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Minnesota

What is it, how do you do it? Do you take a different type plant and connect it to a another plant? try and get it to grow with a different root system, just curious. And if you had success with it would the seeds show the characteristics of the grafted roots?

1/1/2013 8:58:25 PM

Brooklyn Corner, Nova Scotia

Take a look at the watermelon board Richard or type grafting in the site search. Tons of information on this site alone.

1/1/2013 9:06:26 PM

Princeton Kentucky

Richard here is some good read on the subject. Just the first paragraph should set the tone for you. Good luck this year!! http://hcs.osu.edu/vpslab/sites/drupal-hcs-vpslab.web/files/grafting-single-double-effects-sci-hort-sept11-1.pdf

1/2/2013 11:30:56 AM

Muddy Waters

You start two seedlings & after the first true leaf appears you graft by cutting out the true leaf of the host plant.Then you pierce a round hole in between the two cots into the stump of host plant.You the take the plant your wanting to grow from say a melon & cutting the stump as short as possible at a compound miter.then sticking that miter cut (stump)into the hole you pierced in the host plant between the cots.Then they go to the hospital for a few days.Go to You tube lots of videos to watch on this.Good Luck! No I dont think it changes the seed,you will go back to the parent genetics.I'm sure.

1/2/2013 12:13:23 PM

Piqua, Ohio

Richard
Last winter I brought up grafting in the watermelon forum, well I wasn't a liked person after that! Got ripped by a bunch of people even got crap from one of the GWG guys! Gabrielle Bartoli grows 2 over 300 on grafts, now everybody and their uncle wants to try it! I graft everything but AG's, this year I want to graft 2 AG's to each other, so far my trial plants are taking. Mark is right about the genetics, grafted or not if you have poor genetics you'll have small melons.

1/2/2013 1:53:29 PM

Princeton Kentucky

Josh, funny story. I too have ruffled some feathers on here but thats OK still a good bunch of people like yourself. I've never went to the watermelon forum so I wish I could have witnessed it for a laugh. I would be intrested to know what type of graft you did on the two AG's and what are you trying to accomplish by doing so. Are you trying to achieve two rootstocks or double scions? I'm doing the same thing too with double scions for more nutrient introduction to the kin by doubling up the folige area. Next I will be doing double rootstocks. My Field Pumpkin Double Scion over AG rootstock has takin..so far so good. I've always gone under thee assumption that people who are reluctant to try new things miss out, I mean take John Denver and his home built aircraft, I'll..well..feathers Joe, Feathers. People probably scoffed at Howard Dill....and here we are God rest his sole. Keep Trying to find out all you can Richard ..I am.

1/2/2013 4:16:34 PM

Princeton Kentucky

Sorry, meant to correctly type, "God rest his "Soul"

1/2/2013 4:39:19 PM

Minnesota

Yah, I see that Josh, I did'nt get the in a nutshell, or laymens terms, I got, go look it up! I understand it a little better now, thanks.

1/2/2013 5:13:27 PM

Piqua, Ohio

I'm trying double scion and double rootstock, just tinkering around, maybe wasting my time, maybe not! The rootstock I prefer is Tetsukabuto squash, I have better luck with this variety, so far it works with cantaloupe,watermelon,and pumpkins. Good luck with your grafts!

1/2/2013 6:10:32 PM

Princeton Kentucky

Very cool Josh

1/4/2013 3:17:56 PM