Question for grafting experts

[edzone9]

Hello ,

Going To Top Work My Francis Hargrave Into M4/OS/ pineapple pleasure

What would be the best grafting method to use .

Bark Grafting or Graft Onto New Shoots ?

Thanks Ed

[carcarlo]

Ed I would cleft graft, just as if it was a seedling, I have better takes that way .
Good Luck!

Carlos

[edzone9]

Thank you Carlos!

[Felipe]

From my experience it is much better to graft on now shoots. So if you have a big tree i would cut it back, wait for new shoots, and then graft.

[edzone9]

Thanks Fellas ! Wish me luck Iv been studying top working techniques.i

Now I will order the Scions !

[Cookie Monster]

Grafting to green wood usually gives best rate of take.

[carcarlo]

As the Monster said the  Green is the way to go, Green Shoots Green Scions, Green Money for Scions.
Carlos

[simon_grow]

I’ve had excellent success doing Bark grafts, somewhere around 90%. My failures were on bark grafts onto weaker trees where there was previously a failed cleft or side veneer graft.

If you bark graft, you don’t have to wait for new shoots and if your bark graft fails, your tree should send out new shoots behind where the cut was made.

Recently, I’ve made a slight alteration to the normal bark graft that wraps the scion better and seems to promote better healing and aesthetics of the bark graft. I’ll share the technique in another thread when I get some more time.

Simon

[EvilFruit]

Just curious, why you are going to top work your "Francis Hargrave" mango ?.

[edzone9]

The taste from the last 2 harvest where a little washed out , I did like the faint coconut taste , I will keep a few branch of Francis Hargrave in the even the quality o& the fruit improves ..

Thanks Ed

[edzone9]

So my plan is to Top Work 1 Main Branch at a time , because if I Remove all the Branches I’ll loose some privacy I like to star Gaze at night and track objects with my Night Vision 😊, so I would like to Top Work 1 Main Branch at a time even if it takes a few years to accomplish my goal .

Here’s the  Francis Hargrave.


Ps how many shoots should I keep on one branch ?

[Cookie Monster]

Smart idea. It's better for the tree too.

Leave 2 - 3 sprouts.

So my plan is to Top Work 1 Main Branch at a time , because if I Remove all the Branches I’ll loose some privacy I like to star Gaze at night and track objects with my Night Vision 😊, so I would like to Top Work 1 Main Branch at a time even if it takes a few years to accomplish my goal .

Here’s the  Francis Hargrave.


Ps how many shoots should I keep on one branch ?

[edzone9]

Thank you Sir !

[JoeReal]

What would be the best grafting method to use .
Bark Grafting or Graft Onto New Shoots ?

I would do bark graft first... And if it failed, then I wait for the new shoots and graft on them.

As for me, it ends with the first step. Oftentimes, even if the bark grafts are 100% take, I let some new shoots grow so that I can add more cultivars on the tree the next season using the new shoots.

[edzone9]

Thank you !