I really want to attempt my first grafts this spring on my jujube..
I have a GA-866 which this was the second year in ground and it produced 6 fruit.
My problem with this tree is that it is 14 ft tall with a SINGLE primary shoot. This year the new secondary shoots are about 1ft long and curl downward. Last years secondary branches are only about 6-7 inches with 2-3 nodes also curls down..
I planted a Shanxi li tree this spring, and it already has 4 primary shoots!!
Well, I was thinking of cutting the GA-866 back to 8ft, plus cut back some of the secondary shoots to hopefully encourage some branching since this thing is so tall and skinny... I was also thinking of grafting other varieties to last years secondary shoots.
So my question is,
Is it possible to graft a primary shoot scions from my shanxi li (or another variety) to a secondary shoot of the GA-866?
And if I was to get scion wood from another tree, does it need to be from a primary shoot, or will secondary shoots work for grafting?