The Overthinking It Grafting Blues

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i grafted 2 varieties on oposite sides but at the same height, like show on the pictures i posted here.

Double U espalier training from bench graft

i don’t know if the super smal latent buds at the start of this years growth. (you use those since they are only mm apart in hight) are mature enough in june. id be worried you’d just foce a latent bud lower on the stem to sprout. if your in a rush you can do 2 oposite chip buds. like i did last year (and this) see my profile picture. or this picture [growingfruitavatar - Copy] [image (13) - Copy c] [image (16) - Copy c] [image (19) - Copy c] id recomend locking your thumbs and a sharp kni…

And a 3e one immediatly above it. (2 on oposite sides to form “horizontal” esapaliers. And the 3e, to continue the stem.

I did the grafts on rootstocks that where braking dormancy. and rubbed off the buds of the rootstock. This might have halped in making 2/3 buds grow a shoot.
Also the close proximity helps i think.

I would not graft them far apart. im pretty sure only 1 would sprout than. And surpres the others from growing a shoot.

Also put the smallest bud in the 3e position (slightly higher then others) in the hopes it would sprout a little later.

im still experimenting with it though. So not sure i can recomend it. It’s definitly not a garanteed and reliable way. But might be worth a try if your out of space/rootstocks.