Subject: [NAFEX] grafting skill for pawpaw vs. two trees in a hole
Date: Fri, 1 Sep 2006 00:11:15 -0400
Bass,
Am writing from the NAFEX meeting in Lexington.
Another NAFEXer here confirmed today that pawpaw is about the easiest thing we graft. It's a great wood to try on, to learn on. Very supple wood is forgiving, and therefore pretty easy to get a good cambium match.
If concerned about two trees being a crowd, I'd suggest this is a good time to convert that concern in to the millenia-old skill of grafting.
Lee Reich notes that his hort professor taught that "any fool can graft", so that encouraged me to plunge in, give it a try, and be willing to learn from my failures.
Richard Moyer
[NAFEX] grafting skill for pawpaw vs. two trees in a hole,
Richard Moyer, 09/01/2006