I finally figured out all those vegetative rootstock whips and suckrrs can be easily rooted for free rootstock. Perfectly legal as long as you don't sell them.
i start my tongue the same way as you. i see some start it straight. i have trouble cutting the tongue straight on.. from starting the tongue this way i have had trouble getting it to slide together. every year i get better and better. grafting in strange positions really helps you learn. anyone can graft on a bench lol. i experimented this year with grafting scions 1.5-2 feet long. looks like they are taking good for now. some i didnt support or brace. kinda want to see what i can get away with. a few i used this green stretchy self tacking tape. the tape has a clear plastic you have to remove. this tape is harder to find. works great pulling the graft together if you have a mismatch or large wood. i noticed last year the bigger the scion, the better the growth from the graft. i even got a ashmeads fruit from the same season graft scion. ashmeads has been super vigorous.
MRgreen I believe you’re right. Bigger scions are more vigorous in my experience too. I’ve never been a great grafter. But apples are a great tree to start learning. They are forgiving.
Great video , thanks for sharing. I bought few plants by the beginning of this year and they are growing well. And I want learnt grafting. When you say " wax " did you use anything, like aloevera, banana etc , at the tip or at the join part ?
Hi John, if I’m getting a dormant bareroot rootstock in the mail, should I plant and let the rootstock wake up for a few weeks before I attempt to graft a dormant scion to it?
Hi my friend, I have a question I hope you can answer. I want to plant an apple and peach orchard and I want a significant amount of trees and I can’t find information on this, are there Apple rootstock seeds I can buy and grow to young saplings myself? or are they just cut off a mother trees roots? I would like to have as many rootstocks for the cheapest cost because I want to offset the cost as much as possible because I plan on doing tall spindle for Apple and hex v for peaches which is quite expensive.
You can really only grow apple rootstock from seed and expect to get a full sized tree. I’ve seen some size variance, such as when planting crabapple seed, but it’s completely sporadic. You can “multiply” your rootstocks. One common method is termed stooling, I think. I expect peaches can be done the same way.
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Great grafting video and I like that you highlighted the poor-man's tall spindle system.
Prof.Kent thanks Kent!
I finally figured out all those vegetative rootstock whips and suckrrs can be easily rooted for free rootstock. Perfectly legal as long as you don't sell them.
What kind of tape did you use? I have duck tape.
i start my tongue the same way as you. i see some start it straight. i have trouble cutting the tongue straight on.. from starting the tongue this way i have had trouble getting it to slide together. every year i get better and better. grafting in strange positions really helps you learn. anyone can graft on a bench lol. i experimented this year with grafting scions 1.5-2 feet long. looks like they are taking good for now. some i didnt support or brace. kinda want to see what i can get away with. a few i used this green stretchy self tacking tape. the tape has a clear plastic you have to remove. this tape is harder to find. works great pulling the graft together if you have a mismatch or large wood. i noticed last year the bigger the scion, the better the growth from the graft. i even got a ashmeads fruit from the same season graft scion. ashmeads has been super vigorous.
MRgreen I believe you’re right. Bigger scions are more vigorous in my experience too. I’ve never been a great grafter. But apples are a great tree to start learning. They are forgiving.
Hey man, what has been your best all around rootstock to use for apple trees? Thanks a lot
Great video , thanks for sharing. I bought few plants by the beginning of this year and they are growing well. And I want learnt grafting. When you say " wax " did you use anything, like aloevera, banana etc , at the tip or at the join part ?
Hi John, if I’m getting a dormant bareroot rootstock in the mail, should I plant and let the rootstock wake up for a few weeks before I attempt to graft a dormant scion to it?
Hi my friend, I have a question I hope you can answer. I want to plant an apple and peach orchard and I want a significant amount of trees and I can’t find information on this, are there Apple rootstock seeds I can buy and grow to young saplings myself? or are they just cut off a mother trees roots? I would like to have as many rootstocks for the cheapest cost because I want to offset the cost as much as possible because I plan on doing tall spindle for Apple and hex v for peaches which is quite expensive.
You can really only grow apple rootstock from seed and expect to get a full sized tree. I’ve seen some size variance, such as when planting crabapple seed, but it’s completely sporadic. You can “multiply” your rootstocks. One common method is termed stooling, I think. I expect peaches can be done the same way.
Kuffel Creek & Stephen Hayes both have videos on stooling rootstocks.