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from "Andrea Jones" contains these words:

I want to propogate our apple tree as we're moving house. I've bought 5
rootstocks which are currently in a plastic bag in a cool outbuilding.
Could someone please tell me how I should go about this? Do I need to cut
the scions and keep them somewhere cool first or if I did the grafting in
the next couple of weeks would everything be suitably dormant? Should
I put
the rootstocks in pots of compost now or should I keep them as they are to
keep them dormant until I do the grafting?

Since no-one else has answered, I would recommend planting the
rootstocks immediately, and waiting till autumn to graft or bud. While
your graftings or buddings might take, they run the risk of being weak,
since your rootstock will need six months at least to establish
themselves.

I've never done any grafting before and I need to get some grafting wax by
mail order so I won't be ready for a couple of days or so but if anyone
could clarify the process I'd be really grateful.

Most garden centres and/or florists/hardware shops/etc will have that,
or just buy a little beeswax and melt it 50/50 with paraffin wax. Don't
put it on too hot...

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Rusty
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