Greetings,
You want to remove all of the leaf blade but leave some of the petiole. It
serves as a "handle" while manipulating the bud. If the petiole abscises
(falls off) you likely have a take. If it shrivels and remains attached you
probably don't.
Steve Herje
Lone Rock, WI
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bob Hartman" <hartmansfruittrees@wport.com>
To: "North American Fruit Explorers" <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Monday, August 07, 2006 11:01 PM
Subject: Re: [NAFEX] apple grafting
Ginda,
If I understand you right, the leaf part was still attached to the
petiole. If that is correct the leaf should be removed because it will
cause the budded part to transpire and you don't want it to lose
moisture. Of course if the leaf part is very small it may not have an
effect on it.
Bob
list@ginda.us wrote:
I also left a little bit of the leaf - should I cut that off? (The
drawings in the book showed no leaf at all, but the stick I took had
leaves.)
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