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firebirdbandit



Joined: 05 Feb 2010
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Location: Tallahassee, FL [Zone 8B]

Posted: Wed 24 Mar, 2010 3:33 pm

I'm a newbie to grafting citrus. I grew some Poncirus trifoliata from seeds. Aprox how old should those seedings be before I attempt to graft them. They are aprox 6" tall right now.


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Location: Pensacola, FL zone 9

Posted: Thu 25 Mar, 2010 1:43 am

Age is not the key--size is. It is best to graft on seedlings that are about the size of a pencil to about 3/8 inch (10 mm).

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David.
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Posted: Thu 25 Mar, 2010 2:40 am

Yeah size isn't the key to grafting. As long as you can insert the bud(t budding) your good.
I would recommend t budding it is by far the easiest to do, and if yournew and fail you can try again

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Posted: Thu 25 Mar, 2010 5:51 pm

I was not saying you can't graft on larger or even smaller trees or limbs, but it is increasingly difficult to do a T-bud on trees smaller than a pencil. Larger fast growing limbs are often eaiser, but it can be difficult to insert a bud in the hardened bark of a seedling that is larger than a 1/2 inch. So I still say it is best to graft seedlings when they are between pencil size and about 3/8 inch

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