I’ve had better than 75% success with early spring grafting of feijoa using dormant scions fully wrapped in buddy tape, and cleft grafts with a VERY long, slender wedge on the scion, so that it can slip very deeply into the inevitable long crack that will form on the rootstock. I mean like 4+ inches of shallowly cut wedge pushed that far into the split until it’s tight.
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Peach and mulberry have been most difficult for me.
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Good to know, I had 3 out of 4 grafts on my moms feijoa take, but the 2 of 8 I did on my that took have since also failed. So 0-8 on my feijoa grafts. Did the same exact thing with my mothers and 75% success and same day even. Makes no sense
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Super easy after doing a little research and practice. I’ve done quite a few figs and some Asian Pears and citrus with very good success. Be careful and pay attention when using the knife one slip and you can end up going to the doctors for stitches. I’d say the best help for me for actual teaching techniques was watching this guy from Portugal. Have fun and good luck. J Sacadura YouTube Channel
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I’ll try that next spring. I’m really impressed with how prolific the nakita are. The bush isn’t even knee high and has countless blooms. In a funny twist, the seedling I wrote this comment about actually revealed that it plans to bloom this season. I was out there a few hours ago and noticed them. Hopefully they are quality fruit. Previously, only one of the many seedlings I have has ever made any fruit, and it wasn’t all that great. They were small with very little jelly.
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What rootstock do you use for Goumi? I am unfamiliar with them but they seem like something that I would like to grow. I could potentially buy some scion wood in the future if I know what to graft them onto. Thank you.
@GiovanniDoe … I don’t know of any rootstock that goumi can be grown on other than goumi.
Someone else may know more about that.
They can be grown from seed, rooted from cuttings, air layered.
You can graft one variety of goumi onto another… that is how I got my carmine. I grafted 2 carmine to my red gem, and 1 to sweet scarlet. They seemed very easy to graft, took right off and started growing bloomed and set a few fruit the first year.
Good Luck !
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Heavy pruning is needed. I tried 1 stick it took but was outgrown by undergrowth. If I do it again I will watch pruning closely.
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The first tree that I ever grafted was a Bebbs oak. The scion put on about 3 inches of new growth and about 5 leaves, that is the point that a hoofed rat (deer) came along and ate the scion.
That graft must have been 85% luck and 15% skill, because years later I found out that oak trees are difficult to graft.
I know @Lucky_P has grafted oak trees, where on the scale of difficulty would you put oak tree grafting at Lucky?
IMO, Oaks are right up there with apples & pears, with regard to ease and success rate. White oak species easier than red/black. Simple bark graft works great, with dormant scions, just as rootstock begins unfurling leaves.
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There’s a dedicated fejoia thread somewhere here that discusses grafting methods. I can’t remember which one.
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Here it is:
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Everything I’ve read so far leads me to believe that many species have very different techniques leading to success. If using the proper technique at the proper time of year with the proper scion, grafting can be ‘easy’. Peaches, chip bud in summer (from my research) seems to be the preferred method. Mulberries, let the sap flow for a while then graft. Walnut, dessicated rootstock to reduce sap flow makes grafting easier. Figs, just skip grafting and put a cutting in the dirt!
If you read enough threads on this forum you’ll come across the folks who have a passion for each species and will learn from them which is the best method and timing for each tree.
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