rind and cleft graft follow up

Follow up to the tree I grafted over earlier this year using rind and cleft grafts. a partial success. I have had better results than this grafting on to smaller branches rather than the main trunk. Mosst of the grafts have taken but they have not grown strongly. they shoudl grow away next year. Ideally also the grass and weeds should not have been allowed to grow all round the tree, since it competes for water and nutrient.

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• Fruitwise
• apple
• orchard
• grind
• cleft
• graft

[toroden100]

We just had a large ash tree fall into an approx. 12 year old apple tree. Pretty much all of the branches have been broken off of the apple tree. The apple tree have very good tasting apples. Considering the time of the year, what would be the best way to try to save the tree and the apples. Would a bud graft be good, or is it too early? Is there any way to prepare scion wood from the existing tree at this time of year? Thank You

[stephenhayesuk]

@toroden100 Too bad. My advice wold be to prune the tree clean back into unbroken branches, if you have 'green sticvk' fractures you might consider bindng them up. You can't graft with much hope of success using scion wood cut at this time of year, but you may be surprised at how well the tree will grow back if you just tidy it up. You can do budding in July.

[stephenhayesuk]

PS this tree was later cut down since it wasn't doing at all well. Most of my other grafta have succeeded much better. This one failed eventually due to fungal disease, which probably was due to neglect. Never mind.

[binashraf]

thanks! nice to see they lived :) do you know how to graft onto a root stock? and what kind of root stocks can you use for apple trees? thnx

[stephenhayesuk]

technique for grafting on to a root stock depends on the diameter of the stock. For a smaller stock llike you would get from a nursery, the saddle graft is best by far, i have shown this elsewhere.

In Britain M27 is the smallest stock, M25 is the biggest, MM 106 is the most generally useful 'medium' rootststock. The names and numbers are different in the USA, you need to do some research where you are.

you can graft any apple scion on to any apple stock, the main variable is final size

[binashraf]

does it have to be an apple stock? or can you use the roots from any other tree?

[MadBadVoodo]

Five Stars!!

[SamuelitoRubio]

Thanks for the video, I have been wondering how this tree was doing.