My Smith Tree Grafting Update: Trunk Air-Layering

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ross

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Posted 1475771756 · Edited	Reply with quote #1

So for those that didn't see my previous video.. I grafted Smith onto a 20 gallon Brown Turkey rootstock and saw incredible results in terms of growth. 255 inches of growth in only 4 months! Yesterday I chopped that tree down. Why?! Because shortly after my Smith graft took.. I air layered the trunk of the rootstock, and now I'm left with another stump for grafting next year!! I also decided to do the same thing to my 20 gallon Kadota tree. I air-layered off the branching, and will use the rootstock next spring for grafting. These WERE my two largest trees: Anyway the first video is of my grafting experience & the second is of the air-layering I did yesterday. Enjoy! __________________ Ross - Zone 6B/7A - Philadelphia My Cultivar List / Pictures! / My YouTube

pino

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Posted 1475772219	Reply with quote #2

Congrats on your grafting and air layering success. What grafting methods were successful for you? __________________ Pino, zone 6, Niagara, JCJ Acres Wish; Peace on earth and more figs Italian 258, Galicia Negra, Luv, trade suggestions welcome.

ross

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Quote: Originally Posted by pino Congrats on your grafting and air layering success. What grafting methods were successful for you? Pino, I've tried most of them, but my highest success was by matching up the diameter.. nothing fancy. __________________ Ross - Zone 6B/7A - Philadelphia My Cultivar List / Pictures! / My YouTube

figoffrandy

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@ Ross, when you say matching up the diameter, do you mean cleft, saddle, or whip & tongue? Great video btw, crazy growth for a first year graft and you've inspired me to graft onto some vigorous brown turkeys I have sitting around. I also might have to try that air-layer on a few of my potted trees that I feel are a bit too tall to bring them down a foot or so __________________ Georgia - Zone 8a My Current Figs: O'Rourke, LSU Tiger, LSU Scott's Black, LSU Hollier, LSU Improved Celeste, LSU Scotts Yellow, LSU Champagne, LSU Gold, LSU Purple, Strawberry Verte, Col de Dame Noir, Figo Preto, Nero 600 M, Raspberry Latte, Chicago Hardy, Celeste, Brown Turkey, Violette de Bordeaux, Kadota Wish List: RdB, Colonel Littman's Black Cross

ross

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Stephen Hayes calls it the saddle graft: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7UC5Dr3tWDc Mine is the reverse of that. Instead, the scion is the male and the rootstock is the female. __________________ Ross - Zone 6B/7A - Philadelphia My Cultivar List / Pictures! / My YouTube

haslamhulme

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Posted 1475783521	Reply with quote #6

Stephen Hayes is the man!, glad someone else here knows of him,his methods are shown on apples and pears but the Grafts are the same and principles still apply.Ross those are some real good results,really shows that the graft you did had real good cambium contact so your BT did its job as a root power house to pack energy into the scion.Ive had good results with saddle graft(learnt from Stephen) on apples,it's a really good graft in terms of cambium contact-lots of cambium to match up but I think that makes it fuse all round really well and makes for a good strong graft because the weight is all downwards and the wood is fusing on both sides at the same time __________________ Haroon,Birmingham UK,Europe,USDA zone 8 Growing:B.Turkey,Jerusalem,V.Dauphine,Pd.Dalmatie W.Adriatic, RDB,Goute D'or,W.Marsailles,Bavarian Violet,Ali Pasha,Falls Gold, Alma,W.Broggioto,Conadria,G.Ischia,Celeste,a dozen unknowns Deceased:Mission( received new cuttings from a generous member today,thank you!)

tinyfish

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Posted 1475784217	Reply with quote #7

Very informative. I might be ready to try a graft one day.

figoffrandy

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Thanks for the reference I will definitely have to give this a try __________________ Georgia - Zone 8a My Current Figs: O'Rourke, LSU Tiger, LSU Scott's Black, LSU Hollier, LSU Improved Celeste, LSU Scotts Yellow, LSU Champagne, LSU Gold, LSU Purple, Strawberry Verte, Col de Dame Noir, Figo Preto, Nero 600 M, Raspberry Latte, Chicago Hardy, Celeste, Brown Turkey, Violette de Bordeaux, Kadota Wish List: RdB, Colonel Littman's Black Cross

ross

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Posted 1475885706	Reply with quote #9

Quote: Originally Posted by tinyfish Very informative. I might be ready to try a graft one day. You should! Try them all to get a feel for it. __________________ Ross - Zone 6B/7A - Philadelphia My Cultivar List / Pictures! / My YouTube

Smyfigs

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Posted 1475916141	Reply with quote #10

Thanks for sharing through your videos. Really enjoyed the detail of the up potting vid. Unbelievable growth on that grafted fig! I have been interested in trying grafting. Its encouraging to see growth like that! When is the best time to graft? __________________ Meg-Hardiness Zone 10a Looking for... Socorro Blk Wuhan Jolly Tiger Lamperia Preta Herschtetten St. Jean Black Ischia "The best way to show my gratitude is to accept everything, even my problems, with joy." ~ Mother Teresa "Do not pass by a man in need for you may be the hand of God to him." ~Proverbs 3:27~ "He performs wonders that cannot be fathomed, miracles that cannot be counted." ~Job 5:4

ross

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Posted 1475933281	Reply with quote #11

Meg, The best time is the beginning of the spring. You want temps over 70F. __________________ Ross - Zone 6B/7A - Philadelphia My Cultivar List / Pictures! / My YouTube

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