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jsvand5
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Joined: 14 Jun 2008
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Location: FL
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| Posted: Thu 05 Feb, 2009 7:54 pm |
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On a recent buying frenzy i bought more plants than I have planting area left. I have an extra "page" that is still very small. I was thinking about grafting it to my satsuma but I want to be positive it will take. I don't want to take any chance of losing the "page" since it took me quite a while to find them. I was thinking of doing an approach graft instead of trying a bark graft or t-bud since I have only had about 75% success with those types of grafts. Will approach grafts work well on citrus? I know it is probably not the most efficient grafting method but I have had 100% success with it on my tropicals. Even my mangosteen approach grafts seem to have taken. Thanks. |
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morphinelover
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Joined: 18 Nov 2008
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Location: Gadsden, Alabama
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| Posted: Thu 05 Feb, 2009 8:02 pm |
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I would just find a limb on the tree you want the graft on and cut a bud or two from your other tree and tbud it. It shouldn't jepordize the tree. On the other hand approach grafts do work for hard to graft species. |
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Patty_in_wisc
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Joined: 15 Nov 2005
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Location: zone 5 Milwaukee, Wi
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| Posted: Thu 05 Feb, 2009 8:22 pm |
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I plan on doing some grafting this Spring. I've done T bud, whip & tongue, & bark but what is approach graft?
Joe Real has done some very good step by step instructions on several grafts.
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morphinelover
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Skeeter
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Location: Pensacola, FL zone 9
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| Posted: Thu 05 Feb, 2009 9:30 pm |
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I have grafted Page to Lisbon Lemon and to Ponkan Mandarin--both using bark grafts and both took easily.
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Patty_in_wisc
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Location: zone 5 Milwaukee, Wi
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| Posted: Thu 05 Feb, 2009 9:32 pm |
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Thanks, I bookmarked it.
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Sylvain
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Location: Bergerac, France.
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| Posted: Fri 06 Feb, 2009 3:10 am |
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I even made an approach graft with a fruit on the sion. It work well.
Pictures on monday. |
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morphinelover
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| Posted: Fri 06 Feb, 2009 1:05 pm |
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| Sylvain wrote: | I even made an approach graft with a fruit on the sion. It work well.
Pictures on monday. |
I'd like to see those pics. I think they use approach grafting in bonsai culture because some of trees that they use like coniferous trees are harder to graft the usual way. |
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oxtailpaksiw
Joined: 26 Dec 2010
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Location: CA
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| Posted: Mon 18 Apr, 2011 10:21 am |
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[quote="Sylvain"]I even made an approach graft with a fruit on the sion. It work well.
Pictures on monday.[/quote]
Sylvain, did the scion continue fruiting the following seasons? |
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Terry
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Joined: 21 Nov 2005
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Location: Wilmington, NC
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| Posted: Wed 20 Apr, 2011 1:24 am |
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I've done several approach grafts on citrus. You need to be sure that the graft has taken before cutting off the scion from the mother plant. I've lost a few for that reason.
This an approach graft with an albino sudachi and a normal sudachi.
Terry
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Sylvain
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Joined: 16 Nov 2007
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Location: Bergerac, France.
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| Posted: Sun 24 Apr, 2011 11:25 am |
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Better late than never:
As terry said the graft point is very weak. You better wait several months before cutting the mother branch and enforce the graft with a piece of bamboo like on the picture.
It is lemon on PT.
The full thread here for French speakers:
http://www.agrumes-passion.com/topic100.html |
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