Wednesday 6 November 2013

Rootstocks Ordered

Well last Sunday night I ordered 140 rootstocks for grafting fruit trees this spring.
A couple of last years grafts ready to be planted
This is a bit of an investment but I'm hoping to turn this into a small cottage industry in a few years or at least a hobby that covers it's costs.
I ordered Apple, Pear, Plum and Cherry rootstocks, so now I'll be on the look out for scion wood over winter to grow interesting and heritage varieties of fruit. I also ordered some apricot scion wood so that should test me.
Anyone else planing on doing any grafting this coming spring?

8 comments:

  1. Best of luck. My granddad had a brown thumb when it came to grafting, but HIS grandfather was a great hand at it!

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    1. It seems to have gone well this year so I thought I'd have another go at it on a larger scale!

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  2. That grafting course sure came in handy :-)

    Good luck with it, I like to see the start of a long term plan.

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    1. Well the course was rubbish but I went to a nursery afterwards and they showed me how to do it properly! Big plans for trees over the next few years

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  3. No grafting being done here, but think we urgently need to read up on how to prune fruit trees!

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    1. Just don't mess around with small branches, cut the middle out of apple trees to let light and air in, your get better fruit and be able to pick it.

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  4. 140! Now, that's ambitious. I've never tried grafting, so it would be interesting to see what you do and how you do it.

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    1. I've posted on grafting before back in april i think. It's easier to do than people think

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