One or two should be enough I think. Did you do all 5 at the same time? ThanksGood luck, put on plenty of grafts! I grafted a juniper last season for the first time and only 1/5 Scion grafts took. I was happy I had any success, but I had to approach graft later in the season to keep the project going. Be patient!!!
I did, the more the merrier!One or two should be enough I think. Did you do all 5 at the same time? Thanks
Thank you Neil. I was considering doing a few at a time on the outer curvature but it sounds like more is better. I will proceed with doing several at a time.To take full advantage of the great trunks I think you would need a few grafts on those trunks. When I did mine I put a graft on each branch and more at the top for canopy. It is possible to build a whole tree from a single graft but I don't think it looks great.
Do you have a plan to develop a tree from just 1 or 2 growing points?
More is good. You can always cut excess off but it takes a few more years to add more if you discover you need them.
I also resorted to approach grafts to get all the pieces I needed on the trees I had. Even that process took nearly 5 years of trial and error to get enough survivors.
You should be able to graft as many as you need at the one time provided they are not all right near each other.
Thank you.Looks like a good trunk there. Nice project!
Have you considered grafting on the existing branches? They look like they are mostly in the right spots. Grafting onto thinner shoots is much easier than trying to graft onto a really thick trunk. It is easier to make the cuts and it is easier to match cambium of stock and scion when both are closer to the same diameter.Thank you Neil. I was considering doing a few at a time on the outer curvature but it sounds like more is better. I will proceed with doing several at a time.
If you look more closely, the green foliage try to push through in between the parafilm. Note I said ‘green’. It’s been 6 months and if they are still green, they took. If not they would be brown and dead by now as you see in the last one in my grafts. Hope this helps.Why do you conclude three of them took?
What visual cues do you use?
I find it hard to decide untill MUCH later in the process, so curious what you see that makes you conclude they took!