Bark-graft followup

A follow up of the apricot, plum and nectarine bark grafts on a dark red plum tree. This is maybe a month after the grafts were originally done.

The nectarine (grafted to front-left branch as seen in the video) is doing very well on one scion, with well defined leaves sprouted. The other two scions seem to have failed, but one is all we need.

The yellow plum variety (grafted to the back branch as seen in the video) also has leaves sprouting on two scions, and is coming on well. Eventually we will probably remove one of these grafts so there is only one to take over that branch.

The apricot (grafted to front-right as seen in the video) is slowest, and has been set back by an attack of aphids, which seem to be farmed by some ants. Even so, there are two scions out of three that have signs of growth, with several buds sprouting on each.

The experiment is going well, and I'll continue to post follow ups in the future.

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[minhle3]

how long will it takes to find out the buds grow? When did you grafted? Is it spring or summer. I have a apricot tree and some of the branches are dying, I am planning to graft this spring. Thanks for sharing a video.

[vaughano2]

@minhle3 the grafting was done in late winter (August 2009). By September the scions had started shooting, and I've just had (summer 2011) a crop of about 15 apricots from the branches that developed from the two scions that succeeded!

I should note that the peaches and nectarines I tried to graft this way all failed. whether that's an incompatibility between the peach/nectarine scions and the plum, or something else I don't know.

[minhle3]

how long will it takes to find out the buds grow?