Whip tounge… WS8-10 Barbaras blush… to wild dv.
Imp kieffer bark graft to wild callery pear transplant.
Kieffer modified cleft to wild callery transplant.
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Is it possible that the roots are too wet?
It’s more than very possible. I just used a bag of garden soil bc I don’t know what mix is good to put grafted trees in. As much YouTubing and here I do can never get a good answer. Also I may not have drilled enough holes in the tub
They might be right, but I would lean more toward poor root stock.
I ve been buying my rootstock from Cummins last few years. Any recommendations?
Not really. Cummins is supposed to be good, but I think some other people had issues with them this year as well.
Grow the rootstocks out for a year and let them establish some roots (in ground or in pots) Then graft.
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That’s what I do as well. Grafts take better and crap rootstock get weeded out.
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i grafted 20 semi dwarf bare root rootstocks with 6 different apples then put them directly on cardboard mounded with soil, then mulch. all but 1 is growing. just checked them 30 min. ago. planted out the 3rd week of may. this cool weather and 7 days strait of rain probably helped them get well established.
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When I bench graft indoors and place the grafted trees in pots. What is the best soil I can go with?
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Friendly reminder: once they start growing in earnest, stake your grafts. My “Docteur Desportes” on callery was my best growing graft this season. Just a few days ago I was thinking, “Better get some support on that, you doofus.” But I got busy with other stuff, put it off, and (naturally!) got surprised by some very high winds yesterday, which snapped the graft right out. Fortunately, I have a back-up on OHxF 87. Still, it’s frustrating—and all the more so because this was entirely preventable by a few moments of minor labor.
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That’s what I’ve been using for potted rootstocks, too. Works great—difficult to overwater. If I’ve got it, I’ll also work in a little handful of compost or worm castings.
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The problem I have had with compost in pots is , the worms “ red wigglers” take the compost out of the pots , leaving voids in the tall tree pots, larger, squatter round pots seam to just settle down with compost , no voids .
I grow mostly in tree pots ,voids are not so much a problem with promix . ( without compost )
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nicely done!
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Thanks @steveb4 …
I had to add a cage extension to my JT02 persimmon graft… and more wind protection tie downs… and it is already out the top. That cage is 70 inch tall.
Last i measured the longest shoot was 42 inches must be getting near 4 ft now.
My Prok graft is looking robust… ginormous leaves.
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Here’s my bench grafts from this year. Most of these varieties were also added onto established trees.
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How big are the squares on those cages? Here the deer would push it as far as they can while reaching in with their tongue. Grab something and pull the tree through the hole and destroy it. I’m amazed you’re trees are still there. Maybe your deer are dumber than mine. I had to put cheap plastic netting around the cages to prevent that.
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you’ve been busy. 
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