How small can you graft – Cleft Graft
Some varieties of trees only produce spindly small diameter scion wood, and very often you have a rootstock that is
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Category: Fruit and Nut growing experiences
Fruit and Nut growing experiences (trials and tribulations)
How small can you graft – 2mm diameter
Just how small can you graft. Well its as long as you can get cambium contact between scion and rootstock.
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Scion Storeage
It is always asked, just how do you store scions ?? Well there are times of the year when my
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Cordon training of Apple trees
Ok I did it the wrong way round, I put the trees in first before putting the post and wires
Continue readingWhen to start grafting – I think I could write a book on this.
It depends as to whether you are grafting onto 1 – A new rootstock that is bare rooted or potted.
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The deer are about now, some of the apple trees have been chewed a bit, the bark and the shoot
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2012 Hazel Harvest Statistics
Just my rough unscientific cracking out rate of hazel varieties. In comparison to 2011 cracking out rates , its looking
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Black Vine Weevil (Otiorhynchus sulcatus) control
The following is an abridged version taken from http://www.dejex.co.uk with the Vine Weevil Life Cycle image taken from www.scottsprofessional.co.uk/files/tLXLwyPY6K.pdf. Also
Continue readingFire blight bacterium (Erwina amylovora)
The european fire blight control agent called Blossom Protect. It works by applying a living bacterium that is specifically antagonistic
Continue readingPeach Leaf Curl (Taphrina deformans)
This year peach leaf curl has been devastating. Virtually affecting all of my peaches, nectarines, but not to any great
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