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The main thing that was screwing me over when I started was leaving the plants out in the yard after I grafted them. Rain would get to them and they would die. Since I stated keeping all of my newly grafted plants under my covered porch I have had almost 100% takes.
Hi Jeff
To graft annona in the summer....What is the best way to prepare the scion that is already pushing out leaves....Should I cut off all the leaves and wait for bud to form then cut it to graft?
Thanks
DT
The most important variables in grafting are: time of year, type of graft, quality of cut, cleanliness of instruments, sharpness of blade, quality of rootstock and quality of scion. Once you've got those things down, then the type of securing tape and type of moisture barrier are insignificant. The main goal is to make sure you've secured the scion and roostock together in a way in which the cambium layers are touching and to ensure that the scion is not allowed to dehydrate nor receive outside during the healing process. Whether this is done with bands, green tape, plastic bag, etc is largely irrelevant.
Hi Jeff
I have been very successful grafting annoas this year. I've notice some of the grafts that pushed new growth real fast have turned black and died. Why is this happening and should I leave the graft alone to see if it pushes again?
JF
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The most important variables in grafting are: time of year, type of graft, quality of cut, cleanliness of instruments, sharpness of blade, quality of rootstock and quality of scion. Once you've got those things down, then the type of securing tape and type of moisture barrier are insignificant. The main goal is to make sure you've secured the scion and roostock together in a way in which the cambium layers are touching and to ensure that the scion is not allowed to dehydrate nor receive outside during the healing process. Whether this is done with bands, green tape, plastic bag, etc is largely irrelevant.
What did you mean by that?
What about adding Elsy's Plants to the list...threw you a bone, or should I say cookie, Jeff
Nice mango tree, but it does look like a NDM. It looks identical to my ndm #4.
I do the same but Parafilm snaps easily, and then I end up using more than I am suppose to. I got this monster rool that is 2" wide, makes it harder to work with.
...I guess it's a seedling of the nam doc mai. The trick is finding budwood for this baby.That's what I'd gathered too, hence my immediate connection to Xoài Tượng, came to find out this Jin Huang mango was imported in 1997 from Taiwan so there went that assumption.
Jeff
I'm sure someone in HI has this mango, Oscar just has to do some digging for us
Jeff - now that I'm re-reading this post, my apology if I came off sounding like a jerk
I've been curious about this mango for some time now. Also a bit curious as to why, perhaps marketing value, they changed the name from Jin Huang to Golden Queen mango. If so, I would hate to see someone's hard work becoming someone else's cash cow. Of course I'm assuming all this, for all I know, they could have purchased renaming right from the original breeder himself, or it's also called Golden Queen in Taiwan? If anyone has further knowledge on this, I would love to hear what you have to say.
I'll bet folks like Harry remember when Ilamas were in high demand. Now, I can graft half dozen and have them last me for years before anybody buys them.
Oh yes, I do, we used to deliver the trees by dinosaur drawn carriages.
Harry
FRESNO, Calif. (AP) — A citrus disease that has killed millions of citrus trees across Florida and Brazil has been detected in California, despite the industry's best efforts to keep it at bay.
The California Department of Food and Agriculture announced Friday that citrus greening, also known as huanglongbing, has been discovered in lemon/pummelo tree in a residential neighborhood of Los Angeles County.
The bacterial disease is carried by the Asian citrus psyllid and attacks the vascular system of trees. It is not a threat to humans.
"It's disappointing," said Joel Nelson of California Citrus Mutual. "Now we'll see if this great program that we believe we have going is going to work."
Detection of the disease has been state citrus growers' fear since the bug first crossed into San Diego County from Mexico in 2008, potentially threatening California's $1.3 billion fresh citrus market. Despite 25 years of worldwide research, there still are no biological or genetic controls for the disease that keeps fruit from ripening.
Until this detection, there had been no confirmed cases of an infected psyllid in California, and grower groups and state agricultural officials have been aggressively trapping and testing bugs for the disease since the first sighting.
State officials are making arrangements to remove and dispose of the tree, which so far is the only one found to be infected. They also will treat all citrus trees for psyllids within a half mile of the infected tree.
Only one infected pysllid has been trapped, but others can become vectors of the disease by feeding on an infected tree.
http://www.bakersfieldnow.com/news/local/Agency-Devastating-Citrus-disease-detected-in-California-145237725.html
Ok, now I'm waiting on Silas Wood to pop up. Makoks on either side have jumped out of their wraps.
Will post pics like I said...as soon as Silas pops or flops.
Someone (who propagates and owns a nursery) once said sapodillas are expensive because of the difficulty involved in grafting them. I can't imagine this is the case. I just think they are in high demand, like atemoya. They are both very easy to graft.
Jeff U may be right...they seem to root anything there. But I never remember them saying they were cuts...airlayers more feasible...but I asked them myself, because I have both caribou and Harvest moon...and Eric said caribou was seeds and harvest moons was grafts. (if i remember correct..disclaimer
My Excalibur mango is holding about a dozen or so fruits. Not too bad for the size of the tree. Definitely not Pickering-esque but I would not brand it a poor bearer based on this year's crop. The jury is still very much out on this cultivar overall though. Stay tuned as the season progresses.
Harry
