Citrus Growers Forum

pagnr · Posted: Sat 09 Oct, 2010 7:16 pm

Can anybody suggest a good website/online article about collecting Citrus budwood. Specifically it needs to be suitable for novice, untrained collectors who have offered to collect budwood on my behalf. Pictures are possibly more instructive than written descriptions.

mrtexas · Posted: Sun 10 Oct, 2010 2:20 am

http://members.fortunecity.com/pjsauber/BuddingPg1.htm

pagnr · Posted: Wed 13 Oct, 2010 7:23 am

Thanks for the replies. What I had in mind was info I can send to someone who is going to collect budwood on my behalf, but who has no knowledge of budding. As I cant inspect the tree, I have to give them the basics, but also further info in case the particular tree is not a good source of easy cuttings.
They may have to search in the canopy a bit, to find good sticks, and avoid any sticks where buds have already shot etc. In a pinch, some sticks may have several good buds, but not be perfect budsticks. There seems to be plenty of web info about budding and selecting budwood etc, but no actual demos of cutting sticks in the field, or inspecting a tree for available budwood. Maybe a good topic for a sticky on this forum ?

mrtexas · Posted: Wed 13 Oct, 2010 11:14 am

pagnr wrote:

Thanks for the replies. What I had in mind was info I can send to someone who is going to collect budwood on my behalf, but who has no knowledge of budding. As I cant inspect the tree, I have to give them the basics, but also further info in case the particular tree is not a good source of easy cuttings.
They may have to search in the canopy a bit, to find good sticks, and avoid any sticks where buds have already shot etc. In a pinch, some sticks may have several good buds, but not be perfect budsticks. There seems to be plenty of web info about budding and selecting budwood etc, but no actual demos of cutting sticks in the field, or inspecting a tree for available budwood. Maybe a good topic for a sticky on this forum ?

Pictures would help! Explain growing in flushes and how to identify. Most trees flush out about a foot with each flush. Take wood from prior to current flush or hardened off current flush. Avoid wood with woody brown streaks. Wood should be stiff and not easily flexible. Round wood is better but angular is also OK. This should about cover it!

Mark_T · Posted: Thu 14 Oct, 2010 12:22 am

mrtexas wrote:

pagnr wrote:

Thanks for the replies. What I had in mind was info I can send to someone who is going to collect budwood on my behalf, but who has no knowledge of budding. As I cant inspect the tree, I have to give them the basics, but also further info in case the particular tree is not a good source of easy cuttings.
They may have to search in the canopy a bit, to find good sticks, and avoid any sticks where buds have already shot etc. In a pinch, some sticks may have several good buds, but not be perfect budsticks. There seems to be plenty of web info about budding and selecting budwood etc, but no actual demos of cutting sticks in the field, or inspecting a tree for available budwood. Maybe a good topic for a sticky on this forum ?

Pictures would help! Explain growing in flushes and how to identify. Most trees flush out about a foot with each flush. Take wood from prior to current flush or hardened off current flush. Avoid wood with woody brown streaks. Wood should be stiff and not easily flexible. Round wood is better but angular is also OK. This should about cover it!

So ideally, the wood should be what 4 to 6 months old?

fred · Citruholic Joined: 16 Oct 2009 Posts: 134

I would say it would take 6-7 months to get the wood where its not so angular- if you can get the round wood its better. The angular wood is more difficult to work with but can be used.