bonhe
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Hi all,
I post this subject to help whoever loves ume can have one to enjoy its flower in a few seasons!
I live in the hot and dry area. Because of this fact, making the ume from the cutting is impossible.
In 10/2011, I collect American apricot seedling which popped up in my garden (my neighbor has an American apricot tree with lot of fruits). Then on 2/14/2012 (right in the Valentine Day) I used one of the ume branches cut from the tree posted on the forum at this time tp graft on the American apricot seedling.
On 4/8/12, you can see the new shoot coming out.
4/24/12
At first, I pinched the top of the American apricot, then wait until the ume shoot growed longer. At that time, I completelyremoved the trunk of American apricot down to the grafting site. As you can see, the grafting site is very low. It almost next to the root-trunk base.
Here the tree on 12/1/2013. I let it grow unchecked. Now, you can see flower buds (yellow arrows)
Yesterday, 12/15/2013
I can not wait to see its flowers!
I plan to train it into the cascade tree.
Bonhe
I post this subject to help whoever loves ume can have one to enjoy its flower in a few seasons!
I live in the hot and dry area. Because of this fact, making the ume from the cutting is impossible.
In 10/2011, I collect American apricot seedling which popped up in my garden (my neighbor has an American apricot tree with lot of fruits). Then on 2/14/2012 (right in the Valentine Day) I used one of the ume branches cut from the tree posted on the forum at this time tp graft on the American apricot seedling.
On 4/8/12, you can see the new shoot coming out.
4/24/12
At first, I pinched the top of the American apricot, then wait until the ume shoot growed longer. At that time, I completelyremoved the trunk of American apricot down to the grafting site. As you can see, the grafting site is very low. It almost next to the root-trunk base.
Here the tree on 12/1/2013. I let it grow unchecked. Now, you can see flower buds (yellow arrows)
Yesterday, 12/15/2013
I can not wait to see its flowers!
I plan to train it into the cascade tree.
Bonhe