grafting, can it be done or is it a science fiction?

Mark · 2006-07-05T22:26:20+00:00

Somebody knowledgeable in grafting probably will laugh at this, but,please, dont.Anyway, here is what I want I know and what I want to do:What I know can be done:(even I have never done that) make pears growon apple tree by attaching a branch from pear tree to the trunk orspot on apple tree wher the aple tree branch is coming from.Now questions.#1. Will this scenarioo work?I cut out 10-15 cm of the skin from the branch of apple tree; just theskin not going deep in the wood. Then I take apple leaves; water, blendit in the blender a little bit until I have a paste. Put this paste inthe pouch made from cooton towel.Put in the pouch a seedling of apple tree with some soild soil. Makesure the seedlings go thru the hole in the pouch as if it would lookwhen you buy it from the store; just instead of the pot it is in thepouch.Place the pouch on the top of tree "wound". Tie it up to the branchwith wet piece of the same towel. Tie it up. Keep it moist. Can Iexpect the new apple tree penetrate the branch, fuse with it, andstarting to grow?#2. You probably ask why all this so complicated, when it can be donemuch easier with regular grafting. Reason for that is that, if theanswer to question # 1 is "yes"; what I really want is to try insteadof planting apple tree; what I want is to try something like plant atomato plant on the branch of equaliptyus tree. Now it is probably fromthe realm of scince fiction or is it possible?