I dont usually cut it from the main scion branch until Ive got it shaped and fitted how I want it, I cut it right before the parafilm goes on typically.
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I think this is probably true for most circumstances. However, I’m frameworking a pear tree and have read it is better to use longer scions (6-8 buds recommended).
I did 8 apple grafts on M26 this year. Many of them are looking pretty good. I think that 3 of them have shoot growth and 2 are getting close to shoot growth. One did not leaf out and the last 2 have leaf growth but might just be scion energy. Given that it was my first year grafting, I think that it is looking like it went pretty well. All of the grafts were cleft grafts and for these I had just used parafilm.
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the scions seem to always be 8 or 9 inches ish. I cut them in half and make sure there’s at least 3 buds on each, but I often end up with a long scion this way. I think 4 buds, 5 buds.
one normal, one a bit long. i do wrap them, it’s arid here.
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High of 58-60 today. Was 93 on the 15th. Still too variable to graft walnut. Thinking June 1-15 may be ideal. Someone said low of 65 high of 85 is ideal for field grafting walnut.
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Im going to need to graft a bunch of walnut in a few years when my seedlings get big enough. I dont really get stable temps in my location… Hopefully I can get some to take.
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Black walnut and Persian walnut can both be summer budded in late July. You might be better off learning how to set greenwood buds.
I can provide about 30 varieties of black walnut scions though most are not adapted to your area. McGinnis, S127, Cranz, and Sparrow would be worth looking up if you are interested in black walnuts.
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JT02 graft on the DV finally shown some movement, the bud is swelling and greening up.
As for the Kasandra graft, I’m still holding out slight hope as I bumped and bent the graft and tried to straighten it back… but not so sure it’ll heal.
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Hey everyone, grafts seems to be going well on my apple. I just wound them up really tight with flagging tape, when should I remove the tape? It’s been about a month
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Youll be able to see when it starts to restrict growth. I use stretchy electrical tape usually but put it on pretty tight you you can see when it needs to come off by looking. Usually ill take them off early fall or even next spring, depends a lot on how fast the branch is growing.
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How long do you guys keep the tape over the grafting point? Is it good enough to remove it or should I keep it for longer. It’s my first successful graft so from this point on it’s a completely unexplored territory for me.
Leave it until next year. This year, you’re more likely to do harm than good.
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For me 3 to 6 months after the graft took. It may depend on how tight you wrap it, how fast the is scion growing, and if you are in a high wing area. There was a time when both the host and scion was growing so fast that I have to take out the old parafilm and reapply it to support it.
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No winds here, but it does get very sunny in summer so my concern with removing it is that the graft point will dry out. The concern with keeping it is if it can develop some disease there with all the moisture trapped in.
Sounds like the consensus is keeping it so I’ll do that! Maybe will reapply it though, I am worried that the plastic will get stuck somewhere and it starts growing around it.
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Hard to tell from-pic, but you may have rootstock suckers at the soil level, if so pinch them off.
I usually remove my tapes about 6-8 weeks after they are growing to prevent girdling. It’s usually a delicate task, just takes extra care. Looks like a healthy graft.
Best wishes
Dennis
Kent, Wa
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I would not keep it over winter. I actually had some rotten grafts because of the grafting parafilm kept over winter.
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I finished most of my grafting for the season today. Just have a couple of persimmons waiting on the rootstock to really get going.
This is Toka onto Adara on a cherry tree. I cut each to one node before wrapping in grafting rubbers then Buddy tape.
I’m bringing the canopy down by 4 feet or so on this European plum tree. I grafted Geneva Mirabelle back to it after cutting of the Mirabelles that were grafted 7 or 8 feet high in my very first attempt to get above deer browse many years back.
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