Successfully rooted Alma Cuttings

I received these Alma cuttings on 6/8/15.

Today is 7/01/15. I used my method of rooting new cuttings and in about 3 and a half weeks they are rooted and growing very well with no humidity shock, rot, or fungus gnat attack. I got 100% success with these. 10/10 have rooted and fully leafed out. I'll keep them on the window sill for another week before I up pot them to 1 gallon.

In the mean time the plan is to get the roots a bit more established then feed them with a bit of fish emulsion fertilizer diluted in water by this weekend. The fish emulsion has low nitrogen levels that will help them put on stronger vegetative growth.

Fig Grafting

I love the idea of getting multiple fruits off of one tree. So when I learned about grafting I had to do it. There are a couple of essential tools you need though. A sharp grafting knife and parafilm. All of which can be purchased off of Amazon.

I've tried grafting my apple trees but none of them took. I've also grafted some willow shrubs and I was 1 for 9. So my success rate hasn't been great. I kind of expect this to fail as well considering my track record but you can't win if you don't play.

Here's a video of my graft attempt. I took an alma cutting and grafted it onto my brown turkey. I believe the #1 reason for failures is moisture. So instead of leavign hte new graft to fend for itself in the summer heat I wrapped it loosely in saran wrap. I hope it works it would be fun to see the results.