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Tropical Fruit => Tropical Fruit Discussion => Topic started by: The Gardening Adventure on December 10, 2020, 03:34:17 AM

Title: Best time of year to graft Cherimoya in Southern Califonia
Post by: The Gardening Adventure on December 10, 2020, 03:34:17 AM
I have 3 Cherimoya trees and only one of them has fruits that I like. I would like to graft the other 2.

Can you please tell me when is the best time of the year to do it?


Title: Re: Best time of year to graft Cherimoya in Southern Califonia
Post by: RodneyS on December 10, 2020, 12:29:38 PM
People often graft when they go dormant around April
Title: Re: Best time of year to graft Cherimoya in Southern Califonia
Post by: Kuhyay on December 10, 2020, 12:53:24 PM
Here in San Diego our trees go dormant around March/April as RodneyS mentioned. It's a short dormancy of only a month. Once the trees begin to emerge from that period you'll notice the sap flow increase and the bark start to slip. That is the ideal time to graft.
Title: Re: Best time of year to graft Cherimoya in Southern Califonia
Post by: The Gardening Adventure on December 10, 2020, 01:37:07 PM
Thank you!

Do you have any grafting techniques that work best with Cherimoya?
Title: Re: Best time of year to graft Cherimoya in Southern Califonia
Post by: Kuhyay on December 10, 2020, 01:51:27 PM
I've had high success rates with a modified rind bark graft. Here is an example of it being performed on figs. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2EcZ7zELzyI (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2EcZ7zELzyI)
Title: Re: Best time of year to graft Cherimoya in Southern Califonia
Post by: RodneyS on December 10, 2020, 02:14:41 PM
Cleft grafts are good, too
Title: Re: Best time of year to graft Cherimoya in Southern Califonia
Post by: alangr088 on December 10, 2020, 03:06:13 PM
I will doing the same to a couple of my trees. In order to have some good branches to graft on to...What month/time would be good to prune back heavily down to the stump?
Title: Re: Best time of year to graft Cherimoya in Southern Califonia
Post by: Kuhyay on December 10, 2020, 04:02:44 PM
I will doing the same to a couple of my trees. In order to have some good branches to graft on to...What month/time would be good to prune back heavily down to the stump?

Alangr008, I recommend when the tree goes into dormancy and begins to drop it's leaves. That will vary depending on your climate, but in SD it's usually March/April. Cherimoya respond well to aggressive pruning during dormancy.