r/Grafting

About a year ago I posted the beginning of this experiment, and most of you said it would never take. Pothos and monstera are both Araceae but different genera, and intergeneric grafts have a reputation for failing. The results might surprise you.

The graft union held and the pothos scion pushed out at least 5 new leaves. Then one day I came home to find the pothos stem chomped by my cat. Not all the way through (vascular tissue was still connected) so it didn’t die, but it stopped growing.
Until one day I noticed a new stem pushing from the axillary bud at the node below.

I pulled the other monstera that was sharing the pot, clipped the chomped bit off above the new growth, and put all my faith in the little guy shooting from the node. That was a few weeks ago.

Graft has been fully accepted. The whole plant (monstera rootstock, graft union, pothos scion, new leaves) is doing amazing. It’s living outside right now until the weather gets too hot, then back inside where it started.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

Tried a different grafting approach this season and got massive callus formation with a successful union establishment. Still observing long-term compatibility and vigor, but the healing response so far has been impressive! 😭

Using semi-dormant sticks collected from a superior mother tree a few weeks before bud break, then fridge-stored until grafting time. Still experimenting with timing and storage methods but the takes are looking promising so far 👀

Hello,

Hope you are well. I’m looking for some advice on whether my scion grafts have failed and if I should attempt them again.

This was my first time grafting, and I suspect it hasn’t been successful. It’s been just under six weeks, and the scion buds haven’t swollen at all—only the rootstock is growing.

My rootstock was larger than the scions, and I performed the whip‑and‑tongue grafts poorly on seven attempts. None of them have shown any growth. After I learnt, I should have used a different grafting technique, like clef or bark. It looks like the grafts tried to form a union, but they appear to have dried out? I checked one today and it doesn’t look promising.

Thanks for any advice.

Left my walnut grafts protected under cover and they absolutely exploded in growth — way more vigorous than I expected. They’re a bit lanky from the high humidity, but everything looks alive and healthy. I’m about to unwrap them and let them face real conditions. Let’s see if they can handle the transition.

This is a sour cherry tree grown from seed. It comes from a thicket of trees that were probably also grown from seed, but taste quite well. All these trees are probably quite a bit down the line from the original parent tree that was a variety. Anyway I thought I would keep a part of the original root stock since the fruit tastes quite well and then graft onto the bigger main branch. I know the graft will be quite far up like maybe 6 inches plus from the base just wondering if it would work or if the root stock will try to kill the graft and focus on the original branch. If there’s anything else you see on my tree that I should do before grafting let me know. Also any scion wood variety recommendations for sour cherries and I guess I assumed that it wasn’t too late in the year to try to graft onto this?