Joined: 07 Jan 2010 Posts: 410 Location: Orange County, North Carolina. 7B
Posted: Thu 25 Feb, 2010 5:39 pm
I'm curious if anyone has had success with rooting Pummelo budwood?(or any other budwood for that matter) I'm ordering directly from CCPP early release. There's a new variety called Valentine Pummelo Hybrid - very interesting sweet blood colored hybrid. I am aware they they will have no leaves and it will be much more difficult to root than normal cuttings. thanks for any feedback.
Joined: 13 Nov 2005 Posts: 6657 Location: Colorado
Posted: Fri 26 Feb, 2010 3:51 am
When I root a bare bud stick, I wrap the entire stick (except the portion that will be in the rooting medium) with parafilm pudding tape, and root in high humidity. There is a tutorial by Joe Real showing this method on this forum. - Millet (1,055-)
Joined: 30 Jun 2009 Posts: 757 Location: Gilbert,AZ
Posted: Fri 26 Feb, 2010 5:43 am
Millet wrote:
When I root a bare bud stick, I wrap the entire stick (except the portion that will be in the rooting medium) with parafilm pudding tape, and root in high humidity. There is a tutorial by Joe Real showing this method on this forum. - Millet (1,055-)
What is your failure ratio, it never occured to be to try rooting budwood.
Joined: 13 Nov 2005 Posts: 6657 Location: Colorado
Posted: Fri 26 Feb, 2010 1:05 pm
60 70 percent. The parafilm wrapping greatly reduces moisture loss from the bud stick. Actually, what would be better is remove a bud and T-bud it onto a root stock, and then root the cutting. This way you get 2 for 1-. Millet (1,054-)