Grafting Fruit Trees with Bob Andersen
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- Опубліковано 11 жов 2024
- Bob Andersen imparts his wisdom and wealth of knowledge on grafting fruit trees. As a professional pomologist, vegetable breeder and long time fruit tree expert with Cornell and other universities, Bob has a multidimensional range of knowledge that will inspire anyone interested in kindling their passion for fruit trees and orcharding.
Bob certainly has a wealth of knowledge. So happy that there are people like him that are willing to give back and pay it forward.
Thanks for sharing your invaluable knowledge!
I have really appreciated all the videos you folks put out! Thanks! Super helpful information!
With these long videos, a table of contents with minute and second references could be very helpful. I love watching these long uncut videos - but sometimes I want the gist of the video and it's hard to find.
go ahead and make one yourself! I still have to watch this one so I will.
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When I was taught to do bud grafts we used strips of plastic grocery bags to wrap the new graft. We did the graft and the wrapping the same that you are doing. Now, I never could figure out if my instructor was kidding or not but he told us we should hold the bud we are preparing to graft in our mouth as we prepare the cut to accept the bud. He said the moisture in our mouth and the enzymes found in our spittle, encouraged the graft to take. He also said that if you smoked the moisture in your mouth was more likely to give you a better graft.. never did find out if he was kidding us or not.
Well, I know bovine saliva will encourage the growth of grass root tips. Maybe he was on to something! Also, smokers emit more carbon dioxide which plants absorb, so maybe that was the reasoning on that tip. Sometimes the unexpected things work! Best wishes on getting good grafts.
To practice all types of graft select a branch that you are going to prune off a tree and graft onto it multiple times using different methods, you get your stock from the same tree. This method will give plenty of practice with no harm done and will give you chance to let the grafts take and grow before cutting the branch later in the season. When you think you have consistent results then you graft on to your root stocks the next season. the next stage is to coppice new root stocks. The growing of fruit then becomes free of cost, no pots no potting mix, no green house. Strips cut from a trash bag replace fancy tape and animal fat from the kitchen replaces grafting waxes. Rejoice your success and learn from your failure.
Hi , I'm in the Bahamas and we tried growing peaches here, but after the first three years we noticed that the fruit was now being attacked by these worms as well, never figured out what to do to stop them, this video was a great help and explanation of what is going on with the tree.
Thanks
I have a non bearing pear stump and I am grating Bradford pear cuttings onto it I pray it takes
Another great video thanks LWF.
It is helpfull,Thank yuo Bob
I think I just learned a lot of valuable information 🐝❤️if I braid a wisteria vine together it can make a tree? By it rubbing together it makes it one,and stronger? So any vining plant can become a tree like structure?
The trouble for home growers is finding retail sources of the improved root stocks. Apples have a fairly good selection, but stone fruit root-stocks are almost all custom order wholesale offerings with the exception of two or three old cloned cultivars and some ancient seedling types. Frustrating. Part of it is economics but the handling of patents does not make the situation any better.
Where do I get that hand out!?!
@livingwebfarms
@@JFabric500 I went the the website and couldn't find any handouts for a Bob Anderson workshop.
Bob, my maiden name is Andersen. Maybe we're cousins. ;--)
I correctly answered the Professor Andersen's question as to why we graft--Reproduction.
You can have my bite I prefer my peaches without worm poop juice in my peach juices. Yuck. I got maggots in my cherries won't eat those neither.