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Originally Posted by JoeReal
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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Thank you very much, Joe! I did not think about the actual bridge grafting. In my original post regarding this, I was asking whether Bark Bridge Grafting might work, if I get bark material from my Citromello. But I was afraid that it might not work on the damaged plants, and at the same time harm the Citromello.
Yes, Joe. If you can send me wood for bridging, I would be extremely grateful. I have an account with FedEX, though I might have to look for my account number before I can send it to you. However, just to let you know, although I have not done it personally before, I have watched how they do it at the WA Horticultural Society meetings. And also, coincidentally, I have a couple of pounds of grafting sealer wax and a roll of grafting tape.
Please let me know what other information you need from me. Also, please let me know what I can do to keep my plants on a holding pattern and not deteriorate while waiting for the graft wood. Like for example, should I cut out most of the leaves near petiole, etc.? Do I do anything to the exposed wounds?
Thanks again for your help.
Chong