Attending the Mesa Harmony Garden Scion Exchange
February 1, 2025, 830 am - 10 am
A scion exchange can be a great experience for those interested in collecting new cultivars of interesting fruits to grow at home. Naturally, we need contributors to make this happen, so we are incentivizing those who are able to contribute scions to the exchange with early access to make their selections for what to take home. Others can browse and choose material afterwards.
Here’s a link to familiarize you with your first Scion Exchange experience….
and here’s the basic plan for Feb 1:
Schedule
8:30 am: Donors of well-labeled, healthy scions arrive and help arrange scions into groups of similar fruit trees.
9:00 am: Early access to exchange for scion donors
9:30 am: Scion exchange opens to all
FYI: Later that same morning…
10:00 am - 12 noon: Master Gardener Program of Santa Barbara County sponsors Fruit Tree Grafting Workshop - Requires registration at: ucanr.edu/sbmg
Scion Exchange Rules
No registration required for the Scion Exchange session from 8:30am - 10:00am.
Donors will be given a wristband upon donating at 830 am.
Wristband enables early access at 9 am.
Bring pens, labels (masking tape works well), and plastic bags to hold your selections.
Bring only healthy, carefully prepared scions (see link below). These should be recently collected and/stored for up to 1-2 months.
Please do not bring Citrus or Fig (Ficus) scions, as these often have pests that are not easily managed at this time and will not be allowed into the exchange area.
Patented varieties and citrus are not allowed at the exchange.
Selecting and preparing quality scions for exchanges
https://cetrinity.ucanr.edu/files/258731.pdf
Here’s a link to familiarize you with your first Scion Exchange experience….
and here’s the basic plan for Feb 1:
Schedule
8:30 am: Donors of well-labeled, healthy scions arrive and help arrange scions into groups of similar fruit trees.
9:00 am: Early access to exchange for scion donors
9:30 am: Scion exchange opens to all
FYI: Later that same morning…
10:00 am - 12 noon: Master Gardener Program of Santa Barbara County sponsors Fruit Tree Grafting Workshop - Requires registration at: ucanr.edu/sbmg
Scion Exchange Rules
No registration required for the Scion Exchange session from 8:30am - 10:00am.
Donors will be given a wristband upon donating at 830 am.
Wristband enables early access at 9 am.
Bring pens, labels (masking tape works well), and plastic bags to hold your selections.
Bring only healthy, carefully prepared scions (see link below). These should be recently collected and/stored for up to 1-2 months.
Please do not bring Citrus or Fig (Ficus) scions, as these often have pests that are not easily managed at this time and will not be allowed into the exchange area.
Patented varieties and citrus are not allowed at the exchange.
Selecting and preparing quality scions for exchanges
https://cetrinity.ucanr.edu/files/258731.pdf
What types of fruit scions will be available? (AKA: What will YOU bring to the party?)
Not sure yet, as this is donor-driven event, but we’ll at least have several cultivars each of:
Not sure yet, as this is donor-driven event, but we’ll at least have several cultivars each of:
- Apple
- European and Asian Pears
- Avocado