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We've come to the end of our warm weather season here on the Left Coast... hello, summer in May! It'll be in the triple-digits the entire week here, but hopefully it won't exceed the high of 108* that is currently forecast. (The family hasn't quite acclimated to the extreme heat yet.)
Unfortunately, I've yet to exhaust the scion stockpile that I had earmarked for grafting. And while I can move some of the smaller caliper trees indoors to aid their grafts taking, I have some cultivars that I only have massive 2" diameter scion available to me, and which I intend to use a four-flap technique to graft them, so these will have to be performed on in-ground trees.
So, I am about to push the envelope a bit and see what is actually possible in the way of successful grafting during the heat of summer.
Here's hoping for a positive outcome,
Blue
Unfortunately, I've yet to exhaust the scion stockpile that I had earmarked for grafting. And while I can move some of the smaller caliper trees indoors to aid their grafts taking, I have some cultivars that I only have massive 2" diameter scion available to me, and which I intend to use a four-flap technique to graft them, so these will have to be performed on in-ground trees.
So, I am about to push the envelope a bit and see what is actually possible in the way of successful grafting during the heat of summer.
Here's hoping for a positive outcome,
Blue
. I thought my success rate will be higher if I used a younger rootstock? It seems like most people are grafting to smaller trees trunks, not big tree trunks. That and I can move it around if I need to.
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