Of my 6 apple and 3 pear grafts last year, 2 apples have survived,
so I'm not an absolute beginner (but close).
I grafted 22 scions onto 13 rootstocks this spring, in 3 sessions
over 10 days or so in early march, using a grafting knife and
either rubber strips or masking tape, then doc falwells seal and
heal. All were bench grafted onto M-7s from a single bareroot
rootstock purchase (One Green World) and then potted in 1-gallon pots
and kept in somewhat sheltered spots/partial shade (and we've had
a unusually wet and cloudy spring).
I've assessed them 2 months later as yes, no, or maybe; yes is well
leafed out, maybe means the buds have swollen and perhaps showing
a little green, no is looks just like when it was grafted.
There are 9 yes, 7 maybe, and 6 nos. On inspection one of the nos
was grafted upside down :-)
For the final grafting session (4 grafts) the scions looked a little
dry; of these: 1 yes, 1 maybe, 2 nos.
6 singles (6 grafts) - 4 yes, 2 maybe
5 two-ways (10 grafts) - 4 yes, 2 maybe, 4 no
2 three-ways ( 6 grafts) - 1 yes, 3 maybe, 2 no (one upside down)
Of the grafts, there are:
10 whip and tongue or just whip grafts: 7 yes, 2 maybe, 2 no
7 veneer (graft onto side of rootstock): 0 yes, 3 maybe, 3 no (incl.
upside down)
4 double whip (rootstock end cut to a chisel, two scions whip/whip
and tongue grafted): 3 yes, 1 maybe
5 with rubber grafting bands: 2 yes, 1 maybe, 2 no
16 with masking tape: 6 yes, 6 maybe, 4 no (incl. upside down)
1 with both: yes (as I recall the band was too small/short so I
finished up with tape)
Conclusions (probably premature):
- veneer side grafts aren't a particularly good idea (my last
year success story for these has also turned up as a failure
this year)
- the double whip was surprisingly successful.
- masking tape seems to be just as good as grafting bands
- keep the scions good and moist...
I'm not unhappy; of the 7 I wanted the most, there are 5 yes, 1 maybe,
and only 1 no.
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Here's the raw data, if you really like trivia, but please don't
attempt to find an underlying plan or pattern in the choices or
combinations:
1. yellow newton pippin (rubber) no
+ arkansas black (rubber) probably not
2. melrose (whip/rubber) maybe
3. wolf (whip/mask) yes
+ rubinette (ven/mask) maybe
4. zabergau reinette (whip/mask) yes
+ blenhiem orange (ven/mask) prob. not
+ roxbury russet (ven/mask) maybe
5. spigold (whip/mask) yes
6. gala (whip/both) yes
7. double whip: hudson's golden gem (rubber) yes
+ king (tape) maybe
8. winesap (tape) probably not
+ esopus spitzenburg (tape) probably not
9. opalescent (whip/tape) maybe
10. double whip: winter white pearmain (tape) yes
+ williams pride (tape) yes
11. gravenstein (whip/rubber) yes
12. sheepnose (whip/tape) probably yes
+ winter banana (veneer/tape) maybe
+ summer rambo (upside down)
13. sops of wine (whip/tape) yes
Lisa in Ashland Oregon
USDA Z7 - Sunset Z7 - 1800' - 19" annual rainfall
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