At 09:12 PM 03/22/2001 -0800, you wrote:
>I don't remember exactly when I did the bridge grafting, but I used dormant
>scionwood and I think the buds on the damaged tree were swelling. Definitely
>before green tip. I worked with a peach tree.
Thanks, Joe, Derry, and all.
I inarched a sucker coming up from below the girdled area (evidently the
damage occurred over a year ago, and as I had no time to do anything with
the apples last year, I hadn't noticed until a month or so ago) this
morning, and put in a bridge with a good, limber twig collected from
another tree in the orchard.
Some of the early crabs are starting to unfurl blossom clusters, so I may
be a bit late on collecting dormant scions to serve as bridges for
placement later in the season, but I cut several this morning anyway. Have
waxed them and stuck them in the cooler here at work to hold until things
get growing a little better.
Lucky Pittman
USDA Zone 6
Hopkinsville, KY
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