Free Bramley Apple Scions To Give Away

We have just completed a mini workshop session in grafting our own fruit trees and have a lot of scions left over (about 30). They are about pencil thickness, some are a bit thinner, some thicker. They are good for top work as well as for making new trees.

Rather than discarding them, I would like to give them away instead.

If you would like some free scions then please message me (click on my user name then on the "Message" button) to get our email address.

You will then need to purchase an online postage label and email it to me in printable PDF format. I can only dispatch via Evri, DPD or Royal Mail. Parcel size and weight: 25x13x4cm, 500g.

If you are local to the Stamford Hill Community Garden then just come along and ask me - I will accommodate.

I will send 3 scions if demand is high or 5 if low. But, all you really need is a bit of scion with just 2 buds for each graft.

Here is how I am making some new trees using a combination of whip grafting and ground layering of the rootstock suckers.

Scratch the base of the suckers and cover these with soil in order to encourage rooting.

The equipment I used.

The plastic strip is a grafting tape substitute measuring 40x2.5cm. It is just a strip cut from a polythene bag (fold the bag several times before cutting).

The knife can be any type or brand of knife but it must be sharp and clean. You could even use a sharpened spring steel butter knife if you have nothing else.

The cheap grafting knife I used was incorrectly sharpened at the factory. It was double bevel ground (like a penknife) so if you want to buy the same then you might need to regrind it to make it thinner and sharpen it on one side only in order to make it useable as a grafting knife.