msasharae97

The challenge with this mom is that I’ve trained her back continually so she has a super sturdy “open bowl”-type framework. I’d like to graft into this if possible to keep everything low to start. I have <30” total height to play with. I also should have chosen a narrower blade (the tool came with 3) to make the cut. Lesson learned. If all else fails, I’ll graft into a new shoot, although that will be higher up.

My intention was certainly to wrap the graft joint tightly to ensure cambian contact. However, my procedure was shaky (literally!) so I’m not confident that the graft is either properly aligned or secured. But, I know how I’ll do it differently next time! 😎

Well, first grafting effort was informative, but neither graft survived. Due to stem diameter, I didn’t get a clean cut with the grafting tool, so lining up the cambian tissue was difficult and obviously became problematic. I May try again in a few days when I have some more donor stock developed from the XXL I have in hydro.