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Produce => Edible Plants => Topic started by: gp.girl on April 09, 2010, 19:38:16
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Last month I had a go at grafting a cherry tree. It's started growing so I've been putting it outside during the day. Does any one know if it has definitely taken?
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I would be interested to know what you have done.
Cherry trees are usually grafted onto a dwarfing rootstock as they grow to 50ft tall, and their extensive root system devours all the water around.
Did you get dwarfing rootstock and if so where and how?
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The allotment society organised a grafting/propagation day with one of the members who is a professional grafter. It was a trial run to see how many people could do the day at once and what sort of things we could do. Some people did apples and pears, I did 2 wisteria as well. We did T-grafts (wisteria) and side grafts like the cherry.
It is on a dwarf rootstock, so should be fine up the allotment in a years time....
I'm hopeful that they will all take.
There'll be another one next year but if I go to too many I'll run out of room very quickly ;)
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If there is new growth it suggests the graft has taken but it's best to wait about 2 months to be sure.
Did you get dwarfing rootstock and if so where and how?
Rootstocks are available from most nurseries for a pound or 2 each if you want to try grafting but can't find rootstocks locally then blackmoor sell them there are bound to be other sites that sell them too.
http://www.blackmoor.co.uk/index.php?cPath=320
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I can highly recommend Blackmoors for quality, fast delivery and service. Good luck with your grafting.
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gp.girl - How did your grafted cherry tree do?
There is a lovely cherry tree at the allotments which I'm hoping to do a graft from so I'd be interested in hearing how you got on with yours.