HI Stephen, Thanks for all you videos, it helps tremendously. Could you post a video of a stab graft, I have to admit I don't understand getting cambium to cambium contact with the stab graft. Thanks Jim
@hhh4932 I wouldn't, why risk rodent damage and bacterial contamination? I store my scion wood in polythene bags in the refrigerator, alternatively could be stord in a wet sacking in a cool place.
Do you sell scion wood suitable for grafting yourself? If not have you any idea who would be prepared to post some to me in Poland? I'd like to graft a couple of common English varieties onto a 2 year old tree here as they are unknown in the shops.
@swpsenglish Hi. I have been known to post scion wood. I'm not sure about Polish regulations though, some countries have very strict laws forbidding import of uncertified plant material. If you have a Polish friend (thousands of Poles live in Southampton) who will be coming home for Easter 2011 I could let then have some freely, the problem is the wood drying out or overheating in the post.
You could try some of the nurseries I list under links from my fruitwise (dot) net
Hi, I have a giant crab apple tree with lots of suckers coming out of the ground all around about 1/2 a meter tall. Our fuji apple tree makes great. I'd like to prune the fuji and use the clippings to graft onto the suckers of the crab apple tree. Would I get a quality tree? Also now is the time to graft so can I graft now and then this winter dig up the suckers that worked or should I wait and transplant the trees and graft next year? Thanks Alabama
Hi, I learned a lot from your vid. I stump grafted a pear tree that never produced with some of my better pears and a year later is looks great. I plan to try more. Thank you very much! Alabama
Wow I grafted a pear tree on a wild rootstock back home in april last year and used wire to tighten the grafts to the bark(trunk)...I hope the grafts are not injured or dead...
I will call my cousin to cut the wire off them before they die...i can see where the tape dug into the grafts in this video.
Wire is risky and will cut in and kill the growing tree if left. As you can see even heavily wound polythene tape can cut in although usually it will stretch enough.
Profesional grafters use rubber strips which maintain tension for just long enough and then lose their stretch and eventually rot in sunlight. This saves labour, very important if you graft thousands of trees.
but polythene strips cut from freezer bags work well enough for me-but watch carefully and remove it in time!
I called my cousin overseas yesterday to cut it for me...that was the only one I used wire on....the rest I tied with a fibrous white string....that should have rotted by the sun all summer.
I took the advice of locals who use mud and wire to work with graftings. I won't again...just tape next time.
Thanks a lot for these videos. It's great to see the grafts progress over time. I just planted my first 9 apple trees, and I want to graft onto them with wood from an apple tree that I believe was planted by my great-great grandfather. It is a very large, old looking tree growing in the middle of a forest in northern Minnesota where his homestead had been. When do you think would be the earliest I could try grafting onto my trees?
You can graft on to any live apple tree, the key timing is to harvest and sore the 'pencils' of scion wood in late winter, store it cool and moist, then graft in early spring. i explain this in several of the other videos.
Hi, thanks as always for this informative series... do you ever use grafting wax?
And what's your opinion of grafting tape? They say it simply rots away as time passes... just curious.
All my grafts seem to be taking, so many thanks to you, I've saved samples from a friend who has 150 year old apple trees that are at their useful end... he also passed away last week (well into his 80's) I was happy to use this method for preservation of heritage apples.
Hi. as mentioned, i do use grafting wax where necesary, e3.g. cleft graft. You don't need it with a saddle graft.
I haven't tried grafting tape, I have never seen it for sale. Tying in material must be non-porous and capable of applying firm pressure, polythene strips cut from freezer bags do this, but can cut in as I show here if not removed in time. however, it IS possible to remove them in time!
Rubber strips are used commercially, they rot in sunlight so fall off by themselves.
Quite so Charles, the filming wasn't as good as it might have been. I didn't have my faithful assistant so was filming while doing. Unfortunately I can't really re-make this video since the tape has been removed. Crude but better than nothing as a follow up to the saddle graft video which has attracted a lot of interest..
does the scar on the wood stay there long?
ec123456789able 6 months ago
HI Stephen, Thanks for all you videos, it helps tremendously. Could you post a video of a stab graft, I have to admit I don't understand getting cambium to cambium contact with the stab graft. Thanks Jim
jimtmacd 1 year ago
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Could I preserve the apple rind cuts buried in the earth till is time to use them in April?
I do that with the vine rinds; just dig a hole in the soil and they preserve ok
I live upon a mountain valley, in Greece regeon
hhh4932 1 year ago
Could I preserve the apple rind cuts buried i the earth till is time to use them in April?
I do that with the vine rinds; just dig a hole in the soil and they preserve ok
I live upon a mountain valley, in Greece regeon
hhh4932 1 year ago
@hhh4932 I wouldn't, why risk rodent damage and bacterial contamination? I store my scion wood in polythene bags in the refrigerator, alternatively could be stord in a wet sacking in a cool place.
stephenhayesuk 1 year ago
Do you sell scion wood suitable for grafting yourself? If not have you any idea who would be prepared to post some to me in Poland? I'd like to graft a couple of common English varieties onto a 2 year old tree here as they are unknown in the shops.
Yours
Ian
swpsenglish 1 year ago
@swpsenglish Hi. I have been known to post scion wood. I'm not sure about Polish regulations though, some countries have very strict laws forbidding import of uncertified plant material. If you have a Polish friend (thousands of Poles live in Southampton) who will be coming home for Easter 2011 I could let then have some freely, the problem is the wood drying out or overheating in the post.
You could try some of the nurseries I list under links from my fruitwise (dot) net
stephenhayesuk 1 year ago
Hi, I have a giant crab apple tree with lots of suckers coming out of the ground all around about 1/2 a meter tall. Our fuji apple tree makes great. I'd like to prune the fuji and use the clippings to graft onto the suckers of the crab apple tree. Would I get a quality tree? Also now is the time to graft so can I graft now and then this winter dig up the suckers that worked or should I wait and transplant the trees and graft next year? Thanks Alabama
rtlmf 2 years ago
Hi, I learned a lot from your vid. I stump grafted a pear tree that never produced with some of my better pears and a year later is looks great. I plan to try more. Thank you very much! Alabama
rtlmf 2 years ago
Wow I grafted a pear tree on a wild rootstock back home in april last year and used wire to tighten the grafts to the bark(trunk)...I hope the grafts are not injured or dead...
I will call my cousin to cut the wire off them before they die...i can see where the tape dug into the grafts in this video.
agrotis79 2 years ago
Wire is risky and will cut in and kill the growing tree if left. As you can see even heavily wound polythene tape can cut in although usually it will stretch enough.
Profesional grafters use rubber strips which maintain tension for just long enough and then lose their stretch and eventually rot in sunlight. This saves labour, very important if you graft thousands of trees.
but polythene strips cut from freezer bags work well enough for me-but watch carefully and remove it in time!
stephenhayesuk 2 years ago
@stephenhayesuk
I fear the tree could be dead or suffering...
I called my cousin overseas yesterday to cut it for me...that was the only one I used wire on....the rest I tied with a fibrous white string....that should have rotted by the sun all summer.
I took the advice of locals who use mud and wire to work with graftings. I won't again...just tape next time.
agrotis79 2 years ago
Thanks a lot for these videos. It's great to see the grafts progress over time. I just planted my first 9 apple trees, and I want to graft onto them with wood from an apple tree that I believe was planted by my great-great grandfather. It is a very large, old looking tree growing in the middle of a forest in northern Minnesota where his homestead had been. When do you think would be the earliest I could try grafting onto my trees?
SamuelitoRubio 2 years ago
You can graft on to any live apple tree, the key timing is to harvest and sore the 'pencils' of scion wood in late winter, store it cool and moist, then graft in early spring. i explain this in several of the other videos.
stephenhayesuk 2 years ago
Hi, thanks as always for this informative series... do you ever use grafting wax?
And what's your opinion of grafting tape? They say it simply rots away as time passes... just curious.
All my grafts seem to be taking, so many thanks to you, I've saved samples from a friend who has 150 year old apple trees that are at their useful end... he also passed away last week (well into his 80's) I was happy to use this method for preservation of heritage apples.
HTCSWEOD 2 years ago
Hi. as mentioned, i do use grafting wax where necesary, e3.g. cleft graft. You don't need it with a saddle graft.
I haven't tried grafting tape, I have never seen it for sale. Tying in material must be non-porous and capable of applying firm pressure, polythene strips cut from freezer bags do this, but can cut in as I show here if not removed in time. however, it IS possible to remove them in time!
Rubber strips are used commercially, they rot in sunlight so fall off by themselves.
stephenhayesuk 2 years ago
PS I'm glad your friend lived to a good old age, its still sad though.
If my grafting videos have helped you to preserve the DNA of a worthy old heritage apple, it has all been well worth while and I am well rewarded.
stephenhayesuk 2 years ago
as always nice vid steve
taono 2 years ago
Informative, but camera skills need some work.
pcharles67 2 years ago
Quite so Charles, the filming wasn't as good as it might have been. I didn't have my faithful assistant so was filming while doing. Unfortunately I can't really re-make this video since the tape has been removed. Crude but better than nothing as a follow up to the saddle graft video which has attracted a lot of interest..
thanks
stephenhayesuk 2 years ago
Five Stars!
MadBadVoodo 2 years ago