Whip toung…
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Today I removed my Tarp rubber tension on a Topworking graft of my Tompkins King apple tree. Due to a rather large 10” diameter cut that I wanted to heal, I used 9 scions and applied tension with the concept that @TNHunter illustrated earlier in this thread. Thanks to his idea I now have 7 of the 9 scions vigorously growing. Thanks Trev for your great concept that greatly simplified how this works.
Dennis
Kent, wa
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@DennisD… it looks great.
I was just desperate for something that might work and the tarp strap sure did.
I still have mine on my mulberry graft… and the scions on it are growing out the top of that 50" cattle panel cage now. The tallest is around 55" today. Since my scions are supported by that cage I may remove mine soon… the shoots from the buds on those scions are huge now 8 shoots up in that cage and most are a little over 1/2 inch in diameter now.
Growing like a weed for sure.
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Hi Dennis,
What’s the white stuff on the leaves?
Kaolin clay
Surround
Yes, I took mine off to prevent girdling the scions. Seems to be the easiest way to damage new growth. Last year I had Susquehanna pawpaw break off the top due tome leaving the tape onto long. This year I lost several nice grafts on my cherry top working due to same issue. So I have been more vigilant about splinting and removing the tapes once growth accelerates on a scion
Dennis
Kent, wa
Dennis
Quick questions:
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Can dormant Scions that still show green cambium when cut be successfully grafted in summer to an actively growing tree?
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Can I chip bud with summer bud wood to the stub of a failed rootstock graft? (See photo). Or only to the actively growing stem? The rootstock new growth isn’t big enough for anything yet.
Need advice on a D Virginiana persimmon rootstock and new grafts!
What is an adviseable method of saving this rootstock. It’s about six years old, still potted because I potted it for grafting after the rootstock outgrew a Giant Fuyu that I ordered. For several years my grafts failed, but it grew back two new shoots in 2021 so this spring I grafted it with two scions (Cardinal on left side and Fuyu on the right). I would like to grow both out assuming they can equally compete. I would like to know the best way to keep the center rootstock stub from rotting out and ultimately endangering either new shoot.
Below a pic of the plant
Options I am thinking about:
- Wait til it’s dormant and cut the central stub off with a sloping cut down from the higher graft on left towards the lower graft on the right. Seal the cut with pruning sealer. The sloping cut will avoid rainwater intrusion while the cut heals. There is a good chance I will see dead wood going down to each scion. So I am uncertain what to do about that?
- Decide which variety to save and remove all deadwood on the central stub.
- Consider a union graft, or bridge graft between the two scions to provide mutual support of both and plant the rootstock with the entire dead stub buried.
If you have had experience with this issue and know what might work best, please advise!
Dennis
Kent, wa
Yes you can chip bud during the summer if you do so now during the active growing season, but unless you want to add another variety, you may just prune off the central trunk just above the one active shoot and let it become the central leader since it’s already growing.
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Yes to both.
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I grafted apples to B9 and B118 rootstock this spring - my first time grafting scions.
I was 10 for 10 on B118 with 10 different varieties and they have all grown 2+ feet in pots.
I was 7 for 20 on B9 with 20 different varieties and none look particular strong - < 6" growth at most and they are all in ground in rich soil. A few may not make it by the looks of it.
I’ve read B9 is lower vigor - does vigor impact grafting success, as well as growth?
Will they turn around in year two and catch up?
Other results:
5 for 10 on persimmon rootstock
7 for 30 on three different stone fruit rootstock, even using hot callousing. Grafting to trees wasn’t any better. I need to reassess my approach.
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Looks like the Stewart graft is finally starting a nice second flush after the one that stalled earlier:
The Long South Gate bud on that branch has swollen a bit, but no real growth yet:
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My video how to graft cudrania tricuspidata (che fruit) 
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The leaf is getting bigger
this is a bud graft of a seedling of lucy glo I sprouted early this spring.
Another bud popping out from the same tree, I grafted a few just to make sure one of them took.
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I have never tried this . . . it seems ‘magical’! Very cool.
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It’s my first time doing it and it was pretty simple really. I will definitely be doing more of them. I started some seeds of lucy glo this early spring, and they grew enough for me to bud graft them onto a rootstock to get them to fruit earlier.
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I put 4 on it just to make sure at least one took, and they look to have all taken
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Sounds fine. Grafting tape is pretty close to saran wrap.