Bridge Grafting a fruiting sweet cherry

[gumneck]

I transplanted this cherry a couple years ago and needed to repair trunk damage. I let some rootstock suckers grow up to make the bridge. So this week I got around to an attempt to repair. Used a finish nail at top to help hold, parafilm wrapped the joint, followed by electrical tape, then used toilet flange beeswax to seal it all.

 

[Khntr85]

Can you explain this more like what is your end goal??
I have multiple kinds of fruit trees and had a buck run one of peach trees few years back…it’s not dead, but I am sure it will eventually kill it…it rubbed down to the good wood on like 40-40-% of the tree diameter….leaved out last year fine but definitely sucks…tree prob 6-8 years old

 

[Seachaser]

Why not pick one of the stump sprouts and use a bark graft or three flap graft. Then when it begins growing, cut everything else back.

 

[gumneck]

Can you explain this more like what is your end goal??
I have multiple kinds of fruit trees and had a buck run one of peach trees few years back…it’s not dead, but I am sure it will eventually kill it…it rubbed down to the good wood on like 40-40-% of the tree diameter….leaved out last year fine but definitely sucks…tree prob 6-8 years old

The end goal is to be able to keep the tree since is has developed scaffold limbs with plenty of fruiting scars rather than starting a new tree. I'll have to get proactive on my spray schedules for it and if any borers are in it to get a timely spray of Lindane come August.

You should post pics of your damaged tree.

 

[gumneck]

Why not pick one of the stump sprouts and use a bark graft or three flap graft. Then when it begins growing, cut everything else back.

My goal is to not lose a developed fruit tree overall. Otherwise, its years to develop the scaffold limbs etc. I actually recently did what you mention on an old peach tree. I'll post pics later on today.

 

[Khntr85]

The end goal is to be able to keep the tree since is has developed scaffold limbs with plenty of fruiting scars rather than starting a new tree. I'll have to get proactive on my spray schedules for it and if any borers are in it to get a timely spray of Lindane come August.

You should post pics of your damaged tree.

I will get pic when I go load stove later…how many and kinda don’t have, fruit trees that is

 

[gumneck]

Here's a couple of my recent peach using the same variety as the older tree. Although, not a cleft more like a modified rind / wedge graft.

 

[gumneck]

another small established tree that rotted back and used the suckers. 2nd pic is a peach on a cherry rootstock.

 

[Seachaser]

Good job. I like grafting threads.