so would you say that the scion wood didn't have buds swollen really?
Im just asking because I see so many people worried about getting scions with buds that are perfect stage...
this in my opinion is simply not necessary...although it is nice to get scions with buds perfectly swollen....
as a general rule, it seems like you can use scions with buds that are not pushing yet, and the success rate won't be reduced.
I suppose the worst is when scions have already pushed...and new growth is flushing... If i'm faced with this predicament, I cut just off the new growth, and then use the scion. You can still get success when using this method, but it seems to take a bit longer for the graft to start pushing...I've done this will mangoes, loquats, jaboticabas, annonas, and eugenias.