Budding again

[Gollum]

Well it's that time of year again.

we started on Saturday a bit earlier than normal, we don't usually start until the 10th of this month.

Dose any one ells do this commercially?

 

 

 

 

[RobArb]

what are you grafting there?

[Graham]

Not done any budding since nursery practice at college. Are Tina knives still the ones to use?

[Gollum]

what are you grafting there?

 

Howgate onto m106

we have got all the apples and malus done.

Moved onto cherries and after that it will be the sorbus.

[Gollum]

Not done any budding since nursery practice at college. Are Tina knives still the ones to use?

 

Yes they are

[agg221]

Well it's that time of year again.

we started on Saturday a bit earlier than normal, we don't usually start until the 10th of this month.

Dose any one ells do this commercially?

 

Not really commercially, but I'll be doing a few cherries later this month. I don't have a good source for the apple or pear varieties I'm after so will probably end up buying them in.

 

Alec

[slack ma girdle]

Are you creating family trees, or are you going to remove the wood above the graft once it has taken ?

What are the advantages of bud grafting over notch grafting ?

[Gollum]

Not really commercially, but I'll be doing a few cherries later this month. I don't have a good source for the apple or pear varieties I'm after so will probably end up buying them in.

 

Alec

 

What varieties are you after ?

[Gollum]

Are you creating family trees, or are you going to remove the wood above the graft once it has taken ?

What are the advantages of bud grafting over notch grafting ?

 

yes the top of the rootstock will be cut off in march.

the advantage of budding over notch grafting in this instance is 1 it's quicker and 2 you get a better tree.

I average about 200 per hour with someone tying behind me, depending on variety.

[Graham]

yes the top of the rootstock will be cut off in march.

the advantage of budding over notch grafting in this instance is 1 it's quicker and 2 you get a better tree.

I average about 200 per hour with someone tying behind me, depending on variety.

 

I'd be well pleased at 200 in a day:001_smile: