Thread: Fruit, Nut, and Vine Grafting, Tree Propagation, Tree Care

I haven’t poked any holes in the bags on my cuttings yet. Thanks for sharing this information.

Only thing I've grafted is pecan. Get the native pecan saplings from the county tree give away. After they've grown a few years collect limbs from Stewarts and Mayhan for grafting. The trees were small but growing well when I had to move 5 years ago. I may drive by soon to see how they look.

I checked the tubs and found more rooted Fig Cuttings. As Fig Pops are removed from the tubs more Fig Pops are made and placed in the tubs. At some point I will switch to rooting in pots as the outdoor temperatures stay consistently warmer.



These 6 were potted and 6 cuttings I stuck in a Citrus container all rooted so they were potted too. I'm up to 44 new Fig Trees now.

I have been bringing in my trees from California with semi-dwarf rootstocks but when it comes to peaches here the standard rootstocks grow much better. Vigor in Peach Tress growth is always desirable as it increases disease resistance.



I pruned the new trees back to the scaffold branches. More pruning is needed but I will keep the undesired limbs from taking growth energy away from the scaffold limbs.

I feed my Citrus & Pecans in November. Both overwinter strengthening their energy and carbohydrate reserves causing a growth explosion when the time to grow comes.



All that vigor is boosting the bloom production so we will need to thin fruit. Citrus tree owners tend to allow their trees to over produce stressing the tree. We will thin the set fruit to make larger fruits and prevent excessive tree stress. If you stress a citrus tree too much it will go to a every other year producer. You don't want that.



We thinned the Rio Red Grapefruit a little too hard so what fruit was left is Monstrous.

Some really good looking roots and growth on the figs. I still have some peach trees to plant we bought from store. Two type of peach, a Bartlett pear and pink lady apple tree. I need to find some time to get those things planted and get caught up on some outdoor stuff I’m way behind on.

That is huge:

Originally Posted by Slab

That is huge:

My wife only eats a half at a time. I plan to leave quite a few more on the tree this year. Its only a 3 year old tree here so 4 years old total. Keeping the citrus pruned down in size really helps them produce & carry a lot of large fruit.