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Fruit Tree Grafting and Budding Record
A free printable grafting record: scion wood logged when cut, every graft or bud with its rootstock, method, date and follow-up, and which methods took.
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2 pages. Choose your paper size — both versions are laid out identically, so neither one gets shrunk to fit.
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What this sheet is for
Know which variety sits on which rootstock long after the first label has faded. A season's grafts, counted by method and by grafter, show what actually works for you.
Who it is for
Home orchardists, allotment holders, community orchard groups and anyone grafting or budding fruit trees.
How to use it
- Log scion and bud wood when it is cut or arrives, with a batch letter.
- Give each graft a number, label it straight away with variety and rootstock, and fill in its line.
- Come back to the same line when the buds break, when suckers are rubbed off and when the tie comes off.
- Mark whether it took and where it was planted out, then move the details to a permanent label.
- At the end of the season, count the takes by method and by grafter.
What is on the sheet
2 pages, in this order:
Page 1
Printed under the title: Scion wood logged when it is cut, then one line per graft or bud from the day it is made to the day it is planted out, so every tree's variety and rootstock are known and you can see which methods took.
Label it before the next one. Label each graft with its variety and rootstock the moment it is made, and move that to a permanent label when it is planted out. When to graft, how to store wood and which method suits which tree come from your nursery or extension guide: this sheet records what you did and what took.
Write-on lines: Grower · Season · Ties, tape or film used · Sealant used
Scion and bud wood — logged when cut or received; the batch letter is used below
Also printed: Batch · Variety · From · Cut on · Stored how · Used up · letter · tree, garden or supplier · or arrived · where, wrapped in what · date
Grafts and buds — methods: WT whip and tongue, C cleft, CB chip bud, T T-bud, or your own
Also printed: Batch · Scion variety · Rootstock · Method · Made on · Buds · broke · Suckers · off · Tie off · Took · Planted out · letter · code · date · initials · pot, row or site
Page 2
Also printed: Batch · Scion variety · Rootstock · Method · Made on · Buds · broke · Suckers · off · Tie off · Took · Planted out · letter · code · date · initials · pot, row or site
Season summary — counted from the lines above: took ÷ made shows what works for you
Also printed: Made · Took · Took ÷ made · Notes · BY METHOD · Whip and tongue · Cleft · Chip bud · T-bud · Other: · BY GRAFTER
Questions
Why does the sheet not give grafting dates?
Because the right time depends on the method, the fruit and your climate, and a printed date would be wrong in many gardens. Take timing from your nursery or extension guide, and let this record show which dates worked for you.
What does the took ÷ made column show?
Your own take rate for each method or grafter: the number that took divided by the number made. A method that keeps failing for you shows up here, even if it suits other growers.
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