In some cases I have met with, rabbits and hares and even on occasion sheep, goats and pigs have nibbled the bark of the trees and so have caused serious wounds.
You then bend down the cut lateral causing the cut to open up and the wedged-shaped scion is then inserted in the opening.
In bridge-grafting the scions chosen must be longer than the part to be bridged. They should be pieces of healthy one-year-old wood, that is to say with oblique cuts made at either end of the graft. These sloping cuts should be longer than those made for other methods of grafting because they are to be thinner and somewhat wedge-shaped.
Unfortunately, some or many of the trees consist of quite unsuitable varieties. Few people, for instance, today want mid-season cookers, nor, in the case of pears, do they seem to want cookers at all. It is therefore worth realizing that top-grafting methods may be adopted which will convert one variety into another. In some cases is isn't so much that the varieties are wrong, but that they are self- sterile. That is to say, the pollen they produce cannot effectively fertilize their own flowers.
In the case of large trees three or four grafts may be used, each one being inserted firmly, tied in tightly and waxed over. Some growers, recently, have used a gimp pin (a kind of special short, thin nail) and have driven this through the overlapping bark into the wood of the graft and through the wood below.
When the branch is released, the scion is of course gripped tightly. The upper lip of the bark can then be cut away and this makes the job look tidy. Immediately the operation is completed, the cut surfaces should be waxed over with an efficient grafting wax. - 15266
You then bend down the cut lateral causing the cut to open up and the wedged-shaped scion is then inserted in the opening.
In bridge-grafting the scions chosen must be longer than the part to be bridged. They should be pieces of healthy one-year-old wood, that is to say with oblique cuts made at either end of the graft. These sloping cuts should be longer than those made for other methods of grafting because they are to be thinner and somewhat wedge-shaped.
Unfortunately, some or many of the trees consist of quite unsuitable varieties. Few people, for instance, today want mid-season cookers, nor, in the case of pears, do they seem to want cookers at all. It is therefore worth realizing that top-grafting methods may be adopted which will convert one variety into another. In some cases is isn't so much that the varieties are wrong, but that they are self- sterile. That is to say, the pollen they produce cannot effectively fertilize their own flowers.
In the case of large trees three or four grafts may be used, each one being inserted firmly, tied in tightly and waxed over. Some growers, recently, have used a gimp pin (a kind of special short, thin nail) and have driven this through the overlapping bark into the wood of the graft and through the wood below.
When the branch is released, the scion is of course gripped tightly. The upper lip of the bark can then be cut away and this makes the job look tidy. Immediately the operation is completed, the cut surfaces should be waxed over with an efficient grafting wax. - 15266
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When planting a fruit tree in your garden, water thoroughly then fill in soil mix to the top.
