To: North American Fruit Explorers <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
Subject: Re: [NAFEX] Grafting Active Wood
Date: Tue, 06 May 2003 13:22:00 -0500
At 01:06 PM 5/6/2003 -0500, you wrote:
How do you get the scion to grow if you have removed the leaves?
New shoots grow from the buds at the base of the leaf petioles.
I've had better success with 'active' pecan/hickory wood, doing 4-flap
grafts, just like I do with larger dormant scions, than I have with
greenwood budding. Probably an indictment of my technique more than
anything else, though.