Join me next year when we go to CRFG scionwood exchange on second saturday of January.

I have researched the non-astringent firm varieties that I know you'd like. I was after them for wine making and the rest for fresh eating.

So if you come next year, I will whisper these secret varieties to you. Some of them would be astringent, but if you graft them side by side with another cultivar, they would be non astringent, firm and sweet with a hint of spice.

Your persimmon would be fantastic to graft to next year. Mine have loads of fruits and loads of graft, and you could do both at the same time and your crop yield will not be significantly lowered even if you graft and I will tell you more details how to achieve grafting while having your other hand waiting for fruits from the same tree.

That would be fantastic.
Benny

As promised, here's a pic of EZ's Kieffer (Kaffir) lime, bark grafted unto Star Ruby Grapefruit:




I have also bark grafted Kaffir lime unto Pink Lemon and Lisbon Lemon and they all took.

Did those buds break thru the grafting tape (looks like it), or did you leave a place/opening for them to bud out?

Patty, those broke through the parafilm grafting tape.

I was taught to leave a space open where the bud will sprout. What is the advantage of covering it up fully VS leaving a spot open?
Also if you T-bud now, I remember you said to cover them with foil. How long should I leave them covered? Until they take?

Leaving those places open is sometimes up to your whims, and I do that too. There are cultivars that are weak pushers and there are those that are strong. Since I don't know how the Kaffir lime would fare on which stock, I cover them up entirely to preserve moisture. And if they stayed green for 3 weeks or more and haven't sprouted, then I will open up those areas where growth are likely to occur. In my case, before I did that, the Kaffir lime already pushed its way through.

I only use aluminum foil when temperature reaches 90 deg F and above. Max of 3 weeks.

Here's a sample bark graft done by Kiwinut on harder to graft fruit trees like Pawpaw. Thanks for the pic Kiwinut!

You know what, I actually think I get it. What a great tutorial, I'm totally going to try it.

If you have zip code, I would have pinpointed your USDA zone. anyway, you can find it here if you know in the NJ map where you are. The zone distribution is from 4a to 7b for New Jersey.

http://uncommonrose.biz/r/newjersey.html

I'm actually not sure where in New Jersey i live but but Zip Code is 07940.

USDA Zone 6 it is!!!

Hi all, I posted this on another thread somewhere, but the zones have changed. There is no more A & B zones. Example: Milwaukee & Chicago used to be zone 5b. Now MKE is 5 & Chicago is 6. Your zone may have changed - but unlikely. I saw this on Paul James Gardening show.

Hi Joereal,

Where I had thought most of my buds took, they didn't. Couldn't figure out why. I then started trimming a tiny bit off of the sides and boom! Probably 90% are taking now.

The Heat is back again so I am on a budding break...

Here are a few that have just sprouted!

Thank you!

Could you do and upside-down T-bud to make it look like an upside down tree effect? For instance instead of a T cut, cut it like the perpendicular sign. _|_ kinda like that