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12Zodiac:

--- Quote from: sc4001992 on November 11, 2024, 02:34:13 AM ---Dan, if you have a brix meter (refractometer), can you take a brix reading of your ripe fruit.

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Unfortunately I don’t have a brix meter but from my experiences, the first year grafted fruits will most likely be not so great.

manfromyard:
The only citrus that I also have been unable to graft (multiple times) are Miho and Xie shan. Must be rootstock incompatibility. I have tried both on trifoliate and on citrangequat..so strange..

Lauta_hibrid:
I have had some problems grafting Poncirus, the thing is that I thought spring was good for everyone, but Poncirus here is grafted when it is warmer, that is, summer. In spring it is just awakening and so it is more difficult to graft. Keep that in mind. Second is that there are methods that give you more time for the graft to stick. I usually graft by covering the graft with a bag that also leaves a leaf from the foot inside... that gives humidity to the face of the grafted variety. Once I grafted in autumn and the graft survived the whole winter, and in spring I discovered it when I pulled the first new shoot. The last tip is to "make a lemon tree from seed". You use the lemon to maintain the variety that you buy from the CCPP and then you graft by taking material from there. The lemon sticks easily and will allow you to practice with that material more times. Many times it is a problem of lack of practice, mainly if they are difficult varieties. In order not to lose them, I always graft on lemon 💪.  I hope that some of my experiences will be of use to you.

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