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Quote from: Mark in Texas on March 29, 2018, 09:17:49 AMDormancy is set in when all leaves drop naturally, that happens in my yard around late April to early May.Did you mean they come out of dormancy late April?Also, are you inferring that the cold storage will put them into a state of dormancy (even though were shipped dormant) and screw them up so they don't "wake up"Sorry, am damn confused LOL.
Dormancy is set in when all leaves drop naturally, that happens in my yard around late April to early May.
Quote from: behlgarden on March 29, 2018, 10:36:07 AMQuote from: Mark in Texas on March 29, 2018, 09:17:49 AMDormancy is set in when all leaves drop naturally, that happens in my yard around late April to early May.Did you mean they come out of dormancy late April?Also, are you inferring that the cold storage will put them into a state of dormancy (even though were shipped dormant) and screw them up so they don't "wake up"Dormancy is dependent upon location you are in a and your temps. If you put wood in refrigerator (assuming not below 45F), when you graft they wake up instantly given your hot temps outside. it actually helps. but viability goes down each day they are not grafted. All wood that I sent was sealed at cut ends, but needs to be buddy taped and stored properly. it could be stored for up to 10 days.Sorry, am damn confused LOL.
Quote from: Mark in Texas on March 29, 2018, 09:17:49 AMDormancy is set in when all leaves drop naturally, that happens in my yard around late April to early May.Did you mean they come out of dormancy late April?Also, are you inferring that the cold storage will put them into a state of dormancy (even though were shipped dormant) and screw them up so they don't "wake up"Dormancy is dependent upon location you are in a and your temps. If you put wood in refrigerator (assuming not below 45F), when you graft they wake up instantly given your hot temps outside. it actually helps. but viability goes down each day they are not grafted. All wood that I sent was sealed at cut ends, but needs to be buddy taped and stored properly. it could be stored for up to 10 days.Sorry, am damn confused LOL.
Dormancy is dependent upon location you are in a and your temps. If you put wood in refrigerator (assuming not below 45F), when you graft they wake up instantly given your hot temps outside. it actually helps. but viability goes down each day they are not grafted. All wood that I sent was sealed at cut ends, but needs to be buddy taped and stored properly. it could be stored for up to 10 days.
All orders have been fulfilled. shipment went out today. Last call to anyone who missed. got limited varieties left now. trees are going dormant here and new growth will be full swing late Aprl
Because Anona new growth leafs out from under leaf node, as node swells, leaf falls allowing new growth. Makes sense?
Behl, I'm not outside SoCal, but some of my scions from you have started pushing. Way too early to out of the woods but I am very hopeful.Vincent.
Mark, don't remove tape for at least 6 plus weeks. Size of scions I sent to all, you can tie to rootstock using buddy tape and will not have to remove it. Union is fragile at this stage.
When I received my scions there was still mid 30s weather in our forecast so I felt it was a bad time to graft. Did some searching on this forum and found some old threads where people said cherimoya scions could last in the refrigerator for at least a month. Well that was probably bad advice. I put them in the fridge for two weeks until our weather improved. When I grafted them the scions were all still green but the buds had mostly turned black. I grafted anyway. That was two weeks ago and nothing has pushed yet.
Oh well, at least my mistake with the fridge wasn't a total loss.