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  • From: "fuwa fuwa usagi" <fuwafuwausagi@muchomail.com>
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  • Subject: [NAFEX] Alan's comments
  • Date: Sun, 5 Apr 2009 18:41:02 -0700


Alan:

I am not exactly sure but I think now I have grafted something like 650 trees
now(after my first grafting attempt), not that many, but I have had a very,
very high overall take rate. I would have to check, but I believe it is
upward of 95% and soundly in the 90% category.

This is my observation, the requirement is use a sharp knife, slice, don't
whittle your wood and line up the cambium layer. Those were the principles
taught to me by Tom Burford when I traveled to VA after my first attempt at
grafting.

Callousing etc, I do by packing bench graft in sand and holding them for a
long time in the unheated garage. Usually I plant them out when the grow out
maybe 4 inches or so.

However on the tree, I have noticed no difference. I have Dayton on a liberty
and I grafted some in January. My son then wanted more so I grafted some
this weekend. My guess it both sets will take fine - we shall see.

The only thing I have little experimentation with is trying it on peaches.
I have grafted only 4 peaches with 3 takes so that is a limited pool.

I have grafted apricot to plum, plum on plum etc in limited quantities with
great success. Sweet Cherry had me puzzled until an old NAFEXer told me to
begin grafting sweet cherry, very early. Once
I did that they took.

In addition some scions are simply better on 2 year wood, for example
Northern Spy...it take easy on two year old wood and languishes it seems on 1
year wood.

In closing Alan I have told my woman that my take rate is greater after adult
activity because it harmonies my chi and allows my hands to generate life
giving energy - yeah B.S. I know, but she falls for it :) Sometimes we
benefit from the myths we create.

fluffy



Message: 3
Date: Sun, 5 Apr 2009 19:29:12 -0400
From: Alan Haigh <alandhaigh@gmail.com>
Subject: [NAFEX] how grafts connect
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Wow, so none of you knows whether it's the scion or the tree or both that
generates the tissue that connects a graft. Or did you overlook that
question? The presumption would be that it is the tree and that's why the
scion is kept dormant- so it doesn't dry out before the tissue from the tree
side forms a vascular hook up. But then I wonder why so many people have
good success with scion wood that was never stored and is cut from a tree
beginning active growth and grafted on the same day or a bit later to
another tree in active growth.

Have I uncovered a great myth about the requirements for grafting efficacy?




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