Nice Gray. Our graft date for these three was April 28, 2018 -- a little under a year ago that I visited. I remember you sharing that wind had caused damage to the union; I can see that now, especially when compared with photos I took that day. But all that aside, the initial promising signs of potential greater tolerance for a variety like American Beauty are really really neat to see.
Thanks for that date count... I've lost all track of time... I had intended to post this to Donovan's page for discussion... It was only one graft that was brought down off the trellis... I frequently have the wind take my main shoot off the trellis and rarely have major damage as the stem will bend but with this graft it is something different... No Paco this is a very poor graft application. As I have stated it is what is referred to as a cleft graft... When this amount of damage is done to a mature stem it takes a lot of wound callus to heal, and even after healing the union is just poor. The only time a cleft graft is suitable is with small diameter stemmed branches like avocado or apple, but even with these it is so much better to use a splice graft... I've seen a lot of different approaches thanks to your interest on FB posts... I think I will now explore the possibility of grafting more thanks to this initial revelation... Every different region, therefore climate will have different requirements for their varieties. Here in San Diego County I find the cold of winter and the heat of summer very damaging on most of my varieties.... I wish now we had grafted 'Sugar Dragon' as I would now like to see if rootstock has an influence of flowering.... But, honestly this chlorosis issue is quite important and if I only could abate this I would be preforming twice as well as I am now...
Felicidades por su gran labor de de pitaya pero tengo una sugerencia con su permiso esas plantas de pitayas de color amarillo están bien enfermas nesecita plantar las en el suelo para que tomen los minerales de la mía gracias por por toda su gran labor
Wow, interesting. Ive been gardening for sometime now and have a variety of df and fruit trees and Ive heard on certain fruit trees a certain root stock is used for deeper roots. Is it possible that certain varieties may have deeper roots that allow it to intake more nutrients. I believe that would explain some of the data.
On this I will sound like Dr Fauci.. . You know we won't know until the trials are conducted. So far I have not really compared grafted with rooted cuttings. I planted a very small group this past summer but it could take years to recognize. For now I'm focusing on rooted cuttings to understand my varieties but some day someone must make a study... I hope I have that much more time!!!
I willbe testing zinc & calcium additives for chlorotic d.f. at my house... will be sharing my experience with the person I got the splotchy cuttings from [they've had issues even with shade overhead]. Have you tried it? I'm nervous to do it but we will see.....
Tried most things over the years... Plants grow through most conditions just excess heat and freezing temps kill tissue. Hard to recover from that kind of damage...
I remember you always discouraged Mr. Edgar Valdivia and Leo Manuel on grafting over ten years ago but you always had new varieties every dragon fruit festival hmmm. This Video shows you wanna keep the secret that grafting can speed the process of making new varieties by cutting the maturity process.
Not exactly. I am still a Huge skeptic regarding grafting... It has taken me some time to determine a successful grafting procedure. I have shared that. Just as in my other videos I have shared my experiences. Grafting for breeding may seem on the surface as efficient and time saving but it is misleading.... I will explain another time... But in my case I need more plant material to expand a variety I would like to plant in the next year or so... I have very limited material so cutting the stem into segments and grafting them seemed efficient... It is clearly a test. Hey I encourage breeding... just dont go naming every single seedling you get because you think you have the worlds best variety! I have more than 20 years into this testing thousands of hybrids and 99% for me are not good enough to be commercial. I hope the video was of value to you. You sound critical of me wanting to be be informative (?)
Let our it another way... I have learned a great deal in the last ten years--mostly from personal observation and yes from a few innovators like Edgar Valdivia, Donovan Vasta... But if anyone should ask me today about grafting seedlings as a method of breeding for new selections I would timidly say NFW! in other words, I would say exactly what I said 10 years ago in spite of the advancements made..
Frosts yes freezes very little... Been lucky this way, plus I planted in areas considered "frost free".. this just means seldom... unless we experience a hard freeze on young plants a little winter damage is to be expected and is typically no worry..
I don't do "tours" but if you're around this area and want to stop by I can usually accommodate a visit... How much fruit are you seeking... It's way too much work for me in the busy harvest season to sell individuals small amounts of fruit... sorry @@diegomelendez2001
