bummer… any ideas why they might have failed?
how was your success on the june grafts? Any details about how you did that 4/4 success grafting? They look nice, are they still happy and healthy?
Yes my grafts are still doing good. My multi grafted black walnut tree from last year got potted up this winter because I needed to move it. I’ll probably plant it at a new location this winter. I had to trim it back a bit so it didn’t grow as much. It’s healthy though. I used the scions from it to make grafts on several seedlings. I had good takes as well (maybe 4/5).
My goal with black walnuts has been temps around 80 high/50 lows or warmer. For my climate, June has been a good time. But very small number of grafts. I’d like to try grafting “black on green” in the future to avoid sap flow.
Last years grafts
This year’s graft.
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very nice, I planted about 40 black walnut seeds last spring on my land, about 30 came up. It will probably be a few years before they are ready to graft but Im hoping I can have as much success as you when the time comes! I will replant the ones that didnt grow this spring and hope they come in next year. Im zone 4a, in central ND, so Ill have to research what named selections can work here and find sources for those. This method looks kinda interesting also…
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