As discussed in our last post, apple tree grafting is a simple process, but it’s not easy. Frankly, I screwed up just about everything I could my first few goes at it.
Unsurprisingly, my shoddy work stemmed from a lack of proper equipment. I brought along a few knife options “into the field,” none of them ideal, all manageable. Furthermore, I couldn’t find a decent grafting tape (at the one farmer’s supply co-op I visited), so I decided to use a wax instead. The wax, never properly hot enough, made the entire venture a sticky, messy and imprecise affair… at least in the beginning…
If you’ll recall, Poppy and I only completed six of the ten rootstock/scion pairs, leaving four left.
I figured it might make sense to revisit ol’ Sepp and refine my approach.