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There's nothing to 'save'. It's alive, but the part above where the new growth is, is dead. You can't bring it back to life. Accept that fact...
Isis, Heartnuts(or any walnut, for that matter) are not 'male' or 'female' - they're monoecious, meaning that they have both male and female...
Far easier to just root cuttings from them. They're really easy - I just take dormant cuttings, 6-8inches long and stick them 5-7 inches into the...
Google up 'cedar quince rust'.' Here's one online article to get you started: http://ohioline.osu.edu/hyg-fact/3000/3055.html
Re: Garfting (black) walnuts Griffon I wrap with Parafilm, as Joe did - starting at the bottom and moving up - but I wrap the entire scion(I...
Re: Garfting (black) walnuts Griffon, I do all my walnuts after the rootstocks have completely leafed out. I use, for most grafts, a technique...
Resin, I'd have guessed a Ribes, just from the leaves. Didn't know there were any that were THAT showy! Dang. Now there's something else I've...
Hey, Dax. I do virtually all of my grafting on rootstocks in the field or nursery beds, so good tips on container & greenhouse culture was...
Scott, In my experience, it can vary from aesthetically troublesome to potentially lethal. Some pears, like Keiffer, Orient, and apples like...
For the most part, grafting does not work well within the red/black oak group. There are significant issues with peroxidase incompatibilities,...
Have a look here: http://www.oznet.k-state.edu/path-ext/factSheets/Trees/Hawthorn%20and%20Quince%20Rusts.asp Imagine the Gymnosporangium cankers...
Gymnosporangium clavipes. Some strains are more adapted to quince and hawthorn - and these seem to cause more severe stem/branch lesions than do...
Agrobacterium, maybe, but my money's riding on cedar-quince rust as the cause of those stem cankers.
Roger Meyer.
I'm with Ron. I have some serious doubts about the viability of a buckeye that spent a few weeks, much less a number of years, traveling around...
chris, Sorry to be the bearer of bad tidings, but you're probably looking at a minimum of 7-8 years, maybe longer, for your kiwis to flower. Even...
All the reports I've seen on Evans have been from folks in harsh winter climates - especially zone 3/4 areas. In my hot zone 6, 70 miles NW of...
I'd agree, it's more like the Morello types, but it's not quite the same. Ripens here quite a bit later than Montmorency. Here's some info from a...
Evans is lumped in with the sour/tart or pie cherries, not sweet types. I have one, on its own roots(tissue-cultured) that is about 10 years old,...