James sorry missed your question.
Question for you - It looks like you cut wedges for lack of a better word and just matched up the cut areas. Is that accurate? And no foliage trim either?
Basically i take some thick suckers that i can work with. Take a blade and slice a good portion of the stem vertically (maybe 3/4 of a inch). On the middle graft i have to cut both sides vertically in order to get good surface area contact with the other 2 varieties. Then i use the Aquarium tubing to keep the 3 suckers in place and coil the wire around the graft. Plenty of air contact and the wire itself works perfectly to keep the grafts secure in place.
Not sure if you have seen this picture but I have done many grafts like this and the varieties i have tried so far have worked.
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