My backyard is a former orchard with a dozen old well producing apple trees. All of them are bearing different sorts of apple, but I wanted modern red fleshed ones, so I planted a young fancy apple tree this spring.
During the last strong storm a little side branch broke. I preserved it in water, then I searched for a young apple tree in my garden, hoping to graft.
23.08.2014
After studying intensely grafting techniques online, I decided T budding was best suited to my unfortunate timing: end of summer.
At the very back of my yard, near a field, the former owner had neglected to cut bushes and that hopefully included some apple trees which had grown from fruits.
I selected 3 small trees and opened with a sharp kitchen knife the cambium to receive buds from my fancy apple.
There were a few buds on my broken branch so I could perform one T budding on each of these 3 trees, then I tied and protected them with pink tape, so I won't miss track of what I did.
It's only next spring I'll know whether it worked, or not.
25.08.2014 / 29.08.2014
Meanwhile I placed 2 apple cuttings dipped in root hormone into seeding soil. It's that same branch I cut in 2, in order not to lose any bit of my fancy tree!
Pots are placed on the patio, sheltered from wind and watered by rain: let's see next spring!
http://homeguides.sfgate.com/grow-apple-tree-cutting-63550.html
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