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Gardening Area => Plant Propagation => Topic started by: Inyan on May 10, 2018, 12:32:01 AM

Title: Grafting made easy
Post by: Inyan on May 10, 2018, 12:32:01 AM

Grafting made easy. String grafting a Trichocereus scopulicola x Trichocereus terscheckii (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y7rmG4rDi4c&feature=youtu.be)

Title: Re: Grafting made easy
Post by: spractral on June 16, 2018, 09:49:44 PM

Does this graft make sense ?

I was going to do it regular but had to cut out an infection...

Title: Re: Grafting made easy
Post by: Inyan on June 16, 2018, 10:34:42 PM

Quote from: spractral on June 16, 2018, 09:49:44 PM

Does this graft make sense ?

I was going to do it regular but had to cut out an infection...

You absolutely can and should still place a layer of parafilm over the top to hold pressure downwards on this type of graft. Not that it could not work this way with a 75-80 success rate especially so if you had that parafilm a little more snug. I just don't like to settle for 75-80 success. Given the type of graft this is, you should be able to apply a top layer now as the graft was done today, but typically you want to apply the top layer as you are working and not as an after thought.

 When I graft with parafilm I like for that parafilm to be pulled or stretched thin enough that I can then wrap my graft so tight that it will literally want to burst out of the seams. The more practice you get with this the easier it will be.