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Old February 13, 2013   #102
b54red
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Well I got a count on my failures for my first attempt at grafting. Six out of 23 failed. Four of the six were the smallest plants grafted. One was very tall and skinny with a long scion and rootstock. I was surprised that almost all of the smallest plants failed. I thought they would be the most successful. My second set is in the healing chamber and I will start opening it a bit and in a few days I'll get the results from them. The second batch had larger plants and more mismatched scions and rootstock so I'm eager to see how they fared.

I am about to order my Amelia seed from Harris Seed and noticed another hybrid with triple fusarium resistance called Crista that is a compact plant. Since grafting is supposed to add vigor I was wondering what would happen if you grafted a vigorous scion like Gary O' Sena to a compact rootstock? Would it take away from the vigor of the scion and create a more compact version or what? Does anyone have any experience with doing this?
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