Yesterday I preformed my first fig graft. It was a tongue in groove and I have to say, in comparison to my attempt at this graft with a cherry tree last spring..it went very well. I read something the other day about using a caliper to measure grafting stock and scion for a perfect match, although eyeballing it will most likely work just fine I thought it sounded like a good idea. I don't have a caliper but I do have plenty of sizes of open end wrenches so I use a small wrench as a guide. This worked out pretty well, I would say that I probably got at least a 90% perfect match.
I grafted Black Madeira scion to Union Berry Unk stock. I have a much bigger yearling UBU that dropped the main crop figs I let it keep last year, it has a bunch of breba on it now, we'll see how this year goes..maybe I can get some brebas maybe main crop, I don't know if it needs a wasp or not but it is healthy as a horse and grows like a beast. If nothing else, my bigger one will make a great tree to graft several varieties to.
I'll update this in 2-3 weeks to show the hopefully good callus growth. The graft union is at the level of the drop of latex in the first picture.
I still can't get the picture to show when I attach it using the phone so you have to click on the link, sorry.
I grafted Black Madeira scion to Union Berry Unk stock. I have a much bigger yearling UBU that dropped the main crop figs I let it keep last year, it has a bunch of breba on it now, we'll see how this year goes..maybe I can get some brebas maybe main crop, I don't know if it needs a wasp or not but it is healthy as a horse and grows like a beast. If nothing else, my bigger one will make a great tree to graft several varieties to.
I'll update this in 2-3 weeks to show the hopefully good callus growth. The graft union is at the level of the drop of latex in the first picture.
I still can't get the picture to show when I attach it using the phone so you have to click on the link, sorry.
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