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| Shiro bud graft on Satsuma @ 2 weeks. 6.29.14 |
If anything indicates that a bud took, it's new growth.
The 2 week old grafts all look good. In another week I'll consider removing the polyethylene wrapping. It does not look like removal of wrapping on the first set of buds caused harm, and some are growing.
Shiro on the big unknown Asian plum, bud now growing a new shoot.
Prunus cerasifolia / burgundy plum on the same unknown Asian plum, also growing a new shoot.
This tree was too tall for me to safely bud higher branches, and this was just an experiment. The plan at this point will be let these grow and remove the nearest larger branches, to part of the top growth is replaced by the grafted varieties. That will give plums sooner than starting new trees, and equally important provide pollinating varieties within the same tree for better production in both the original branches and the grafts.
I love the Shiro plums, and the cerasifolia plums are exotic and flavorful, not available in any store. So this is a great development.
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| Burgundy cerasifolia plum on Asian plum @ 4 weeks. 6.29.14 |
The branches may or may not bloom next Spring. There is still most of the summer this year to grow. But the following Spring they should be large enough and mature enough for bearing flowers and fruit.
I thought budding would be difficult. These were my first attempts, and all of them took. It was very easy.
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| Shiro bud grafted onto unknown Asian Plum @ 4 weeks. 6.29.14 |
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