Feijoa grafting success

[edself65]

Looks like a few of my pineapple guava grafts may be successful.

Ed

[jmc96]

At what time in the season did you actually do the graft? Sorry for my ignorance, I'm from the other side of the world. I have 3 x  15 year old useless seedlings and want to graft some of the seven cultivars I have onto these said seedlings. Congrats, by the way, a great achievement.

[edself65]

It was late winter early spring here! The rootstock was just starting to push new growth. Also I used small green material for most of the grafts.

Ed

[BestDay]

What varieties did you graft on?

Bill

[ScottR]

Congrats Ed, nice looking graft's on your Feijoa's thanks for sharing.

[FlyingFoxFruits]

very nicely done!

I bet they won't take long to start fruiting!  maybe by next year!

[edself65]

Bill,

I grafted Marion, Moore and Albert's Pride.

Thanks Scott!

Yeah Adam I have one grafted from last year with blooms on it right now!

Thanks,

Ed

What varieties did you graft on?

Bill

[huertasurbanas]

Congrats! Here in Argentina we dont have any named cultivars, the ones from our garden are very good but I would like to try another var.

[Jack, Nipomo]

Just to throw a bit of history in here.  John Moore was excited about feijoas and particularly the one he named.  An original member of the CRFG (about 50 members) his enthusiasm caught me.  Gone now, but lives on in his work.  Thanks John.

[emegar]

Well done, Ed. Had my first success grading feijoa myself recently. I'd failed once before and read they didn't graft well, but went three for three grafting Nazemetz onto a seedling. I also grafted late winter/early spring and used scions with visible swelling buds.

[edself65]

Yes I agree that visible buds swelling definitely increases the success rate! I also used wood that was on the average 3 to 4 mm in diameter.

Thanks for the Moore info Jack!

Ed

[NaturalGreenthumb]

Congratulations!

Finally, was thinking the feijoa was impossible to graft. 

Personal attempts I read online were failures, at least the ones I  was able to find.

[edself65]

Thanks! I hope to share wood once I have some established plants.

Ed

[EvilFruit]

Congratulation Ed.

Do you know if Feijoa could be grafted on Guava Rootstock ?.

Mohd

[edself65]

Thanks Mohq!

I have never heard of anyone grafting feijoa onto guava rootstock.

The most frequently eaten species, and the one often simply referred to as "the guava", is the Apple Guava (Psidium guajava). The genera Accara and Feijoa (= Acca, Pineapple Guava) were formerly included in Psidium.

Maybe give it a try.

Ed

[fyliu]

Mohd, I'm thinking your combination might not work. They seem pretty different to me. Feijoa bark never become smooth like guava bark does.

Maybe you could start some feijoa seeds and graft onto them. There's another thread saying seedlings could fruit within a few years.