3 Phase Apple Tree

[DAPPH]

We have trees in the garden which have been spliced (?) is that the word, perhaps grafted (?) with various different apples, not by me, and in the village there's a two tone tree.

Neither run on 3 phase.

Saw a farmers market cider making farm setup on TV a few months ago . The guy who owned the place had something like 128 different grafted apples sicons on a standard root stock . He started doing it abut 34 years ago .

I grafted to different stocks in our small orchard of 15 trees , using Bramley , Grieves Russets and Braeburn . I sold up 22 yrs ago before we got a reasonable crop to move to a bungalow as I got seriously injured and couldn't keep the small farm holding going . Though I'm told by my sister there are some fantastic crops there these days .

Grafting is easy this time of the year is spring , all you need is a sharp blade , some grafting wax , tape & of course the trees to graft to & get the buds /sicons off. There are loads of YouTube videos on it but beware of the big mouthed know it all's Look at six or seven clips to get the gist of things or buy a modern book by DG Hessayan on fruit trees & grafting ..

 

[Radar 3]

Saw a farmers market cider making farm setup on TV a few months ago . The guy who owned the place had something like 128 different grafted apples sicons on a standard root stock . He started doing it abut 34 years ago .

I grafted to different stocks in our small orchard of 15 trees , using Bramley , Grieves Russets and Braeburn . I sold up 22 yrs ago before we got a reasonable crop to move to a bungalow as I got seriously injured and couldn't keep the small farm holding going . Though I'm told by my sister there are some fantastic crops there these days .

Grafting is easy this time of the year is spring , all you need is a sharp blade , some grafting wax , tape & of course the trees to graft to & get the buds /sicons off. There are loads of YouTube videos on it but beware of the big mouthed know it all's Look at six or seven clips to get the gist of things or buy a modern book by DG Hessayan on fruit trees & grafting ..

Love to have a go at it but my skin wouldn`t graft!

 

[Radar 3]

Love to have a go at it but my skin wouldn`tgraft

 

[Radar 3]

Might have a go at that. Are you available for help?

 

[DAPPH]

Yep I'm here . Look up budding roses too.
Have a look at several non yorping UK based YouTube videos & the RHS grafting advice first . The RHS stuff is self explanatory . Grafting wax / sealant & tape is available from most on line gardening enterprises as well as some of the bigger local garden centres . You usually need to graft before the tree breaks bud . Again The RHS has a lot of info so does that DG Hassayon guys book on the matter . A new bog standard Stanley knife blade in the proper holder is an ideal cheap grafting knife so long as you are careful.