Bit of tree budding for you.

[Pinkfoot]

Filmed my Didicoy mate budding a few Lutescens to learn the younguns how to tie in.

 

Tree budding:

[Gollum]

Hello Pinkfoot,

 

Thought I would add a similar attachment of myself budding.

From your vid I would assume that you also do rose budding as well.

I am sure that we get the same result from tree budding but we do it the opposite way round to each other.

Hope this attachment works.

 

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[Pinkfoot]

Gollum , my boss uses his left hand to put the bud in ,same as you.

I only do this with T budding.

You appear to be using a grafting knife also , another difference .

The result will be the same though.

Nice work.

[Goaty]

Budding days. Hamstrings like guitar strings and rock hard buttocks and almost losing the ability to stand up straight at the end of the row. Memories for me, if bureaucrats knew about it they would be regulating it.

 

 

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[Pinkfoot]

I have been doing it for nigh on 40 years now.

It has given me some real muscle problems and pain and I am still seeing a specialist for Piriformis syndrome , but it's better than it was.

It is very hard on the body.

[Goaty]

I have successfully budded rows but mainly done tying.

Not surprised at muscle problems, it's a real stretch for the muscles, painful to start with then somehow you just accept and tolerate it. The nursery I've done it at now grafts a lot during winter. Still tedious. A satisfying accomplishment though.

Young persons game, just finding the good young un!!!

[Pinkfoot]

It's pretty hard to get a good tyer these days , I normally have a new one every year.

Last year the bosses son and his mate , both 17 , and we had a great laugh .

This year just the mate and he is a good lad , wants to be an airline pilot and it will cost him £100,000 to do it.

I hope he succeeds.

 

Does your nursery line the grafts out in the field as they do on the continent ?

[Goaty]

Grafts on to 2-3 yr cell grown stock according to species. Grown in trays in greenhouse until late spring. Potted into 2 litres. Most sold in the autumn. Some reach 6ft!

Probably 5000 planted in the field each year. I don't work there much these days.

 

 

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