Straw tek for grafting seedlings
Hello everyone, I wanted to share a technique I developed for grafting seedlings onto pereskiopsis. Perhaps it’s been done before, but I developed it independently of any input. I’m very proud of this method and hopefully it can be useful to others!
Basically, I just use a straw with plastic wrap on one end to secure the scion to the root stock. The straw aligns the cuts and applies pressure, also maintaining humidity.
Step 1) cut a straw with a 5-6mm diameter into a 1 inch piece
Step 2) super glue a Saran Wrap cap to one end, such that the plastic wrap is tightly sealed across the mouth of the straw
Step 3) cut seedling and root stock, place seedling in distal end and slide on and push proximal end onto rootstock
Make sure the plastic wrap is stretched, so it’s pushing down on the seedling with elastic force.
And that’s my method. You saw it here first, I think 😂