Happy to report that I may be 2 for 10 on peaches. A couple of the thinnest scion I grafted are showing signs of life.
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I’d leave all the grafts until dormant pruning season…and even so might even delay a extra year.
Hi Trev,
A pic might be useful if you can post one so we can see how the four compare. There are so many variables to think about. If all are competing on the same tree, the stronger graft take will usually grow faster, and it seems apical dominance or position can play a role. Could be the weaker one is your redneck. (Only kidding)
Anyway show me a pic and I can tell you what I might do.
Dennis
Nice Don’t unwrap parafilm etc till leaves are 1+inch long or they will dedicate and fail
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I top worked a crabapple that was destroyed by a tornado at my parents house last year. I used modeling clay to seal everything after seeing @candyflipper have success Grafting thread 2021 - #350 by candyflipper
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If I had a failed plum or peach graft on rootstock from two months ago when I grafted indoors, can I try again if I have room to cut lower and viable scions? It couldn’t hurt I guess? Or should I wait to see if I have any late pushers?
I have a little greenhouse to manage nighttime temperatures. Day highs inside it are 70s and 80s; night 50s and 60s.
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Last year i have done a modified cleft graft, maple leaf mulberry on a unnamed white mulberry.
Its growing nice this year, giving me fruits already BUT the graft area is really ugly and i wonder if it wont fail long term.
What u guys think?
If i plant it on the ground should i bury the graft under the soil?
The graft just done last year:
The tree this year:
The grafted area:
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Thanks Carlin. Will do. 
I suppose that this is the part of the forum to which one is supposed to attach these sorts of pics. There it is, a tiny little piece of the unknown peach that the previous owner left us.
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@DennisD a drill graft?
Is that exactly what it sounds like? Using a drill to create a hole for a scion?
@DennisD … here is what my mulberry graft looks like now…
I am impressed with the growth.
If you look at the bottom left portion you can see part of that one scion that has less growth.
3 of the scions each have 2 buds that have shoots 12-18 inch long.
But this one scion has 2 buds and it has shoots 2-3 inch long. They do not look bad… just much smaller than the others.
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With the thick bark it looks funny, the scions so inset. I’m used to grafting younger limbs. Cool.
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I have done almost exclusively bench grafting, so I have been following @TNHunter and his mulberry with interest since it was basically the same concept as what I ended up doing, just a different strategy. Trev, are you planning on keeping all of your branches and doing an espalier /scaffold situation or are you planning on a central leader and keeping the most vigorous branch?
Yes there are several videos by a Russian on how to do it. First year all mine failed but this spring even several of those that I thought had failed began to grow! Not sure why the lag, this year most of mine worked.
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I had a mulberry graft that looked similar one time and was sure it wouldn’t last but it repaired itself as it grew and is barely discernible at this point.
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Thank you @k8tpayaso
I’ll leave as it is for now.
Its a really nice cultivar the maple leaf mulberry
@disc4tw — I was hoping for something like the pic below (strudledog11 on youtube)…
If I just let mine go and all those new shoots just fight it out for position/dominance… do you think I would get something like that… looks like his is 6-7 ft tall, and 8 or more wide… multiple trunks or stems coming up from the base. Don’t see anything like an organized central leader there, more like just a bush.
I have no grandkids yet… but hope to have some in the future and I want them to be able to pick and eat all they want with as many berries as possible within kid reach. My wife is 5’1" so that would work nicely for her too.
TNHunter
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There is another one (Gerardi) that Strudledog grafted onto a Pakistan stump - the Pakistan did not do well there and he lopped it off and grafted on Gerardi.
He said that graft was done “last spring”… and just look at the growth… 1 years growth and then the current year (in June) and all that growth.
It does not look like he is doing anything special to manage the growth, it is just sort of bushing out…
He did mention in one of his videos on gerardi that he does some pruning but not a lot.
That would sure work for me.
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I watched that video of Strudledogs mulberry last night. Also the persimmon videos.
Here is some of the mulberry grafting I did this year. Geraldi was one of the varieties I added.
Long fruits are Black Mulberry from the USDA.
Fig graft is Hative de Argentile onto Chicago Hardy.
Hoping the little windmill keeps the birds off my grafts.
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Trev
I would let it feed the rootstock this season, then decide what shape you really want the tree to take. They all look perfectly healthy and there is no downside to waiting. You never know what might happen to the others later, so I advise waiting until you are ready to prune for shape and ultimate height
Dennis
Bryan,
I should note it’s a conical 3/8” bit that I use.
Dennis
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