Citrus Growers Forum

dauben · Posted: Sat 28 Mar, 2009 1:09 pm

Skeeter wrote:

Phillip,
As long as the budwood is green it should still work. When I do pecan grafting I collect budwood in JAN and store in fridge and wait until buds begin to break --in April. The dormant wood has time to make connections and take in fluid before the demand is too high.

Thanks Skeet,
That's the reassurance I was looking for.

Phillip

Brancato · Posted: Wed 12 Aug, 2009 1:40 am

Is it possible to take a piece of budwood and put it in a small pot of soil and root it that way? I would assume this is possible as it would be making a cutting and I am pretty sure I saw a picture someone posted here doing exactly what I am talking about (I cannot find the pic now though...).

I ask because I am trying to find a Nules Clementine which is proving to be difficult and I would probably have alot more success finding a piece of budwood and rooting that. Eventually I'd like to graft some branches from it onto some flying dragon but that would be a ways off.

Joe

Millet · Posted: Wed 12 Aug, 2009 2:48 am

Yes you can root a piece of budwood, but if you have a seedling rootstock, it would be better to use the budwood to graft it. One problem with rooting budwood, is that a stick of budwood has no leaves on it at all. A couple of leaves on a cutting that is going to be rooted helps greatly in getting the cutting to root, but it still can be done. - Millet (1,254-)

Brancato · Posted: Wed 12 Aug, 2009 10:51 pm

Good to know Millet, thanks! I will get this lack of a Nules situation under control soon here hopefully.