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Dongkui cutting started on 1/3/23So excited to see flower buds
Reedo, wow, nice photos and plants. You grafted tree really did well for one year growth.Did you say it takes 2 yrs for the seeds to germinate to the size you show in the photo? It sure takes a long time to grow. I'm planning to try both cracked seed and untouched seed germination to see if cracking the seeds open will shorten the time for it to start growing out.Ronnie Demler is the person on Facebook that wrote a nice 10 page PDF paper on how he germinates the yangmei seeds (written in Jan 2020). Here's the facbook link below with the document.https://www.facebook.com/groups/402462807192797/posts/1405283506910717/?comment_id=1405564263549308&reply_comment_id=1406670503438684¬if_id=1675185274339327¬if_t=group_comment_mentionI agree with you on the grafting, no different than any other grafting like citrus, lychee. One interesting thing I noticed about how they graft all these bare root trees we got is that they are all veneer grafts. So, for those people who wanted to know the trick, just copy their technique. I haven't had good scion wood to do the grafting on myrica californica rootstock until now so this time I will do a lot of grafting. Problem is, there are not that many sources for the rootstock, all out of stock since many people are buying them up.
Reedo is using some secret rooting sauces I think. I will be acidifing soil this week with:https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/81pUUSjfJxL._AC_UF894,1000_QL80_FMwebp_.jpg
Hello, I'm excited to share some pictures of my Dongkui grafts done on 1/3/23. All are on Californica rootstock This one got flower buds, it might fruit4me
I only have 1 tree survived from both group buys (not the latest from dec 2022). It is labeled as male dong kui. I've read somewhere on this forum that the male trees from the group buys are not necessarily male trees but just a fail grafted male tree so they are just tree grown from rootstock? Can anyone confirm?
What a lovely sight, Simon! I've wondered about pollination from other myrica species as well; let's hope so and find out.
The net cover will increase the Brix due to the net blocked the inserts and rain out.The variety is DongKui.