If the bark is slipping this is a good time to do repair grafts to
girdled trees.
Tom
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Thomas Olenio
Ontario, Hardiness Zone 6a
On Mon, 25 Jun 2001, Gordon Nofs wrote:
> Ginda
> ?? It is not to late to do grafts yet. I did some yesterday, Bark, and
> whip,
> also splice of dormant wood to growing trees. I also will be continuing
> to
> graft the same plus greenwood for at least 2 more months yet. If you make
> a
> nick with a knife or fingernail into the scion and it is not green
> underneath it is gone.
> ???? Gordon C. Nofs?? Flint? MI
> ***********************************************
>
> Some of my grafts
> > >took, and some died.? Many of my late grafts seem to have done
> neither.
> > >These were whip and tongue grafts done a bit too late.? Do you suppose
> > >they might grow next year - like dormant buds?? Do you suppose the
> buds
> > >are dead but the wood's still alive?> >Ginda
> > >eastern Mass., zone 6
>
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