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In a message dated 4/19/2011 6:22:56 PM Eastern Daylight Time, 
speigletown@hotmail.com writes:

> we grafted dormant scionwood to dormant rootstock.  I put the plants into 
> pots and have them in my enclosed patio.  I have noticed that all the 
> rootstocks are just starting to bud and not the scionwood yet.   Should I 
> let 
> the rootstock bud and remove them in the fall/winter or should I nick them 
> now?

I've not done a lot of bench grafting so I can't speak directly from 
experience. 

But if they were mine I'd break the buds on the rootstock off for now. 
There seems to be in some species a rejection mechanism similar to the human 
body rejecting a foreign organ transplant. It will favor it's own material 
over 
the scion. Force (encourage) that understock to accept the scion, so to 
speak. If the scion doesn't callous to the RS more buds will come out. Those 
can then be used to graft to next year.