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The lychee and longan graft failed! No connection Quote from: fruit4me on December 06, 2012, 03:34:30 PMHello everyone! Speaking of grafting lychees, I just want to update pictures of my longan seedling rootstock approach grafted to my in-ground mauritius lychee. It looks like it works, but I'm still worry it will die if i cut the lychee off. Under the graft of the lychee, I plan to remove a ring off bark in the spring time when it is flowering. I want to see if it will force the seedling longan to flower I kept the top part of the graft tied up just in case.
Hello everyone! Speaking of grafting lychees, I just want to update pictures of my longan seedling rootstock approach grafted to my in-ground mauritius lychee. It looks like it works, but I'm still worry it will die if i cut the lychee off. Under the graft of the lychee, I plan to remove a ring off bark in the spring time when it is flowering. I want to see if it will force the seedling longan to flower I kept the top part of the graft tied up just in case.
Max,Wish I could reveal some secret. The first time I made two attempts and had one take using a cleft graft. This year I tried around 10 grafts and have one definite take and one or two that I'm crossing my fingers about. I've used buddy tape around the scion and graft, and I also have tried to tie something (paper, foam, etc.) over the graft to give it a bit of protection from the direct sun.James