My first grafting attempt ever!
Jontte Kinnu
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My first attempts at Grafting
Comments (4)Hello I am touse free translator to write about it. Hello! I have been a garden for a year. I live in Zurk. I had two plant, one had a pocket, the other was a hand back of culpable variety. I called for assist, but the fax machine was not to be.The can with the bolts went off, so its ok I think were all an fpr an adventre hey!...See MoreMy first air-layering attempt
Comments (12)Dave, good luck with that! Let us know how it turns out. Sunseeker, you might even consider cutting out a center piece to graft onto an even shorter trunk, then you'd have a nice thick center-cut to root as well. In fact, you might be able to air-layer at two spots on the trunk, one about a foot above the other. That would be a good experiment. And to answer your question from the other post, yes, I did lose that inflo on Makaha when it got grafted. It was awful because the buds were so close to opening but the cutting was getting horribly shriveled and I was afraid I'd lose the whole thing. Now I have to wait another couple years to see those gorgeous buds again, which looked sooooo promising! The air-layering posts on MPG came up shortly after I discovered this on my multi-tip Intense Rainbow: For some reason it wasn't covered with latex though I found the break after only a day or so. Don't know what happened and if it was ball play damage, no one here is fessing up to it! After reading about someone's borer experience I freaked a little and quickly covered it with masking tape to discourage any boring critters that might want to make a home there. The break goes about 2/3 of the way around. I checked it after a couple of weeks and it, too, is starting to swell to form roots, but I decided instead of air- layering I would just let it heal and grow over like a graft since I'd rather have just one Intense Rainbow with several tips....See MoreFirst Attempt Grafting - 1 for 3
Comments (44)I recommended using round rubber bands when using this technique to graft. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LWQp89D3glM (You can skip about the first half of the video.) Round ones roll off the tube soooo much easier. Rob...See MoreMy first attempt at grafting
Comments (13)Thank you all! Maria Elena: it is a flat graft, under the node. I couldn't get the right humid conditions on the plant/graft as the plants are kept indoors (too cold outside) so for that purpose there was no reason to keep the plastic on it any longer. As I used flexible superglue the scion was already well stuck to the plant's branch. I unwrapped the other 2 grafts as well. One came off instantly, clearly not glued properly, I assume because both scion and rootstock were too thin. The 3rd graft however has stuck and looks well too: We'll see what happens to them in the next few weeks. After all, it was just a first attempt. I also stuck some of the cuttings of the old plant in pure perlite at the same time. Again, hard to keep my curiosity from taking them out to see if there's any roots developing yet, but I must. They show no signs of dying on me yet....See MoreJontte Kinnu
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