Peach Pruning and Autumn Cherry chip bud grafts

The peach tree "Red Haven" has been stood outside in its 15 litre ex paint tub all Winter, it grew an awful lot in Summer after having only 1 flower on in Spring. It is the time of year for a prune, so it got the snip this afternoon. cutting away a lot of last years growth. I have also moved the tree in to the greenhouse because  peaches flower early and late frost can damage the flowers. I am hoping it will have more than 1 flower on this year and they will set and become fruit

In the Autumn, I did some chip bud grafting. This shot is the root stock with a bud grafted on. The graft variety was Stella, The root stock was home grown from a seed, thanks to the local supermarket. click here for some links on how to chip bid, This is today before taking off the tape. I know it has united because the bud is starting to break

Once the tape was removed, this is the greeting I got, a lovely looking union between host and graft.

A side shot. 

 

When I graft I clean the bark area with alcohol rub and the tape I use is florists tape. Both available from Ebay.


The weather in Wakefield today is cold and dry.

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