Spring is finally here for 2013.
We are past the equinox, so officially spring is here, and its Easter next week. So everything in the orchard
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How small can you graft – Bark or Rind Graft
Another way of grafting smaller diameter scions to larger rootstocks, is by using a bark or rind graft. This can
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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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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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Winter is with us this year, in the orchard.
After weeks of flooding before Xmas, and a few days of frost. We finally got a covering of snow. After
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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
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It depends as to whether you are grafting onto 1 – A new rootstock that is bare rooted or potted.
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A recent orchard visit – What a slope
A recent orchard visit near to Bristol, showed that apples can be grown at extreme locations. This orchard was on
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Autumn 2012 National collection of Hickories at Cockington Arboretum, Toquay, Devon
This was very much a big disappointment as I will explain. One could not go wrong, the map shows where
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