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Old 03-29-2008, 11:13 PM   #128 (permalink)
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Default Re: What did you graft today ?

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Originally Posted by chong View Post
One other thing I forgot to ask is, can I just wrap the wounds with grafting tape? I would suspect that for those trunks that have continuity with their bark, it would probably work. But what about those that do not?

Thanks again for any help.
Chong, this is an emergency. Try to learn bridge grafting. It is like bark grafting but you do it on both ends to "bridge" the girdled portion. I can send you loads of calamondin sticks via Fedex if you want, and you can use these calamondin sticks for your bridge graft.

I just helped my professor topwork his giant pummelo tree and I have plenty of Calamondin branches that I have sacrificed. I will get some more and send it over should you want to try. Bridge grafting is the only option right now.

Joe
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