Hello everyone,
I bought this guava tree last fall and it hasn’t grown much. I took a closer look at the graft site and there are areas where there is a lack of contact. On the outer edges, the graft looks like it took. My question is, does it matter if the graft did not fully take for the scion to survive? If it doesn’t look good to you, is there anything I can do to save the scion?
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It should eventually heal and get going.
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There are lots of reasons that a tree wouldn’t be growing vigorously. Generally speaking, a graft has either taken or not. Even 20 or 30%. contact is often enough. If the scion is alive and growing, it has “taken”. Consider that a year or perhaps two’s worth of growth will encase the entire union in new wood, the cosmetics of the union usually don’t figure heavily in the outcome. Generally one of three things is always limiting: sun, nutrients, or water. There’s more to it, really (temp. is a big one, for example) but most likely one of the big three and remember, having 2 of the 3 optimized doesn’t gain you much, you need all three in equal measure
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thanks for the feedback. I was getting worried, but it sounds like it’ll likely pull through. Now for the hard part: waiting.
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