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12-Dec-2005

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Free graft on Ficus too little

The first SUCCESSFUL graft at the Wuggums-En bonsai garden!
CAN I GET A WOOT-WOOT?

Dez has been trying for years to teach me how to do a free graft. Finally she just told me to read Jerry Meislik's grafting info page a hundred times.

Finally, we have a graft that took! I've been looking at it every day for two months and finally I'm convinced it's a total success. It is now red with vigor!

Thanks, Jerry, we owe you bigtime!

pootsie

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zenwarrior Observer Join Date: Aug-2005 Location: Houston, TX Country: United States USDA Zone: 9a AHS Heat Zone: 9 Posts: 487	Good job poots! How long did it take? __________________ Failure is the key to success; each mistake teaches us something. -Morihei Ueshiba

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13-Dec-2005

pootsie

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Why yes, Will

I do love it when a plan comes together!

ZW:
It took a couple months. If the host tree had been strong and vigorous, it may have only taken a couple weeks to really catch, but the tree was in a weakened state as the result of a chop in August, from wich NO LEAVES sprouted until I finally grafted in desperation.

The poor tree is still running on reserves, I'm sure. Only with a couple more weeks of growth (at the very least) can I even begin to think that the new grafted foliage will be returning energy to the tree.

So in fact, this is a double success.

pootsie

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