To: "North American Fruit Explorers" <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
Subject: Re: [NAFEX] slow grafts-- don't worry
Date: Thu, 25 May 2006 07:10:35 -0500
I have always tried to rub off new sprouts on the root stock as they
appeared, unless the scion was obviously dead--then I would let a sprout grow
and try the root stock again next spring. But I have only been grafting with
any success for a couple of years.
Jim, in Menomonie, WI
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From: nafex-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org on behalf of Randall Burd
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Subject: [NAFEX] slow grafts-- don't worry
Thanks for the advice. I am being very, very patient. I have done almost a
dozen split grafts this spring with apples. So far, no growth on the grafted
wood but the root stock keeps showing new growth. Should I remove the new
growth on the rootstock in an attempt to get the tree to focus its energy on
the grafted wood? Thanks.