Can do an example on the white jabo and give us some tips on improving success rates on the white jabo? This is the only sp. Where I have trouble. Trunciflora, grimal, red, and paulista are taking easier than stone fruit.
thanks everyone for showing interest...
let's get started with some tips for grafting M. aureana...
I only use Sabara rootstock for this species...(i've heard some people recommend the Red jaboticaba, M. cauliflora hybrid, as a rootstock for white jabo, but I don't recommend this at all...the Red jabo suckers way too much)
use a simple cleft graft, and most important, the scions must be taken with woody growth (it can be very young wood, but must have started to peel, and show some woodiness)......also it's always better to take scions earlier than later (this is my experience with all myrciarias, but this holds true more for M. aureana)...so don't worry about taking a scion that has small buds forming....you probably won't notice any buds forming at all.
and I always use buddy tape (never paraflim)...for some reason buddy tape seems to be the best....I suppose because it's more breathable, and less biodegradable...but there is a downfall to using buddy tape..you must eventually unwrap everything you've grafted....which can be harder than grafting itself!
M. aureana must have shade when young, and healing from grafting, I always put them underneath the canopy of a larger jaboticaba tree, and let them heal there.
they can take a while to finally push, up to 2 months sometimes....maybe even longer....but I"ve seen them push after only about 2 weeks.
PS , if you dont have buddy tape, just try bagging your grafted plant, and don't defoliate scion..just cut leaves in half, and cut back any non-woody new growth.....then make sure to place the bagged plant in the shade...and it should have just as much success as using buddy tape.