Update on my plants:
About two weeks ago, I put out my An Hai, Wusu, & Dongkui Male out for some morning sun since they were having small leaves and buds pushing. I forgot to put them back into the back patio before going to work and so they sat in the hot sun for 8 hours, and that day was especially hot
. When I went to mist them later that evening I realized my folly! The leaves, tips and buds were all brown and burnt
. I clipped the brown tips and removed the young brown leaves but left the buds. Now they are in intensive care and thankfully small little green buds are appearing again, not as much as before but at least they are still alive.
An Hai has leaves coming out from the rootstock, I will leave them on for now and hopefully that doesn't take away from the graft producing leaves. Poor plant had the most growth initially and had the first flush of leaves.
An Hai
Dongkui Male
Wusu
The Biqi, Black Carbon & Dongkui Female were kept under the patio because the first two had just a few tiny green specks on them and the Dongkui F still isn't showing anything. I'm happy to say that the Biqi and the Black Carbon have flushed out alot now!
Black Carbon
Biqi
I trimmed back all the dead branches of the Dongkui Female, hopefully she shows some kind of growth soon.
I can't find any Monterey root knot nematode solution here, ebay or amazon. Anyone know any online place that ships these
. I don't think the M. Californica or M pensylvanica rootstock would do well here so I was trying to find the M. cerifera rootstock. I tried purchasing rootstock from the etsy seller that roblack mentioned but he said he can't send to me
I've ordered cuttings and just received them and hopefully they root well so I can use these as rootstock, sometimes it is aggravating living so far from the mainland US
I am very thankful though for being able to participate in this endeavor and for being able to receive seeds, cuttings and plants from members on this forum!
Has anyone tried using or heard of Myrica Faya? It is supposed to be invasive in Hawaii and Florida, if anyone happens to have this plant please message me, it seems like this would be the ideal rootstock for my place. I would naturally be very careful with it and have it contained so it doesn't become invasive here, and it shouldn't be able to if it is being used as a rootstock.
