r/Graftingplants

Got my first glorp recently, and I’m trying to decide how I should graft this.

I want to keep it in as big a piece as possible, but I’m definitely thinking I should cut it an inch or 2 up so there is a more stable base.

Then graft the lil bottom piece to something else.

Also does this thing look like it’s going to crest/dicot to anyone? Or is it just glorpin lol

As title says, first attempt grafting a bridgessi and pach tips. Let me know how it looks please

Figure crossed guys.

One of my favorite Lophophor williamsii ‘s!

I got this plant about 4 years ago when it was only around 4 cm in diameter and sitting on a dead grafting stock.

Back then, I immediately regraft it onto a new, stronger stock - and now it‘s almost the size of a coconut!

Enjoy it!

Best regards from Germany!

Martin

So I grabbed both with my index and thumb and wiggle d them with decent force and both cacti moved. I think I have had a successful graft?

I check it(look at) every morning and night. And it definitely has grown up it was completely flush on the back. And that looks like its one now. Am I correct. This the first time ever im so giddy

Tried a different grafting approach this season and got massive callus formation with a successful union establishment. Still observing long-term compatibility and vigor, but the healing response so far has been impressive! 😭

This thing is still growing like a weed and I've just moved it outside in zone 5b. I've since started 6 more that aren't too far behind. The biggest own-roots siblings are about the size of a pea.

Hi,

Today, I‘ve found an interesting flower on one of my grafted Lophophoras.

Enjoy it!

Greetings from Germany!

Martin

The first two slides are grafting if ( micado apricot ) .

The next two slides are - apple grafting of ( big bucks gala ) .I top worked ,and converted the entire tree into a new variety .

You can now see green tip coming out of the grafts .

Major sinkage on this grandi rootstock just in the past week. No signs of rot that I can find and the scion is healthy. I’ve read a few threads that seem to think this behavior is relatively benign but I would like to ask if it would be good to degraft completely now. Or if I cut the pup off to release the weight build up, if that could be a viable solution too. The scion is getting pretty big already and the plan was to let this one flourish on this graft indefinitely, so I imagine getting bigger is only going to exacerbate the sinking. Also the grandi has a colored flower so I would prefer to save it too. Swipe for close up pic.
Thank you for your help

IMPORTANT: Please note that I live in Sweden. This grafting was done with techniques used on the Swedish market with Swedish/nordic apple varieties.

Last year I took a year long gardening course, and one of the last things we got to do before we all graduated in February was to graft apple trees for the school grounds. It was optional to do one for ourselves to bring home, and I of course did this as I thought it was an amazing way to remember my experiences and what I’ve learnt throughout my time there.

Now, this is a red apple variety called Gravensteiner that’s been grafted on a root stock of the variety A2 or A26 (I’m honestly not quite sure which one I grabbed). The root stocks are all developed by a well known university here in the southern of Sweden and I believe they’re all derived from various crab apples.

I grafted this tree on 18/2-26 by making two horizontal cuts, putting them together (making sure the cambiums make contact), wrapping the grafting site with a rubber band and putting bees wax over the entire rubber band/grafting size as to not let it dry out. I also cut the tip of the graft, and put bees wax over that cut as well. According to my teachers this is one of the standards for grafting on the Swedish market.

It was then kept in my fridge from the day of the grafting, up until 23/3-26 where I potted it into a 5L pot with a mixture of garden soil and sand - as per request by my teachers.
That’s where she’s been ever since, in indirect light in my greenhouse.

As you can see, the root stock has began pushing out shoots, but nothing has so far happened to the graft, it even looks as though it’s drying out, which I know most likely eventually means death. However there is still some green, and I know that green = hope!

I’m looking for advice on what to do next. Is it a waiting game, or is this already proof that unfortunately the graft was unsuccessful? If there are other subreddits this might be better suited for, please let me know.

Thank you!

Love the weird things these do. Last pic is of the mother