Copper beech graft

[treeseer]

Is there any use to trying surgery to remove the included bark at the graft point, so tissues above and below can connect?

 

Such surgery can work in branch unions--why not incomplete grafts?

Response Growth after Pruning Compartmentalization Rules!.pdf

[Jake Andrews]

Can you expand on this practise Guy? It's not something iv heard of before.

[treeseer]

Can you expand on this practise Guy? It's not something iv heard of before.

 

See the first column in the poster. What part is unclear?

[Jake Andrews]

Is there any use to trying surgery to remove the included bark at the graft point, so tissues above and below can connect?

 

Such surgery can work in branch unions--why not incomplete grafts?

 

The 'surgery' of removing included bark.

[Gary Prentice]

I'm not sure that this is something that can 'fixed' by working externally. I did read a very good explanatory paper about graft incompatibility a while back but can't find it now.

 

I did come across this paper that expands on some of the issues, but there is quite a lot of research available. Unfortunately, most of it involves young trees less than 4-5 years after grafting.

Graft compatability in woody plants - Frank Santamour.pdf

[arbwork]

another one here at Wakehurst Place

[treeseer]

The 'surgery' of removing included bark.

Removing damaged tissue; pruning. If surgery connotes invasion, it's not surgery. It looks like there could be more pluses than minuses in trying a little.

[Pinkfoot]

I suppose you could try some sort of bridging graft to trees that seem in danger.

Trouble with grafting beech is they are not easy to get to take.