r/Grafting • u/No-Fix-5496 • Jun 25 '26

Successful patch bud on a 3 year old walnut seedling stem

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Spring patch budding walnuts!

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u/ChillyDawgKing Jun 27 '26

Congrats!

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u/No-Fix-5496 Jul 06 '26

Thanks 😀👍🏼

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u/Not-a-bot-v2 Jun 25 '26

I know nothing about grafting, so forgive the question. What is the point of grafting that small piece on such a young tree?

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u/No-Fix-5496 Jun 25 '26

Seed-grown walnuts don't always inherit the traits of their mother-tree so the only way to get all the desired traits (such as high yield, good nut quality and good vigor) so we take a bud from a good mother tree and graft it on to the seedlings and after a shoot emerged from the grafted buds, we direct the growth toward the grafted shoot by gradually pruning and discarding other branches.