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which grafting techniques are you trying? the meiwa i grafted to citrumelo died to the graft point after 2 or 3 years, cant remember now. i have some of its seedlings growing directly in the ground now inside my GH. no more potted kumquats for me lol. my potted hindsii also died this spring.

I can’t get Meiwa grafts to take Nagami. Fukushu seems to take no problem but after trying twice with several scions each time they just die.

Oops I somehow missed this post. I remember reading about this species! I'll look around for a pad as I am terrible with seeds.

Quote from: Pandan on June 04, 2023, 10:49:43 PM

Also this is a desire of mine: large, sweet and glochidless opuntia

maybe this one is interesting for breeding

'Willoughby Spit' Prickly Pear
https://store.experimentalfarmnetwork.org/products/willoughby-spit-prickly-pear?_pos=2&_sid=3ddb8c474&_ss=r

on EFN there was an O.stricta type with similar traites (now it has disappeared)

https://www.experimentalfarmnetwork.org/project/16

nice! do you have pictures of the fruit and the thornless one? how is the larger fruit, is there any tasty pulp?

I have a large opuntia humifusa with fig sized fruit and a patch of heritage thornless opuntia humifusa in need of love. I hope to breed both with opuntia ficus indica eventually. Unfortunately, I only have a single rooted pad of that one, so unless I find a large potted example, I think I'm a long ways off from that goal. Wishing the other folks on that path the best!

Thuja occidentalis (eastern white cedar) is all over here as privacy hedges so we get rust. The property here also has it on the perimeter so its unavoidable. My seeds never sprouted so we'll see what comes up. I'll keep any seedlings that look more resistant like I did with my quince seedlings

Pomegranate- the "Russian" varieties. I'm growing a few. So far the Afganski fruited and it's great. Won't be buying any underripe Wonderfuls from the grocery store ever again.
Persimmons- any really. Pest free.
Stone fruit- cherry, peach, plum, etc I like stone fruit but the pests make it a pain to grow, I don't wan't to spray pesticide so I bag the fruit. Kaolin clay has mixed results due to all the rain in the spring washing it off and giving the insects time to attack before the next spray.
The bush cherry varieties don't get bothered as much, fruit is sour but can be processed.

My sister would get itchy mouth/burning lips from mango. One day she had "anaphylaxis" and her throat swelled shut after eating a mango. Could be the early warning signs for a severe reaction. Keep some Benadryl an epi-pen nearby just in case 😜

I missed trying this one. I did try hallabong grown in Jeju Island! It's supposed to be the same as Dekopon but the fruit is more tasty due to growing conditions.

Looks good. Here's an update on my Hachiya on Jiro Fuyu cleft, bark, and bud grafts. All seem to be growing! 100% success. The next battle is making sure the wind doesn't tear the bark grafts off lol

I've only ever seen them at Whole Foods. I do not have a grafted one as I've pretty much given up on growing citrus in containers I can only keep expensive plants alive for 2-3 years max in a pot haha. I decided to try growing kumquats from seed and planting directly in the ground inside the GH. I have now have a fruiting limequat from seed and it only took 2 years. Also growing a meiwa, Nagami, and Thomasville (that one is grafted) so we'll see how long this half mandarin kumquat will take to flower. The Meiwa and Nagami plants came from my now dead potted plants. Those should flower around 2-3 years as well.

I feel it on the cactus. My dragon fruit is permanently scarred from not acclimating it properly last spring. Painted the stems to hide some of the damage. It flowered last fall so I definitely want to keep it




Nooo

Thought about grafting it on trifoliate but doubt that will help much. It seems sour mandarins are not very hardy to begin with. US852 and Bishop are already hardy enough thanks to the Changsha parent.

Bishop is growing out in the open now since I've grafted it away from that retaining wall and onto poncirus... that graft survived 2f without damage.

Congrats on the graft. As soon as I cut the rootstock tree the rootstock made buds on the trunk, within a week. Not seeing anything happening on the grafts yet but there is condensation collecting under the parafilm hopefully it doesn't cause issues.

Thanks! Interesting observation, I wonder if there is a day length requirement to push new leaves not just temperature. I didn't strip my sugar apple graft on cherimoya next to it, will let it continue to grow this spring and summer