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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Citrus grafting problem and grafting to a water sprout
« on: February 08, 2019, 03:11:09 PM »
There is a 15 year old navel orange tree in my backyard that I cut back very severly a week ago. I left the 6 inch trunk and 4 scaffold branches that are about 3+ inches in diameter
plus some lower laterals coming off of the branches.
On the trunk and scaffolds I do not see any viable cambium. The bark is very thin with nothing that I can see inside of it, except wood. The bark is very tight to the wood. My first question is, in 9a will the bark start slipping when temps get warmer and if not how do I graft to this monster?
The tree has not been pruned in years and there is nothing low except for the branches mentioned above with the addition of a bunch of water sprouts. Healthy ones accually.
I did a google search trying to find out if I can graft to a water sprout. I don't see anything at all (maybe I am the first person to try it??). So, that is my second question.
Thanks,
Matt
plus some lower laterals coming off of the branches.
On the trunk and scaffolds I do not see any viable cambium. The bark is very thin with nothing that I can see inside of it, except wood. The bark is very tight to the wood. My first question is, in 9a will the bark start slipping when temps get warmer and if not how do I graft to this monster?
The tree has not been pruned in years and there is nothing low except for the branches mentioned above with the addition of a bunch of water sprouts. Healthy ones accually.
I did a google search trying to find out if I can graft to a water sprout. I don't see anything at all (maybe I am the first person to try it??). So, that is my second question.
Thanks,
Matt