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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Grafting Monocotyledonous Plants
« on: March 12, 2024, 04:12:25 PM »
A few weeks ago I was thinking about all the grafting I was looking forward to this spring. Looking at my Jubaeas and other monocots it made me sad that I can't do the same to them - or so I thought. I decided to do a little research and found a really interesting paper published in 2021 about grafting monocots at the embryonic stage at the root stem interface.

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-021-04247-y

While they patented their approach, so there isn't a methods section, there are some good images included on the basic methodology and results. They initially testing this on cereal grains like rice and wheat. Later this technique proved successful with the three monocotyledonous clades and the team was able to graft bananas, palms, agave, pineapple, onions and others.

For the cereal grains at least they were able to grow their grafted plants to maturity, but I'd definitely be curious how palms and other longer lived species grow and mature.

Here's a presentation from one of the researchers that goes over most of what is included in the paper
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EtimGEekBlY

and here is another interesting article and this application to bananas
https://www.enterprise.cam.ac.uk/news/research-supported-by-cambridge-enterprise-and-ceres-agri-tech-published-in-nature/

What are your thoughts?

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I am planning to graft onto my current citrus and practice micro-grafting with the remaining scions I'm ordering from CCPP.

Had success last year grafting Yuzu and Silverhill Satsuma. I have some bud grafts left of Smith Red Blood Orange that are still green but have not pushed. I was completely unsuccessful grafting Chulo Key Lime.

Yuzu was grafted onto Yuzus I germinated in 2018; I will probably have some bud grafting ability on those trees. My Silverhill Satsuma is on a Flying Dragon rootstock and can’t be top-worked or bud grafted this year.

Other trees include a seedling key lime and grafted Rangpur Lime, Lane Late Navel, Finger Lime, and variegated kumquat, all from Four Winds Growers. Wouldn’t mind making these cocktail trees. I also have a few dozen Flying Dragon citrus that I can micrograft, most are less than a year. I've had some success with this in the past.

I’ve compiled a list of varieties I'm interested in growing and would appreciate the forums' opinions as well as any additional recommendations. I love something I can pick and eat, use in a cocktail, and cook with. I won’t be getting all of these but wanted to have options depending on CCPP scion availability.

Out of hand:
- New Zealand Lemonade
- Xie Shan Satsuma
- Gold Nugget
- More Blood Orange
- Smith Red Blood Orange
- Valentine Pomelo

Acidic:
- Chulo Key Lime
- Calamondin
- Femminello Siracusano 2KR

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Taiwan Trip
« on: August 14, 2023, 03:11:26 PM »
I'm headed to Taiwan in late December to tour the entire island on cycle route 1. This probably isn't the ideal time for fruit but regardless I was hoping to get an advice from locals or others who have visited. Especially interested in worthwhile markets or farms that I can try to include on my journey.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Visiting Jacksonville
« on: June 12, 2023, 01:35:24 PM »
Hello folks! I'm headed to Jacksonville, Florida next week and was hoping some of y'all may have recommendations for cool gardens, fruit vendors, running/hiking trails, or even neat individual plants  in the area. I have a few things planned already, like a visit to the farmers market, but would love to hear additional recommendations.

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Temperate Fruit Discussion / Red Fleshed Pears
« on: April 29, 2023, 08:29:22 PM »
Hello,

My Joey's Red Fleshed Pear is flowering for the first time this year and has me excited. I grafted this back in '17 or '18 so it's taken some time.

Is anyone else growing any red fleshed pears? What are your thoughts?


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Tropical Fruit Buy, Sell & Trade / Looking For Starfruit Scions
« on: April 17, 2023, 10:46:08 PM »
I've been growing two starfruits I germinated from seed back in 2017 and want to graft them and see if I can't get some starfruit in 8b.

I'm am hoping to purchase scions from one or more varieties and am especially interested in Bell, B17, and Fwang Tung.

Any help would be so appreciated!

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Anyone have some seeds of this species they'd be willing to sell me? I've heard they taste like black sapote, but can handle freezing temperatures, partial shade, and drought.

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