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EuroFruit:
Hello,
I need advice from people experienced in grafting mango and annona trees.
I'll be receiving some scions tomorrow from a sunny state in the United States. They travelled 13 days across the Atlantic ocean.
Some are wrapped in buddy tape and others in zip bags with a damp towel.
I'm wondering what type of pretreatment to apply before grafting them. I have several ideas, but I'd like your opinion:
-Cut them and soak them in water for 24 hours to rehydrate them.
-Spray them with a copper-based fungicide.
-Remove the buddy tape and replace it with fresher tape before grafting.
On YouTube, Dr. Richard Campbell says that scions can be stored for 15 days in a zip bags, so I still have some hope!
Thank you for your help.

Oqueel:
I got a similar mix last month but mine only took about 8 days to arrive. For the mango scions that came unwrapped, I snipped off the ends, dipped them in a cup of water overnight (they arrived in the evening) and grafted early the next day. The annonas and some mangoes were wrapped in buddy tape and I just grafted them like that and had nearly 80% take overall. One thing I observed was that swollen buds on the mango scions were not necessary because they eventually all dried up and the scions had to push from previously dormant buds.

Good luck!

EuroFruit:

--- Quote from: Oqueel on May 20, 2025, 05:04:35 AM ---I got a similar mix last month but mine only took about 8 days to arrive. For the mango scions that came unwrapped, I snipped off the ends, dipped them in a cup of water overnight (they arrived in the evening) and grafted early the next day. The annonas and some mangoes were wrapped in buddy tape and I just grafted them like that and had nearly 80% take overall. One thing I observed was that swollen buds on the mango scions were not necessary because they eventually all dried up and the scions had to push from previously dormant buds.

Good luck!

--- End quote ---
Thanks Oqueel,
Guess you are located not far from L...s.  !
Just my two cents ! 😄

EuroFruit:
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Johnny Eat Fruit:
13 days is along time in transit.  If you get a 10% success rate with mango Scions consider your self lucky.

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