tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29834831.post8063962943605934576..comments2024-03-27T18:07:43.918-07:00Comments on Daniel's Pacific NW Garden: Graft Progress Report. New Grafts and Some Old Ones. 4.16.17Daniel Wachenheimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11009166706587141830noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29834831.post-72118812354851571912017-05-07T08:41:36.683-07:002017-05-07T08:41:36.683-07:00Great plum fruits! Mine are much smaller, tiny. ...Great plum fruits! Mine are much smaller, tiny. I started thinning them yesterday,and the Asian pears.Daniel Wachenheimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11009166706587141830noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29834831.post-51379218087683067092017-04-26T12:20:01.890-07:002017-04-26T12:20:01.890-07:00http://i1288.photobucket.com/albums/b499/lancegree...http://i1288.photobucket.com/albums/b499/lancegreen1/graft%20illus_zpslhgreend.jpg<br />shows plum graft took<br />http://i1288.photobucket.com/albums/b499/lancegreen1/DSCF9905_zpssuyjxjhy.jpg<br />shows fruitinglancehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03657961543274999017noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29834831.post-24180797056082137172017-04-26T12:09:03.952-07:002017-04-26T12:09:03.952-07:00Wow, good to know. My tape finally arrive from th...Wow, good to know. My tape finally arrive from the online order. Too late to use it but I'll remember to use your method next time that my paint got washed off. What a shame to lost a yr of pear and apple graft due to rain. I never thought of plastic bag wrappings. Silly me, you did mention them on older posts. <br /> A few apples that took is "Winston"" transparent de Cron" and "Katherine" but the long awaited "yellow Bellfower" and "King David" shows no signs of life.lancehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03657961543274999017noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29834831.post-15557639415565853052017-04-25T07:50:32.532-07:002017-04-25T07:50:32.532-07:00Thank you for the compliment Lance. So far I'...Thank you for the compliment Lance. So far I'm pleased with most of them. The ginkgo grafts have special significance for me and they look very good right now. I think pears, Asian and European, are the easiest, then apple, then plum. So I think you will be happy with your apple grafting efforts. If part of the issue is paint washing off, you can try the tape. I'm happy with using 1/2 inch wide strips cut from gallon Ziplock freezer bags for the tight wrapping of the graft union, and similar 1/2 inch strips cut from less thick plastic food bags, for wrapping the end of the graft. It takes some practice to get them right, but these are basically free, and available everywhere. After that, in difficulty, the successful but more difficult were persimmon, ginkgo, fig. None of the lilacs that I tried, took. I don't know yet about the mulberry grafts that I tried this year. Daniel Wachenheimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11009166706587141830noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29834831.post-14264317624065637792017-04-23T11:30:02.331-07:002017-04-23T11:30:02.331-07:00nice photos of graft. I'll remember to do tha...nice photos of graft. I'll remember to do that next yr with my apples which have a high failing rate since I was concentrating all my energy on the plums. The rain didn't help, which wash off all the healing paint too soon before it was knit together. If I have the tape that wrap better then the rain wouldn't matter. Lesson learned.lancehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03657961543274999017noreply@blogger.com