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Grafted scion dead or alive?

Candice (Houston)

6 years ago

I'm new to grafting. This is at 13 days. It just started shriveling a bit. Is it a goner or should I wait? So sad if this one didn't take! 360 view in the 3 pics

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Hyn Patty, Western NC Mountains (USA)

6 years ago

last modified: 6 years ago

It looks like a goner to me. It's shriveled /and/ gone brown in the stem. If in doubt, squeeze it a bit with your fingers and you'll likely feel it's getting mushy.

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Candice (Houston)
Original Author
6 years ago
That's cinnamon on top from the initial cuts.

Would it be too much stress to cut again if these fail? It hasn't had water in a couple of weeks.
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Candice (Houston)
Original Author
6 years ago
It still feels hard. Is that a good sign?
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rcharles_gw (Canada)
6 years ago
Difficult to say, but after 10-11 days the plastic should be carefully removed. Usually the scion will shrink back from the union and a space will show between scion and root stalk. The shriveling is not a good sign.

Rick
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Candice (Houston)
Original Author
6 years ago
K, I removed the plastic. There are 3 grafts. One looks like it took! No growth but very nice looking. The other two are iffy. The one in pic is not squishy. I'll keep an eye on them.
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Hyn Patty, Western NC Mountains (USA)
6 years ago
I generally like to go really slow to remove the plastic. Rather than yanking it off, open it up and let some air in but not remove it for another day or two to give the graft time to adjust to the drop in humidity. I've lost several grafts that I removed the plastic from too early or too rapidly at once, even though they were 3 or more weeks along and looked like they had taken well. So keep an eye on yours.
Candice (Houston)
Original Author
6 years ago
Oh no! I took them off. Maybe I can cover them partially with a baggy.
Candice (Houston)
Original Author
6 years ago
It's super humid here in Houston right now though. Maybe that'll help.
rcharles_gw (Canada)
6 years ago
Removing the plastic should be done carefully, which is probably what you have done. The plastic can cause issues if left on too long, so getting it off after 3 weeks is good. If you have high humidity outside, this would just exemplify issues inside the bag of plastic.

They should not be in full sun. Should be kept in filtered sunlight to shade w the heat still until you have new growth coming from the scion.

Sometimes the scion just do not take for what ever reasons and I will not go into that. Redo if you have more scion material available.

Rick
Candice (Houston) thanked rcharles_gw (Canada)
Marie Tran
6 years ago
Rick, you are very informational gentleman.

Marie
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Candice (Houston)
Original Author
6 years ago
He definitely is! Update: two of the scions were bad. I removed them. But one is looking fantastic! Keeping my fingers crossed and will try grafting the failed branch again in a week or so.
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