.org ) ? Would I use "volunteer" seedlings for root
stock found in the community? Should I dig up said seedlings for the grafting
process and "bed" the grafted stock for 6 - 8 weeks to give the graft a chance
to heal? Is an oak taxonomically (a new word that I picked up) compatible with
English Walnut? Another possibility is to attempt to graft to some filberts
that someone planted here 5 or 6 years ago. Should I look for some other stock
that would be better taxonomically speaking?
2) Should I cut the branches into scion wood, dip
in rooting hormone, and attempt to get them to root? I've had good success w/
elderberry but I gather thats an easy one to propagate.
I have thoughts of
transforming our 350 acres into a forest garden of food producing plants a la
the book "1491:New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus" by Charles C.
Mann. These thoughts include setting up beds to produce root stock for the
various species of plants we want. I understand we will need root stock that
is taxonomically compatible with each group of plants. Is there a recommended
resource book on such matters? Does it make sense to try to do this ourselves
or would it be better to use commercial root stock?
Geoffrey Stone
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