They are officially open for 2024 Bench Graft orders.
So…are there multiple comments on these folks posted anyplace?
But I don’t need any benchgrafts.
I don’t know anything about them other than their website. Just posting them as I found their list impressive which they admit is made from various sources they have access to.
I had a negative experience with them last year. Was new to grafting and figured I should get some bench grafts as back up; ordered 18 euro pear bench grafts on OHxF87 and he said he could do them; only did 15 and 8 grafts never took and even one rootstock never even budded out. It is not that the grafts budded out then failed - they never even budded out at all. Ridiculous. He was hard to get a hold of, then sent a check for the 3 he told me he could do but didn’t, and then that check bounced…
I cannot recommend them. Complete waste of time, money, and energy.
guess not! always amazes me when people sell fresh unestablished grafts. The likelihood of them doing well just seems inordinately low & Ive seen people charge premium prices for what’s effectively a potted up wholesale rootstock with a quick whip graft.
Many moons ago, I planted a couple of bench grafts from:
I had no duds.
At the time, I had little inclination to do my own grafting, and this was an expeditious and economical way of obtaining the scion varieties I wanted.
Keep in mind benchgrafts are just that. The benefit to wagon wheel is they may offer something impossible to find elsewhere. One row of trees i grafted last year i had nearly 100% failures. It was sprinkling that day which caused the issue. Nearly all other grafts grew well. Still grafts are not established trees. Most of us figure on a 90% or higher overall success rate. Many times we get 100% of grafts to take but lose them in wind storms, to birds, fireblight, etc. . If i tried to plant out bench grafts directly i would lose 100% of them. New trees should be allowed to grow a year or two at least here before grafting them.
I hate transplanting, and even more growing in pots. I much prefer to establish the rootstock and then graft in the field. But when I have bench grafted, I’ve usually planted out directly with mixed results.
I started my home orchard hobby in a small suburban lot and more than a decade on, am still adjusting to being out in the woods.
You mean to say the rain got on the cut faces of scions and stock causing failure?
I had a terrible experience with them years ago. Pretty shady place.
Ditto - it was horrible