lets share pictures of your successful grafts
poncirusguy6b452xx
7 years ago
I have 4 successful grafts over the last 150 tries.
New Zealand Lemonade tree on US897 roots next 3 pictures
Sweet cherry grafted to flowering cherry tree root sucker next 3 pics
giant turnbull pear mon bradford pear hybrid seedling root nex 3
Maxine on seedling Bradford pear hybrid.
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7 years agoThanks Mike and laura. for you kind wordsI am averaging about 15 hours per successful graft. What I have is a very hard to find New Zealand lemonade on an unobtainable set of roots.
The giant turnboll pear is not offered and mine is on a rootstock that will push 50 feet max. Same for the Maxine. I was unable to post the graft pictures for the Maxine.
this is the graft for the tree in the bottom picture above. The graft took about 6-1-16 and has grown 68 inches so far.
poncirusguy6b452xx
7 years ago
vanman23
7 years agoHere is a native pecan I bark grafted in April with Pawnee cultivar. You can see the budwood just above the fence rail and green tape.
Here it is today.
I wish my citrus grafts grew this fast. Van
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