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I always use buds from the current years growth. Yes, the buds are
dormant but they developed this spring and summer. I always use the
petiole (or leaf stem) as a handle to put the bud in place. I am attaching a picture. Left hand side is the budstick. Right hand side is an example of putting the bud in place. The lowest cut is just the T in the sample host, the middle is the bud put in place, and the top is after the tie with the budding strip. You would normally only put one per host limb but I have put three just to show the process. The sample happens to be cherry but apple is the same. Bob Hartman Western Washington John Henderson wrote: August is the right time for T-bud grafting, but you need to have done some advance planning back last winter, since I've always been advised that budsticks (source of scion buds) must be dormant. |
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