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Tom C zone 4/5 · December 29, 2008

Pruned apple tree and grape canes.

amideutch · December 30, 2008

Tom, did my grapes yesterday and my fruit trees last week. It's that time of year. Ami

Tom C zone 4/5 · December 30, 2008

The one apple I have big enough to set fruit was grown on its own feet by propagation. The past few years (It went to field in '01) I have been pruning out all water shoots and preserving all the spurs I could in hopes of bloom.

My Concord has been making the filling for grape pies the past few years. Mmmm.

redbrick · January 3, 2009

Tom, how did you propagate it on it's own feet? I thought that wasn't exactly possible on this side of the country? I'd be very interested in your technique and tricks.

I haven't started pruning anything yet. I usually wait until late February, and collect some of the prunings for grafting scions and grape cuttings.

Tom C zone 4/5 · January 3, 2009

Quote:

Originally Posted by redbrick

Tom, how did you propagate it on it's own feet? I thought that wasn't exactly possible on this side of the country? I'd be very interested in your technique and tricks.

I just make an airlayer.

Before tree wakes up collar a branch leaving the underbark on. Add a tournaquet of wire tighten it without crushing branch. Either wrap on peat to wounded area after rooting hormone, or slip on a pot with promix added after. It should callus fairly quickly and have roots by fall.

Repeat as needed.

redbrick · January 4, 2009

Thanks, that does make sense. I guess I kind of fixated on rooting cuttings as opposed to layers.

Tom C zone 4/5 · January 7, 2009

Redbrick,
I keep getting told to take dormant semihardwood branch ends and pack it/them in a tight jar (two mason jars as fraternal cyst) with sand & peat and leave in the cold frame. I may yet get around to trying that.

redbrick · January 7, 2009

I tried something this year, too. I took a whip cutting from one of my trees on a whim, and stuck it in my nursery bed. I doubt anything will come of it, but what have I lost, right?

Let me know if you try that, and what happens, okay?

Penny · January 15, 2009

I wish i had the room to be able to grow grapes, i understand they need alot of room.

December 29, 2008	#1
Tom C zone 4/5 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: SE Ohio Posts: 253	Today I... Pruned apple tree and grape canes.

December 30, 2008	#2
amideutch Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Germany 49°26"N 07°36"E Posts: 5,041	Tom, did my grapes yesterday and my fruit trees last week. It's that time of year. Ami __________________ Life's journey is not to arrive at the grave safely in a well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, totally worn out, shouting ‘...Holy Crap .....What a ride!'

January 3, 2009	#4
redbrick Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Lebanon PA, zone 6 Posts: 45	Tom, how did you propagate it on it's own feet? I thought that wasn't exactly possible on this side of the country? I'd be very interested in your technique and tricks. I haven't started pruning anything yet. I usually wait until late February, and collect some of the prunings for grafting scions and grape cuttings. __________________ "Any man may count the seeds in an apple, yet who can know the apples in a seed?" --Chinese Proverb (paraphrased)

January 4, 2009	#6
redbrick Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Lebanon PA, zone 6 Posts: 45	Thanks, that does make sense. I guess I kind of fixated on rooting cuttings as opposed to layers. __________________ "Any man may count the seeds in an apple, yet who can know the apples in a seed?" --Chinese Proverb (paraphrased)

January 7, 2009	#8
redbrick Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Lebanon PA, zone 6 Posts: 45	I tried something this year, too. I took a whip cutting from one of my trees on a whim, and stuck it in my nursery bed. I doubt anything will come of it, but what have I lost, right? Let me know if you try that, and what happens, okay? __________________ "Any man may count the seeds in an apple, yet who can know the apples in a seed?" --Chinese Proverb (paraphrased)

January 15, 2009	#9
Penny Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Ontario, Canada Posts: 948	I wish i had the room to be able to grow grapes, i understand they need alot of room.