I was doing some grafting this morning and thought I’d see if anyone takes a similar approach as me. I have a nice southern exposure that is pretty well protected and gets a decent amount of sun this time of year. I keep a lot of my rootstocks in containers initially and do most of my grafting on these trees. I’ve had good percentages for takes, even for peaches. I’m thinking it might be the extra heat that I get in this protected microclimate, where I place the trees after grafting. I measured the surface temps in various places in the yard and I typically had bark temps in the 70-80s on the grafted trees here while the bark temp of larger trees in the yard were only 55 or a little less on the shady side (today’s high was only 60). If you’re grafting to rootstocks in containers, it might be worthwhile to look for a warm microclimate on your property to place them after grafting.
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I am sure it doesnt hurt anything. I did the same thing last year. Not only that but my root stocks were in black colored, tall tree pots and inside black colored rubber maid totes.
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