Hi, I have a question for you grafters with experience with Pineapple Guava. I have read that they are somewhat challenging to graft.
I have 3 root stock plants in approx 5 gal containers(See pic below). I have enough scion of 2 varieties to graft multiple branches.
Given this should I graft most possible branches on my root stock plants so as to increase my chances or graft only one scion per root stock plant?
I have grafted backyard fruit trees for about 8 years and have successfully grafted Fig, Pear, Jujube, tropical Guava, Atemoya, Cherimoya, Sugar Apple, jaboticaba etc so I have a little experience in grafting.
Feijoa has a tendency to sucker a lot. Grafting on branches will require you to bury the graft Union.
The plant does not sucker from below the ground.
Given this tendency, it may be hard to multi graft a Feijoa.
I just did several chip buds which I prefer to doing the usual recommended cleft graft as it involves decapitation. . We have to wait and see if they take.
I would graft on separate branches. Lets say the one on the left, I would graft on the fork (2 grafts) with same variety. I had about 70% success rate last year but I made major mistake, I left them on full sun after I thought the grafts are already established, many died cause the sun fried new growth, so in the end out of 13 plants only 4 were success. My scionwood was far from perfect, spent about 14 days in transit and was very thin. It is doable, good luck!
Agree @ramv with your comment about decapitation and cleft grafts. I was really intimidated with some of those because of the risk of losing the entire branch or tree. I also have come to value the chip graft for the lower risk to the tree, and well as the ease of grafting. I am interested in seeing what % of my grafts make it.
This year I unintentionally broke a branch of one of my in ground trees and didn’t have the heart to throw it away.
So I grafted 4 cuttings on 2 trees. 100% success. Grafts started pushing in under 1 week. Simple whip and tongue grafts.
So atleast in the PNW, late June is a good time for Feijoa grafting.
