chip budding part 1- preparing the scion wood

Chip budding is a very useful method of propagating apple and other fruit trees. It is done in late summer, using a mature bud from a leaf axil of the current year's growth. You need a small, very sharp knife and a steady hand-PRACTICE until you can do it with ease before you try to do it for real. Its easy, I learned to do it from a drawing and got it right with a take rate of 70% first time

This is a handy technique for budding a pollinator variety into a self-sterile tree

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• chip
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• graft
• apple
• tree
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• propagation
• stephen
• hayes
• fruitwise

[ahmedhabibyar]

we are doing this chip budding in afghanistan since 5 days.

[stephenhayesuk]

I wish you every success.

[zeu97]

i will do that in 2 weeks :-)

[MadBadVoodo]

Five Stars!!

[scrumpyboy]

A timely video Stephen, I've just recieved scion wood for chip budding. Thanks.