NeNGA Grafting Workshops 

NeNGA's Bench Grafting workshop is a good way to graft a pecan, or hickory cultivar and have it ready for spring planting. We have available several cultivar selections from which members obtain scion wood. You will graft a high quality nut cultivar on to rootstock that was pre-dug from a nursery. After you finish the graft, it is kept in a green house environment to sprout. The bench grafting workshop is generally held in early March.  The past two years the Bench Grafting has been held at the Morningside University Greenhouse, Sioux City, IA.  Other locations could be selected in the future.  You will need to arrange to pick up grafts in May unless other arrangements are made. There is a modest charge for the supplies, rootstock and scion wood.  Look for announcement details through the NeNGA Events Calendar and emails to members.

NeNGA holds at least one, if not two, field grafting workshops at a grower's field location on live seedling trees. You will be working with experienced grafters. Several grafting techniques are demonstrated like the four/three flap, inlay bark and arrowhead grafts. Other grafting techniques are also demonstrated upon request.  Look for announcements on the Events Calendar.