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[nafex] grafting



1. In mid July a generous Nafexer gave me a stick of honeycrisp that had 
been in the fridge a long while.....grafted it onto m.prunifolia July 15 and 
yesterday it showed 8" growth already. I'll no longer worry if all my 
grafting isn't done by May 1.

2. Same fellow gave me  a stick of Zestar (previously zesta) the same day 
that had been laying out behind the shed in the scrap pile for some time. 
Got grafts to stick from it also, didn't think it was possible. 2 of the 
grafts are on wild hawthorne.

3. Just finished bud grafting various plums in the field. Many were quite 
small caliper (including the rootstock). So instead of doing the normal T 
cut and inserting the bud, I took a shaving down the rootstock stem, leaving 
it attached. Then cut off the top third of the 'shaving' and inserted the 
bud behind it. The 'shaving' held the bud nicely in place while beginning to 
wrap it.Surely this isn't a new method, what would it be called?   Sure 
worked easier for small stock.  Mn. Del



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