Grafting

[Grafting Ken]

Hi, I’ll start a thread on grafting to show different methods of citrus grafting.. first one is a good way to graft a smaller scion to a larger rootstock.. using parafilm to wrap the graft... a good sharp knife and a good sharp pair of snips needed.

clementine and Kumquat.

[faraday]

Could you post about the rootstock please?

 

How long do you grow the rootstock for, & when does it become ready to accept a graft?

 

Thanks

[Grafting Ken]

7 minutes ago, faraday said:

Could you post about the rootstock please?

 

How long do you grow the rootstock for, & when does it become ready to accept a graft?

 

Thanks

Sure.

[Grafting Ken]

For bigger sticks a cleft graft is good for this just bog standard grafting tape is ok.

sorento lemon.

[Grafting Ken]

Good quality disease free bud wood is hard to find but after a few years of collecting citrus we are able to grow and graft from our own trees.

spanish Lisbon.

[Grafting Ken]

Rootstock we grow our own ready to graft at about 6 months... we are just on with 3000 rootstock and some will be ready to graft next month.

[Grafting Ken]

Eureka lemon.

[Grafting Ken]

Pink varied lemon

mayer lemon

navel orange.

[Grafting Ken]

Finger lime are really tricky to graft, scions are so thin so we use the side graft again.

I can’t stress enough how important it is to graft the finger lime into the correct rootstock and take scions from a mature tree of true variety.

this variety is judys.

[Grafting Ken]

To try to show rootstock incompatibility on the finger lime trees here’s 2 red champagne trees of the same age.... photo 1 grafted onto troyer, photo 2 grafted onto pomelo.

both planted at 6 months old during last years rainy season.

huge difference!

[faraday]

How do you know which rootstock goes with which Scion?

 

Do you have any experience with Mango grafting?

[Grafting Ken]

1 hour ago, faraday said:

How do you know which rootstock goes with which Scion?

 

Do you have any experience with Mango grafting?

There’s lots of info about on varieties and rootstock compatibility.. some lemons are no good on troyer rootstock so for lemon we use volka.

a little on mango grafting, mango can be grafted on the tree and it’s a good method with high success rate same as avocado grafting.

Im waiting for my avocado trees to fruit then We will graft from them..

[Grumpy John]

I would like 2 Meyer lemon trees,  do you send by post?  What price? 

[Grafting Ken]

Last months grafts open after cooking for 28 days.

[faraday]

What does "Cooking" mean?

[Grafting Ken]

2 hours ago, faraday said:

What does "Cooking" mean?

Just a method.. I cook them in bags... it’s taken 2 years of endless failures to find the best way to graft and get the best success rate in this hot climate.  I call it cooking like cooking a chicken, nice and slow over a long period of time to get best results... bbq trees won’t work????

[Grafting Ken]

Just finish tests grafting finger lime onto our own homegrown rootstock.

grafting up 2700 total and we got a team of some of the best grafters in the country to come and help graft the trees up... from what I’ve seen on my travels and findings so far these trees will be the best in the country by a long mile... very nice disease free trees.

[IsaanAussie]

Got me convinced, they are growing vigorously here. I will be back to buy more.

[Grafting Ken]

Just an update on our finger lime grafts.. things have gone really well with an amazing success rate.. now enough good trees to grow on for 12 months ready to plant next wet season