I’m overrun with autumn olive here in Piedmont NC. At least it keeps the privet at bay, but it is competing with spicebush. Its early green-up out competes many other wild tree seedlings.
Has anyone grafted goumi to autumn olive rootstock?
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Several folks on this forum did, myself included. I have a goumi branch on my autumn olive bush, and it seems to be doing well; this will be its third year, and last year it produced some berries.
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Sounds like good grafting practice for me.
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I have 3 Goumi grafted to Autumn Olive. They are doing great.
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Does anyone have problems with deer eating Goumi berries AND the plant itself?
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I grafted Sherwood and Chorus onto one of my autumn olives today. I mix them up, so not sure which, but either Jewel or Garnet, probably the latter.
I grafted Pippi onto Red Gem and Carmine as well. I had a few more grafts I wanted to do, but there was significant wind and it had a bit too much bite in it for me.
A also managed a single Brilliant Rose AO and a single Delightful onto the same AO. Hopefully there is a bit less wind tomorrow, but there is supposed to be morning rain on Monday, so I may wait for it to pass, but I like where they are at in growth, so don’t want to wait much longer. I had a Hidden Springs graft on the Red Gem that I waited until rather late last year for and it didn’t even pretend to take.
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@Cgardener It’s all over the map. In the last week I had everything from ~28°F to 75°F. Tonight os supposed to see the mid thirties and most of the next week is unlikely to get to 60, at least for very long, but we seem to be leveling off above 40 already according to forecasts. (HaHa) Eastern slope of the Appalachians seems to catch stuff from everywhere.
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Thank you! I hope your grafts go well!
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In western Washington, I have never seen deer browse my goumi which are growing with no protection from deer. Also, (so far) beaver have left them untouched despite cutting down a young apple tree just a few feet from where I have some goumis. Now chickens on the other hand… They will not only eat the berries (they jump into the air to get them), but they will also eat the new buds when the plants are emerging from dormancy and could easily kill a young bush if all parts of it are within their reach…
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What’s everyone’s favorite and biggest goumi?
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Isn’t Carmine (aka Tillamook?) the only large Goumi in circulation outside Asia?
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I think carmine/Tillamook and raintree select are the largest ones. Altho I think someone said pipin? Or something like that is also a larger fruited one, but I have no clue about that one.
I planted Tillamook last year. So should get to try some this year. The plants is really pretty regardless.
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“Pippin” is a term for an apple tree that originated from seed. Did you mean ‘Pippi,’ the goumi I named after the strong redhead, Pippi Longstocking? 
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Haha yes ! 
That one !
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@Melon @EJh @evilpaul
Wang Bo is supposed to be bigger than Carmine and close to Gigantea (Diougoumi) in size. Cliff England at www.nuttrees.net has Wang Bo scions for sale
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Maybe in a few years once plant gets bigger, I’ll attempt grafting.
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Would airlayering goumi during this time of the year before it completely awake leads to a much more successful propagating attempt or should one wait till late spring?
You could set them up to layer now, but don’t expect roots to form before it gets warm and more active. The roots on goumi don’t push quickly, but if you’re patient, layering will be 100% successful (just don’t cut the branches before the roots have not only grown, but stabilized).
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