Graft Apple Trees at Home: Easily Make the Cut
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He is passionate about grafting fruit trees. He's created trees that have over 100 varieties.
In this episode, he explains how to graft apple trees at home.
We talk about:
- Reasons to graft apple trees
- Apple trees with lots of grafts (Frankentrees!)
- Cutting and storing apple scion wood
- Apple rootstock
- Supplies for apple tree grafting (spoiler alert: what you DON’T need to buy)
- Best grafts for beginners
- Solving common apple-grafting problems
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