Its been about 2 weeks a peice had been broken off by a palm tree limb so I would try it. There is new growth it was wrinklley now its not so I'm thinking maybe it took. I cut a long slice on both peices and matched them up but it was in the ground in the sun and that afternoon it really rained hard. Then I read were you keep it dry out of the sun. Well maybe I got lucky
I had a cutting here from last year that was stuck stayed the same for 6 months figured it was going to die so I'd experiment with this one its claws were black and dead looking. Has a inflo on it couldn't bring my self to knocking it off I cut this one in a v It really takes some practice for this one I would rather buy a tool for this than wing it. But it shows signs of new growth and it looks alot better than it did not pretty just hope it goes. Same as the other out side and in the sun. I have alot of tape on them and no peaking
It looks great, Dana! I would wait until you see lots of leaves at the top before you remove the tape. When you see leaf growth, you can be fairly confident that your graft has taken. Since you wrapped it really well, I bet rain water didn't get in there where the union is.
That second one looks great too!
Thanks Clare do you know if they make a tool for v cutting the last plant I recived from thailand the cuts were to perfect to be cut by hand. Was a excellent fit I tried grafting on a larger tree ordered cuttings that ended up being center cuts pretty big around I did 2 of them but the wood was so hard even with a really sharp knife it wasn't easy more like widiling lol I tried 3 I think I did ok with 2 the third was too heavy and not a up right position so had to give up on that one.
Dana, you can always graft just the top couple of inches of the center-cut cuttings so that it won't be so heavy and then root the bottom halves if these are large cuttings. I usually don't graft more than about six inches. You can graft longer than that, but then it gets heavy and needs some support as you said. Green wood tends to graft better than older wood also, and as you pointed out, hard wood is more difficult to cut. I don't know if they sell a tool for perfect "V" cuts, but I bet they do somewhere. I mostly just see grafting knives in kits.
A gentleman on another forum designed a v graft cutting block
He gave me his blessings to make them too
I dont currently have any made or in the plans to make.
However to answer your question, yes there is a tool.
Also make the pointed section of the 'V' longer than you think you need it and the inverted 'V' a tad deeper.
The more contact surface you have the better.
I even make a small straight cut at the bottom of the v to allow for a little expansion.
If it doesnt take it looks pretty goofey
But when it does take it is quite strong.
Good luck.
Michael, can you explain to Dana and me how to make this tool? I would just use a knife, but it would be nice to know.
Here are some photos of the ones I made before.
You will need a chop saw, a table saw, a jig saw and a drill press.
The 4th picture shows the final out come of the cut.
If you wish to reverse the 'V' the turn it upside down. ;)
I also recommend if you do make the tool
Make the 'V' deeper than I did on these
This works fine but experience has taught me to make a deeper 'V'.
http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v515/Malestrom22/My%20Plumies/Grafts/Grafting%20Block/?action=view¤t=GraftingBlock3.jpg
http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v515/Malestrom22/My%20Plumies/Grafts/Grafting%20Block/?action=view¤t=GraftingBlock2.jpg
http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v515/Malestrom22/My%20Plumies/Grafts/Grafting%20Block/?action=view¤t=GraftingBlock.jpg
http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v515/Malestrom22/My%20Plumies/Grafts/Grafting%20Block/?action=view¤t=Myv-fit.jpg
Very clever, Michael! I'm not skilled enough to make such a tool, but it is nice to know what it looks like. I'm glad to see the different hole sizes for different widths too;-) Thanks for posting this.
I tried to market it in a limited fashion but it was more work than it was worth.
Some folks insisted on a 2 inch hole for larger cuts etc...
I made a generic tool to cover 1/2 inch to 1 1/4 inch cuts.
Im good enough to work without it now so I dropped it.
I understand what you mean. It looks like it took a lot of work to make. I have just been going with the diagonal slant, and it seems to work well for me.
I like to lay the tip and the root stock side by side and cut them together on an angle for an angle cut
Then I know I have the same angle.
Or ill take the cut top from the root stock and lay it next to the scion as a guide. ;)
Michael, that's a good idea, but I've tried that cutting both at the same time, but it can be hard to do when the root stock is in a container. I like the idea of laying the cut root stock top next to the scion as a guide. I never thought about doing that.
michael where can i order one?
dete
Dete im so sorry I dont believe I have any more.
Nor do I plan to make any right now
They were $30.00 a piece when I was making them.
Takes about an hour to make a nice one.
Ill look around for a straggler.
Ill dmail you if I find any.
thanks you!
There is such a tool that is made. I found it while looking at other plants. It is made to cut the v,s for plants, I'll try to find it again. Malestrom thanks for the lpictures, you did a great job. I was thinking taking 2 good knives thin blade but very sharp and welding them together to make a v. take a pair of vise grip clamps spot this to one side and other side have a curved piece that would fit any size stalk. Line it up squeeze and the cuts made would work for big and small. Perfect cut everytime. The larger piece would be the deeper "V".
