Bench grafting cherries?

[ahacker833]

Who are you going to call if you need 10 thousand grafts completed?

He does not graft like the majority of people here. He’s top working large diameter mature trees while most of us are adding a new variety to a scaffold or pencil sized limb. You can’t argue with his success. I’ve grafted several cherries and I always graft them the same stage I do apples and pears. That is usually when the vegatative growth begins. I’ve had very good success with cherries.

I agree that there’s a big difference between topworking and bench grafting. Also, with tart cherries, the scions from new growth seem to be pretty small in diameter compared to sweet cherries.