posted 7 months ago
A couple of years ago, my neighbour got a passion for grafting apples and pears to dwarf rootstock and had left over scions which he gave to me to try on my grown-from-a seed non-productive apple. It was from a Pink Lady apple. The grafts took in spite of my inexperience (split host, insert wedge-trimmed scion and bind - used saran wrap for lack of anything else). All went well and the grafts were doing well - then the (expletive deleted) feral deer moved in and overnight all grafts gone, together with half the tree.
So fingers crossed, keep them well away from the sharp knife, and go for it. I'm with John Wolfram on the sitting down approach - my back didn't like on the tree in the paddock at all.
Life's too short, eat desert first! [Source of quote unknown]
You have to be warped to weave [ditto!]