JeffS73
Shohin
Hey, so I have a bunch of stuff going on in my garden that I thought would be fun to share in one thread as it's a bit too piecemeal for lots of threads. Hopefully you will enjoy too.
I had some 2018 JBP with good nebari but no low buds, so I decided to use them as rootstock for JWP. I decided to try Zuisho and Arakawa. I started with 10, but only one of each survived. We had a really hard frost and everything in the greenhouse was frozen solid for a week. Bit much for the young plants and grafts.
Zuisho, March '21
June '21 - top of rootstock cut off and scion started to 'whoosh':
October '21 - I cut the rest of the rootstock crown off two months ago. Two flushes of growth this year, all of the plants energy went into this. 4 inches tall, speckles are copper spray. I'm really pleased with how well it has bonded and grown, right on top of the nebari.
The cutting changed colour as time went on. It was originally a kind of grass / blue green, but became bluer as it has gone on. Heres a comparison with JWP from seed (2020):
I had some 2018 JBP with good nebari but no low buds, so I decided to use them as rootstock for JWP. I decided to try Zuisho and Arakawa. I started with 10, but only one of each survived. We had a really hard frost and everything in the greenhouse was frozen solid for a week. Bit much for the young plants and grafts.
Zuisho, March '21
June '21 - top of rootstock cut off and scion started to 'whoosh':
October '21 - I cut the rest of the rootstock crown off two months ago. Two flushes of growth this year, all of the plants energy went into this. 4 inches tall, speckles are copper spray. I'm really pleased with how well it has bonded and grown, right on top of the nebari.
The cutting changed colour as time went on. It was originally a kind of grass / blue green, but became bluer as it has gone on. Heres a comparison with JWP from seed (2020):