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| I cut 2 metres off my chestnut tree |
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| Split it with a kitchen knife |
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| Slip in the trimmed buckeye scion |
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| I did two. The buds are visible |
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| Finish by wrapping with clay |
Saturday, July 28, 2012
Grafting buckeye
Lawrence gave me some scions from his old buckeye and I grafted them onto a sweet chestnut I grew from a nut three years ago.
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7 comments:
Nice explanation and photos.
Are you grafting a horse chestnut onto a sweet chestnut? Why?
Buckeye is a rare-ish variety that I've not seen anywhere, so I'm keen to get at least one going here. The original has been felled. Yellow buckeye isn't horsechestnut and has some very nice features.
sorry, didn't follow that. What's the species name for buckeye? Are buckeye and yellow buckeye two different trees?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aesculus_flava
I reckon it's this one, but it remains to be seen.
"Yellow Buckeye (Aesculus flava) is a species of buckeye native to the Ohio Valley and Appalachian Mountains of the Eastern United States."
I did my best to identify it and got a bit excited when I realised it was one I didn't know, hence the grafting.
I spent today pruning apple trees, btw, and the weather was superb.
How was it your way?
Seems like an early spring!
My surfer friends say the sea 'turned' 2 weeks ago! Very early for temperatures to rise in the ocean. It certainly feels Augusty this July, Septembery even!
Sea change, that makes sense! I've been telling people it's spring, but everyone keeps saying no, it's just a warm snap and then it will be winter again. Do you have things growing yet?
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