Grafting seedlings

[Eric Williams]

Hi AnnTTun, just a short one to say how I really enjoyed your Zoom meeting in this interesting aspect of our hobby. It is much better to be shown how to do a task than just reading about it. Thank you very much indeed.

[AnTTun]

@Bob 3 - after installing zoom you need a link (or ID & pass) for each meeting. You can find it at BCSS e-news, FB page or here:

https://calendar.google.com/calendar/u/ ... ENDA&pli=1

@Eric Williams - thank you If everything goes as planned / hoped, there will be part 2 as well, stay tuned

[AnTTun]

Two weeks later, 110 (out of 119) successful grafts at phase 1.

[Tina]

WOW the graft-master, mine was 1 out of 7 and thats looking dodgy .

Do you have them in a warm room with light ?, I have dragged my pereski pieces into the kitchen for pampering so next year might be better

[AnTTun]

I have a closed balcony with heating, that's where they are. But during 2-weeks grafting period I keep them inside. Sometimes even longer if scions are small. I can't control conditions at the balcony all the time...

P.S. Like I said, I had very low success ratio when I started. But I was stubborn

[Bob 3]

Hi MatDz
Thanks for your reply l when is next zoom.
Bob 3

[el48tel]

Hi AnnTTun, just a short one to say how I really enjoyed your Zoom meeting in this interesting aspect of our hobby. It is much better to be shown how to do a task than just reading about it. Thank you very much indeed.

Well said Eric ..... and even better to have hands-on with the expert tutor ..... we had a session planned for this year. Hopefully now for next year.
So AnTTun's presentation was an excellent precursor.

[MatDz]

Hi MatDz
Thanks for your reply l when is next zoom.
Bob 3

Have a look here: https://forum.bcss.org.uk/viewtopic.php ... 7&start=80

[RJC]

Yes, really good talk thanks. I tried a bit of Pereskiopsis grafting as a kid some 40 years ago, and have now returned to it (and cacti, well Frailea mainly - I blame lockdown). I was taught to cut a thin sliver on the stock, and slide the scion on as that is removed. It is a bit fiddly and your approach of squashing leaves to keep the cut most looks much easier; I'll try that this spring. (Do you graft in the winter?)

I am interested in degrafting, and wonder if that is what you'll be covering indoor next talk. Do you degraft, or just cut the stock short and bury it? Once the stock is buried, and not photosynthesising does the growth of the scion become more normal and not bloated? Also, different species seem to behave differently - they either bloat out and offset (eg Blossfeldia), or offset freely whilst looking okay (eg Frailea); is this consistent across genus I wonder? Too many questions - sorry! Rob

[Terry S.]

I felt conned when I bought my first Ariocarpus hintonii seedling years ago and found a centimetre of Pereskiopsis sitting on its bottom when I got it home and repotted it. However within a couple of years the scion had rooted and the Pereskiopsis just disappeared. Now about 20 years on, I have a normal-looking, flowering ariocarpus that is about 7 or 8 cm across.