Hello fellow CFL-er grafter.
Nice heart-shaped graft! I've had some success not removing the bag too much. I have clumsy hands at times and I've messed one graft up snapping the joint on bag removal.
But it seems like many of you are removing the bag and misting. I've found this to be unnecessary as the bag steams up from leaf perspiration usually. I puff and de-puff the bag sometimes to ventilate the bag but other than that I let the thing sit gently.
I don't know all the proper names, but I find the mutual clamp graft, and the T-cut graft on woodier hosts, and other sandwich or surround methods have best mechanical structure. I've seen videos on the cotyledon graft and read R Clarke's 'kiss' graft that keeps the roots around for some weeks, but found them to be impossibly difficult on thinner stems/branches. Too fragile unless there is good mechanical support from the host. Or maybe I'm too clumsy or working with too young of plants. Parafilm has worked well for me, but I'm looking into combo tape and clamp for thicker stems/branches.
In either case, the sturdier the form of the graft, the better. At least that has been my experience.
Great thread! For the mini-growers in all of us.
Stoxx
CA215/SB420 compliant. Not to be construed as legal, medical or grow advice.
Nice heart-shaped graft! I've had some success not removing the bag too much. I have clumsy hands at times and I've messed one graft up snapping the joint on bag removal.
But it seems like many of you are removing the bag and misting. I've found this to be unnecessary as the bag steams up from leaf perspiration usually. I puff and de-puff the bag sometimes to ventilate the bag but other than that I let the thing sit gently.
I don't know all the proper names, but I find the mutual clamp graft, and the T-cut graft on woodier hosts, and other sandwich or surround methods have best mechanical structure. I've seen videos on the cotyledon graft and read R Clarke's 'kiss' graft that keeps the roots around for some weeks, but found them to be impossibly difficult on thinner stems/branches. Too fragile unless there is good mechanical support from the host. Or maybe I'm too clumsy or working with too young of plants. Parafilm has worked well for me, but I'm looking into combo tape and clamp for thicker stems/branches.
In either case, the sturdier the form of the graft, the better. At least that has been my experience.
Great thread! For the mini-growers in all of us.
Stoxx
CA215/SB420 compliant. Not to be construed as legal, medical or grow advice.