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Rules of thumb on when to topwork?
- Thread starter sandbur
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Turkey Creek
5 year old buck +
Seal the top of the stump so that moisture cant get in or out. Seal the end of the scion, some people go so far as to seal the scion in something like Parafilm though I have never bothered.
buckvelvet
5 year old buck +
My experience with that pear I did last year i'm taking into this spring to do an apple as well. I waited for bud to break which meant bark was slipping great. Peeled it back, stuck the scions in, wrapped it and pained it with i think those were wax covered. I did leave nurse branches as well, the scion healed in great and some grew as much as 4-5 feet. Nurse branch helps big time, if you don't have 1 the tree can supply to much moisture to the scion and actually kill it just the opposite of them drying out.
sandbur
5 year old buck +
I never heard of that with too much moisture. Interesting. Thanks.
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buckvelvet
5 year old buck +
Art my source for this info was from watching some Ken Coates videos on youtube, he is a commercial grafter on the west coast that top works thousands upon thousands of older orchards each year to new varieties.
sandbur
5 year old buck +
First topworks of the year. Winter Wildlife, Shafer, and Trail. Should I add something to the nurse branch or just leave it?
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I topworked some more seedlings. Got mine done. Used two of my seedlings for scion, also Linda Sweet and Altai Mtn.
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