Update on Mistletoe Grafting – May 2023
We have an update here on an apple tree that was grafted with scions already with mistletoe (latin name Viscum
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Category: Fruit and Nut growing experiences
Fruit and Nut growing experiences (trials and tribulations)
Another update on Mason Bees – May 2023
One of the most important requirements for a Mason Bee is mud !! Where we are situated it is not
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Grafting Large Diameter Asian Pear Scions – May 2023
We had the need to graft a relatively large diameter scion of an ‘Asian Pear – Okusankchi’. The scion was
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Three variety Cherry Tree – May 2023
This sort of graft we have performed a number of times with apples, but we have not done it with
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Graft Failure – May 2023
We occasionally have graft failures, normally they are due to 3rd parties, like pigeons, crows, wind, dog etc etc. But
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Grafting Mistletoe onto and old Apple tree – August 2022
Grafting Mistletoe onto and old Apple tree – August 2022
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Drought 2022 – We are Doomed – August 2022
Here we are another Spring and Summer, and its August 2022, locally we are sooner to go into a ‘hosepipe’
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Update on Ripe Fruit – 17th July 2022
Update on Ripe Fruit – 17th July 2022
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Perils of using Green waste compost, steer clear. 2022
The perils of using Green waste compost, steer clear.
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Summer Grafting July 2022
Well I have the need to graft (not budding) some apples, but I have run out of rootstocks?? What do
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