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By [email protected] (Jake Rayson) on Feb 09, 2019 08:37 am
These are my rough and ready notes from the grafting workshop for my personal consumption.
Discussion about pollinator friendly flowers. Botanic Garden Wales research on top flowers for pollination, link to blurry slide from slideshow by @abigailjayne26. Also see Top 10 spring flowers foraged by honey bees for nectar and pollen
Excellent fruit tree reference OrangePippin.com
M116, recently developed, good disease resistance, harder to propagate, not readly available.
Can propagate rootstock by hardwood cuttings.
Triploid apple trees require specific diploid pollinating partners “You will need either one self-fertile apple variety (or crab-apple) or two other varieties which can cross-pollinate each other as well as the triploid variety.” Quote from Triploid apple varieties.
Crab-apple in a hedge if you don’t have room. Can graft crab-apple on suitable rootstock.
M116 relatively new rootstock, better disease resistance, harder to come by.
P22 rootstock, very dwarf. Can use as a test rootstock, for trying out different varieties and also for creating scions. Also, can use for crab-apple pollinator if limited space and want to grow triploid apple tree.
“The only way to do this is to start”! Fantastic advice from Steve :)
Recommended, Felco budding knife, about £15 inc. delivery.
Recommended rootstock supplier, Sheepwalk Nursery, 07854 106 930, [email protected]
Calendar
Dec/Jan Take scion cuttings from 1st year growth, keep in fridge in plastic bag
Feb end of, Whip & Tongue grafting
Mar→ for cleft graft
The order of grafting
Wrap rootstock roots in rag and inner tube tie
Cut scion, then match with cut on rootstock
Cut notch on both
Grafting tape & vaseline
Put in a pot for 1 year
Support join with bamboo cane
Remove tape when new stem grows
Rough sketch of process
