saddle graft follow up and stab graft

Another follow up of some grafting I did a while back, posted in the interest of the many folks who have kindly viewed and starred these videos and seem to appreciate the practical demonstration of fruit tree grafting techniques. Hope this isn't getting boring, before long I really will have said and shown all I can possible contribute on the subject, but grafting is a useful skill and books are hard to come by.

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Education

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• fruit
• tree
• apple
• grafting
• saddle
• graft

[hhh4932]

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

[stephenhayesuk]

@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.

[swpsenglish]

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

[stephenhayesuk]

@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

[agrotis79]

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.

[stephenhayesuk]

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!

[ec123456789able]

does the scar on the wood stay there long?

[jimtmacd]

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

[rtlmf]

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]

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

[agrotis79]

@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.