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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.

Added a little 360-type video of the 8BK and XXL after I cleaned out some foliage.

Dude I was talking with my friend about grafting techniques and I found your diary.. what a coincidence! Good luck, I’m following it very closely 👀

@Rangi_Kijani, you should look into Side Grafting it may be a better option to experiment with on weed plants. See a bit of info on internet doing it with tomato plants which have a similar stem structure.

Grafting attempt was a bust, but the moms all seem to be doing well 😎. Added some pics.

The doctor is in, nice I think a top graft is your best bet. Were the stems a bit hollow?

Really nice to see a diary of it! Did you wrap the stem very tightly in mother plant? I guess your next step should be to Fuse cannabis

did you use hanging weights to train the plants and hold them down?