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Title: How many future grafting shoots should I leave on this mango tree?
Post by: BeBetter on June 29, 2020, 10:10:08 AM

I chopped this tree a few months ago and I plan to graft onto these shoots but I’m not sure how many I should leave. I have already removed the smaller ones that didn’t receive any light. Thanks!


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Title: Re: How many future grafting shoots should I leave on this mango tree?
Post by: Orkine on June 30, 2020, 10:09:45 AM

If I were doing this, I would leave all for now and remove what I don't want after I have grafted.
I would graft on it soon and see what takes and what does not.
When I am done, I will hope to have 3 or 4 well spaced branches and preferably at two levels (not all at the same node).  If you look from the top, if you keep 3 you want to have an almost equal angled Y, if you keep 4 you want to have as close to a "+" sign.

Title: Re: How many future grafting shoots should I leave on this mango tree?
Post by: BeBetter on June 30, 2020, 04:16:13 PM

Thank you very much. This is very helpful.

Title: Re: How many future grafting shoots should I leave on this mango tree?
Post by: JakeFruit on June 30, 2020, 04:38:01 PM

Orkine's advice is good, 3 or 4 main branches is ideal. If you really want to have some fun, graft to (almost) all the branches and then air-layer the branches you want to remove, which would give you several new trees to play with.

Title: Re: How many future grafting shoots should I leave on this mango tree?
Post by: MangoCountry on June 30, 2020, 04:50:27 PM

3 or 4 max, spaced evenly. The uppermost shoots will be best