It looks like we don’t have a 2025 grafting thread so I started one!
Here are my first grafts for the following season:
Feijoa - Cosmos, Oktoberfest, and Lickvers Pride.
Mulberry - Himalayan FSP
Fig - Irene’s Black Greek
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I see that the links you included work but otherwise we just get color samples?
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For some reason all we got were color swatches. Maybe a glitch in the matrix?
Please let me know if you see photos now.
Hi Ram,
There are some photos above this post, but the photo here is a space with a blue ? Mark
Dennis
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There are pictures if you open each one of them
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Nice work! What rootstock for the IBG? Are you keeping that one warm for a head start?
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I’m hoping the grafts will take and the trees stay asleep. That was the point of doing it so early so they haven’t satisfied their chilling requirements.
But no telling with figs. I’ll keep the group posted with updates.
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We are already starting the 2025 grafting thread, even though it’s still 2024. I have already grafted some nectarine onto the almond tree. I hope it survive winter. It’s still wrapped like X-mas gift. In spring 2025, I’m going to cut the 2 major trunks and graft some cherry on it too. Hoping to get almond, nectarine, and cherry on one tree.
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This is something for 2025. Can I dig up roots for a rootstock and put them in the fridge and they should store fine?
Does anyone have advice on grafting pomegranate? Do pomegranate grafts typically take easily? Or any advice on ideal callousing temperatures? I have Granada and Parfianka I am planning on grafting onto a seedling that has proven fruitless over the last 5 years.
It has been pretty warm this week in Iowa. High 40s during the day and nights in the 30s to 20s. A bit warmer than usual. I am wondering if it is too early for me to do grafting on apples, pears, peaches and grapes. Should I wait until it is closer to sap running? Most of my reading says late winter which doesn’t tell me much. Winter weather can run into April or even May some years. Or be over in early March anymore. Any suggestions?
Wait for the sap. Otherwise the scion may dry out and die before it fully takes.
The “rule” to “wait until the tree’s leaves are the size of a squirrel’s ear” ensures that the scion will have nutrients from the get go. And you can graft over a period of weeks, so there should be some breathing room.
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@NatureCarole … normally you wait to graft until your rootstock has started pushing new growth. Small shoots and leaves.
Your scion should still be dormant.
Here cherries, goumi, plums are some of the first to start pushing new growth… and persimmons are one of the last.
I grafted Kasandra hybrid persimmon scion to this seed grown wild persimmon rootstock when it looked like this. Huge success. It is 12 ft tall now with some nice scaffold branches.
Note… after you graft your scion on… you will need to keep an eye on the rootstock… it will continue to push new growth… and you need to remove all growth from the rootstock. Just rub it off.
Persimmons are especially bad about that.
Eliminating the rootstock growth will encourage growth from your scion.
TNHunter
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Grafted a seedling loquat of mine with a huge fruiting tree grown on public property. It was flowering later than mine so interested in it
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That’s why you need to pay attention to the groundhog.
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Thank you for the tips on grafting. That may explain why I have had very spotty luck with past grafts. I will keep my grafting material in the refrigerator crisper drawer and wait until things begin to open bud outdoors. I am so grateful for this forum. I learn so much and love reading the discussions.
Thank you for the information. I will wait! I really appreciate how everyone here is so willing to share their expertise and exchange plant materials.
As others have suggested, you must graft when there is sap flow and temperatures are up.
Having said all that, you CAN graft in the dead of winter when temperatures are freezing and there isnt any sap flow. But that is a more advanced topic and best left to future years once you get your grafting percentages up to atleast 85-90% with regular grafting.
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