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Laaz
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Location: Dorchester County, South Carolina
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| Posted: Wed 13 Jul, 2011 10:00 am |
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I don't know if masking tape will work. You may want to try Teflon instead.
Removing the parafilm, just wait until the graft has healed over & use a razor knife down the length of the plant.
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Bengy
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Location: Australia
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| Posted: Sat 20 Aug, 2011 12:35 pm |
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I've been lurking & reading some of your very interesting & helpful" citrus propagation advice"...I would like to try grafting few branches of eureka & meyer onto my existing lisbon tree.My tree is about 8-10 yrs old or probably more ( can't find the picture tag anymore)..Which grafting process shld i use w/c will have more successful takes, cleft or t-budding..Im a newbie in grafting citrus but im a keen learner..I live in Melbourne, Australia & i think im in zone 10 (??). |
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Laaz
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Location: Dorchester County, South Carolina
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| Posted: Sat 20 Aug, 2011 2:27 pm |
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Hi Bengy. Depends on the wood. Once the wood is brown (bark) it is harder to t-bud.
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KW4
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Joined: 07 Mar 2008
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Location: Colorado
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| Posted: Sun 21 Aug, 2011 2:29 am |
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My biggest challenge with the cleft graft is wrapping the parafilm around the graft union without dislodging the alignment. Any tips?
I have seen use of grafting wax around the union to avoid this problem.
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Green Bud
Joined: 06 Sep 2011
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Location: North Queensland, Australia
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How long will the cuttings last if kept in the fridge in sealed bags?I suppose it is best to do the grafts straight away? |
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buddinman
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Location: Lumberton Texas zone 8
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I have held scions in a PE bag in the vegetable compartment of the refrig for several months and had excellent results. One other thing I do on cleft grafts and bark grafts where the graft union is made and wrapped with parafilm is to wrap the the scion and root stock union with a small piece of aluminum foil shiny side out. |
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jose263
Joined: 23 Nov 2009
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Location: Biloxi, MS
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| buddinman wrote: | | I have held scions in a PE bag in the vegetable compartment of the refrig for several months and had excellent results. One other thing I do on cleft grafts and bark grafts where the graft union is made and wrapped with parafilm is to wrap the the scion and root stock union with a small piece of aluminum foil shiny side out. |
South Mississippi Gulf Coast it is winter is this a good time to collect citrus wood for grafts?
I have had success grafting fruit trees in spring(apple, pears,etc)with scions collected in winter. no success T budding anything
When is best time to collect citrus graftwood? When is best time to graft citrus? I mainly do cleft or bark grafts.
any tips or good links to view?  |
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jose263
Joined: 23 Nov 2009
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Location: Biloxi, MS
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| KW4 wrote: | My biggest challenge with the cleft graft is wrapping the parafilm around the graft union without dislodging the alignment. Any tips?
I have seen use of grafting wax around the union to avoid this problem.
Kyle |
With cleft and bark grafts, I wrap the union tightly with wide rubber band to hold everything in place - then wrap with parafilm. Had much better success this way. |
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adriano
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Joined: 24 Feb 2012
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Location: Zagreb, Croatia
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I HAVE a citrus of unknown sort, probably grown from seed. It never gave any fruits. I want to graft lemon onto that tree now, before vegetation starts.
It is not poncirus or some citrus which is usually used as rootstock.
Does it make sense to graft lemon cutting onto this unknown sort of citrus?
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Radoslav
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Joined: 03 May 2008
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Location: Slovak Republic
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If it is an healthy plant and it is doing well on its place - it has sense to graft on it. You can draft lemon on to some twigs and also leave some twigs untouched to see flowers of the rootstock plant one day. Most citruses has afinity to each other, except some, like Eureka lemon, which is not compatible with some rootstocks. |
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adriano
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thanks. it is healthy, i put a photos later.
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adriano
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Millet
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| Posted: Wed 13 Mar, 2013 6:12 pm |
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adrino, does the above picture have something to do with cleft grafting? - illet |
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adriano
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| Posted: Thu 14 Mar, 2013 5:51 am |
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yes, i want to graft lemon cutting onto that tree.
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adriano
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| Posted: Thu 14 Mar, 2013 5:56 am |
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or maybe not, i am not sure what is cleft grafting. All i know is that i want this tree to produce fruits.
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