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[Karen Tillou <arboretum@homeorchardsociety.org>]

i do some prunus grafting in spring - i try to do the work on a mild  
day, when the root stock is starting to move.  ( i don't know when  
that would be for PA)
if you have it, an unheated greenhouse is a good spot to keep the new  
grafts if they are still in pots - out of the rain and wind and snow,  
but not anywhere that will get too hot and baked either.  sometimes  
just under an eave against the sheltered east side of a building is  
enough.  and make sure you use a good grafting seal like the  
trowbridge's melty beeswax or the yellow latex stuff to get those  
little scions all sealed up tight.  no open cut surfaces or wounds!
i have the most success with spring grafting european plums, but  
asian plums and peach often take too.  i never have so many to do  
that i know if it was a me mistake or a weather/timing failure.  if  
you've got the scions, you might as well try, right?

karen
oregon city OR / zone 8a wet


On Dec 16, 2007, at 7:02 PM, Amlie & Hayas wrote:

> Hi everyone -
>
> People always refer to budding plums and peaches in the summer,
> rather than grafting over winter or at the start of Spring.  Does
> grafting these trees present any special difficulties?  I assume it
> must, otherwise you'd hear more references to grafting (instead of,
> or in addition to, budding).
>
> I'd just as soon graft this spring and get a start on some new growth
> this year.  Are there any special issues I should be aware of?
>
> Thanks,
> Tom (Lancaster Co., PA)
>
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