North American Fruit Explorers mailing list at ibiblio

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

I have an american persimmon grafted on a D. Lotus rootstock. It's still fully dormant. Lucky's bark grafting method works great as well as other methods. Mike McKoncky of edible landscaping, does bud grafting while dormant and have a very high success rate. Basically he slices the bark and inserts a small dormant persimmon bud, wraps it and once it takes cuts the top off.

 

Bass

----- Original Message -----
From: "Lucky.PIttman@murraystate.edu"
To: nafex@lists.ibiblio.org
Subject: [NAFEX] was freeze, now grafting persimmons
Date: Fri, 13 Apr 2007 21:12:50 -0500



Is "'whip/splice" the same as "whip&tongue" without the tongue?
Yes. Just a long, sloping cut in both scion and rootstock, such
that the cambium layers line up in good
apposition, then wrap and seal.
Whether doing a bark graft or simple whip, I usually use a 2 or
3-bud scion stick, unless I'm very short on a
particular variety, in which case I may put on 1-bud scions, but
there's no 'backup' if that one bud gets damaged -
and there's less stored energy for callus formation, as a 1-bud
scion is typically quite a bit smaller than one
with 2,3 or more buds.

Again, aftercare is probably the most critical part of the whole operation

LLP



_______________________________________________
nafex mailing list
nafex@lists.ibiblio.org

Reproduction of list messages or archives is not allowed.
This includes distribution on other email lists or reproduction on web sites.
Permission to reproduce is NEVER granted, so don't claim you have permission!

**YOU MUST BE SUBSCRIBED TO POST!**
Posts from email addresses that are not subscribed are discarded.
No exceptions.
----
To subscribe or unsubscribe, go to the bottom of this page (also
can be used to change other email options):
http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/listinfo/nafex

File attachments are NOT stripped by this list.
TAKE STEPS TO PROTECT YOURSELF FROM COMPUTER VIRUSES!
Please do not send binary files.
Use plain text ONLY in emails!

NAFEX web site: http://www.nafex.org/

--