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Guava Grafting (top work)
« on: February 14, 2018, 02:29:51 PM »
I want to top work a tropical guava but there isnt really much info on best method and practice. I hope someone on this forum can guide me onto the best possibility of success. Here are a couple of questions i have:

what time of year is best time to graft guava?

What type of graft is best?

What scionwood is best (hardwood, semi hardwood, or green)?

Where on the tree is more likely to be successful (on hardwood, semihardwood, or greenwood)?

So far the only academic study outlining this type of guava work is http://fshs.org/proceedings-o/1955-vol-68/321-324%20(TAMBURO).pdf

Thanks.

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Re: Guava Grafting (top work)
« Reply #1 on: February 14, 2018, 05:51:10 PM »
I need to do the same...

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Re: Guava Grafting (top work)
« Reply #2 on: February 15, 2018, 11:21:44 AM »
I would wait until Spring when you see the tree your going to graft flushing new growth! ;)

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Re: Guava Grafting (top work)
« Reply #3 on: February 15, 2018, 11:56:02 AM »
I would wait until Spring when you see the tree your going to graft flushing new growth! ;)

I actually topped it in october so it has soft growth right now. i hope this cold snap is short so we can get back to 75-80F weather. Thanks..

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Re: Guava Grafting (top work)
« Reply #4 on: February 15, 2018, 01:27:23 PM »
I want to top work a tropical guava but there isnt really much info on best method and practice. I hope someone on this forum can guide me onto the best possibility of success. Here are a couple of questions i have:

what time of year is best time to graft guava?

What type of graft is best?

What scionwood is best (hardwood, semi hardwood, or green)?

Where on the tree is more likely to be successful (on hardwood, semihardwood, or greenwood)?

So far the only academic study outlining this type of guava work is http://fshs.org/proceedings-o/1955-vol-68/321-324%20(TAMBURO).pdf

Thanks.

Top work now and graft as in So Cal Guavas are now actively pushing and chances of take are high. otherwise wait till Summer

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Re: Guava Grafting (top work)
« Reply #5 on: February 15, 2018, 02:26:39 PM »
Do you think the cold snap we are about to enter will be detrimental to success rate? Also should i try to get greenwood and graft to greenwood?

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Re: Guava Grafting (top work)
« Reply #6 on: February 16, 2018, 11:47:46 AM »
Absolutely, Wait a week and see what happens with the weather.

Do you think the cold snap we are about to enter will be detrimental to success rate? Also should i try to get greenwood and graft to greenwood?

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Re: Guava Grafting (top work)
« Reply #7 on: February 16, 2018, 12:11:44 PM »
I saw new growth coming from my guava, and I top worked it using bark grafts in January. They are pushing now, I will try to post pics when I get home.

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Re: Guava Grafting (top work)
« Reply #8 on: February 16, 2018, 01:53:38 PM »
Nice, Jan was unusually warm month. this time around Grafts of Guava have high chances of take as there is active push sap flow within trees. I have on exotic one that I need to graft as well to see if it takes.

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Re: Guava Grafting (top work)
« Reply #9 on: February 16, 2018, 04:24:02 PM »
I saw new growth coming from my guava, and I top worked it using bark grafts in January. They are pushing now, I will try to post pics when I get home.

Interesting. How thick is the bark on new guava growth. It seems like its difficult because guava new growth is very tender and floppy making cuts a challenge. Really interested in seeing pics.

What varieties do you have?

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Re: Guava Grafting (top work)
« Reply #10 on: February 16, 2018, 07:55:47 PM »
I top worked on a 1/2 inch guava tree, the variety is call crystal seedless. My friend master grafter "xshen" bark grafted on a 3 inches in diameter a year ago, it healed up pretty good, it fruits year round with good tasting fruits.

Recently top work on my small guava, sorry for the quality of the pics.



top worked a year ago.

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Re: Guava Grafting (top work)
« Reply #11 on: February 16, 2018, 08:19:29 PM »
Nice :D

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Re: Guava Grafting (top work)
« Reply #12 on: February 16, 2018, 08:22:05 PM »
Can't see the pictures.

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Re: Guava Grafting (top work)
« Reply #13 on: February 16, 2018, 11:15:51 PM »
Looks like the new buds are pushing...great! Very interesting, the way Xshen did the grafts on that guava; got to learn that technique...Good job!
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Re: Guava Grafting (top work)
« Reply #14 on: November 21, 2019, 04:58:49 PM »
Do you guys think its an ok time to tip work guava or better to wait until spring?
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Re: Guava Grafting (top work)
« Reply #15 on: November 21, 2019, 09:21:50 PM »
Do you guys think its an ok time to tip work guava or better to wait until spring?

I would wait until temps warm. Late summer 2018, i did some guava grafts. Only one was alive after 2 weeks. The live one struggled through winter only to die in spring.

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Re: Guava Grafting (top work)
« Reply #16 on: November 21, 2019, 09:27:32 PM »
Do you guys think its an ok time to tip work guava or better to wait until spring?

I would wait until temps warm. Late summer 2018, i did some guava grafts. Only one was alive after 2 weeks. The live one struggled through winter only to die in spring.

thanks, I will wait.  Has anyone chopped a guava tree down to a stump and bark grafted on a large trunk?  I don't want to ruin the tree if the bark grafts are unlikely to survive. 
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Re: Guava Grafting (top work)
« Reply #17 on: November 23, 2019, 04:02:04 PM »
Updated the original FSHS PDF since the database was moved to a new URL string.

Methods of Guava Top-Working - S. E. Tamburo, S. John Lynch, Roy O. Nelson 321 - 323 - 1956-06-13

https://journals.flvc.org/fshs/article/view/101710
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