Learn the secrets of growing apple trees in warm climates and how to create multi-graft fruit trees using interstem grafting and other fruit tree grafting techniques with Javier Rivera of Stone River Nursery.
Javier is also pursuing his Phd in Horticultural Sciences at the University of Florida. Javier was a guest on the Urban Forestry Radio show and podcast. Learn more about the podcast here: orchardpeople.com/
CHAPTERS:
00:00 What is grafting?
01:46 Growing apple trees in Florida zone 9b
03:29 Chill hours and the challenge of growing apple trees in warm climates
05:23 Apple tree rootstocks for warmer climates
06:46 Defoliation to allow apple trees to grow in warmer climates
07:53 Stages of apple tree dormancy and chill hours
10:03 How grafting helps adapt apple trees to warmer climates
13:27 Cultivar choice and grafting apple trees for warmer climates
16:21 Horticultural practices to help you grow apple trees in warmer climates
18:13 How to defoliate an apple tree so it can survive in a warmer climate
20:19 How to contact Javier
22:57 Commercial break
22:57 Creating multi-graft fruit trees
23:58 When Javier started creating multi-fruit trees
25:17 Respecting patented varieties when grafting fruit trees
26:53 Pollination considerations when grafting multi-fruit trees
28:16 Fruit cocktail trees and pollination for stone fruits
30:02 Cultivar considerations for apple tree espalier
32:49 Fertilizing apple trees to encourage bloom
35:08 Triploid apple trees and pollination
36:42 Rootstocks to use for fruit salad or fruit cocktail trees
39:44 Interstem grafting for multi-graft fruit trees
41:44 Benefits of multi-fruit trees
43:17 How to plant a multi-graft fruit tree
44:11 Downside of buying multi-fruit trees
45:02 How to learn to graft multi-fruit trees
47:26 Multi-graft trees vs super dwarf trees
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1 авг 2024
