Excellent essay, the plant breeding world needs more of this deep thought. Mentor grafting is criminally unknown; I hope this article helps publicise it.
Great essay! I’ve been wanting more information on mentor grafting and here you were. I’m curious to try it on Dioscorea bulbifera on D. polystachya and purple D. alata, jackfruit on fig and water apple on rose apple.
Wonderful Tanja! Check out my previous post called "Grafted Realities" for more info. I plan to write more about mentor grafting, as well as other techniques that aren't as well known. I also grow D. bulbifera and polystachya, and have wanted to attempt crossing them, but so for no line up on flowering. I think the physiology of Dioscorea (annual vines, difficult to get true seed) makes mentor grafting a challenge, but not impossible.
I have just one bulbifera that flowered last year (out of many), I can send you a bulbil of that in winter when they form. It’s a huge African variety I got in an organic fruit delivery from Tropical fruit farm. I got around 30 in that basket and only one flowered. I’m trying 5 new cultivars this season, maybe I’m lucky to find another flowering among these too.
Great with more essays on unusual grafting techniques! Looking forward to reading them.
Excellent essay, the plant breeding world needs more of this deep thought. Mentor grafting is criminally unknown; I hope this article helps publicise it.
Thank you for your encouragement :)
Great essay! I’ve been wanting more information on mentor grafting and here you were. I’m curious to try it on Dioscorea bulbifera on D. polystachya and purple D. alata, jackfruit on fig and water apple on rose apple.
Wonderful Tanja! Check out my previous post called "Grafted Realities" for more info. I plan to write more about mentor grafting, as well as other techniques that aren't as well known. I also grow D. bulbifera and polystachya, and have wanted to attempt crossing them, but so for no line up on flowering. I think the physiology of Dioscorea (annual vines, difficult to get true seed) makes mentor grafting a challenge, but not impossible.
I have just one bulbifera that flowered last year (out of many), I can send you a bulbil of that in winter when they form. It’s a huge African variety I got in an organic fruit delivery from Tropical fruit farm. I got around 30 in that basket and only one flowered. I’m trying 5 new cultivars this season, maybe I’m lucky to find another flowering among these too.
Great with more essays on unusual grafting techniques! Looking forward to reading them.
Beautiful