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Cool_Breeze starts with ... I was recently searching youtube for grafting methods, tips and new ideas when i came across an interesting channel by the name of BUANG88. On there he had many videos about grafting. His older grafting videos are of some night shades which I had personally done with varying success. Such as eggplants, tomatoes, chilies etc.. But his newer videos of late have been mind blowing to say the least. He is making multi-species plants from different families which I had learnt was IMPOSSIBLE. Jackfruit and mulberry grafted to fig. Mulberry and fig grafted to jacfruit. Fig and jackfruit grafted to mulberry. All combinations shown with successful results. MANY, many more are done with different fruits. Strangest one being a 5 species tree grafted together. What are your opinions on this?? Is this actually possible and what we have been taught so far wrong?? Please share your thoughts. He also grafted jakfruit onto moretonbay fig which I am going to replicate and see for myself if it can actually be done. And if successful - it really does open up many new doors. | About the Author Cool_Breeze RIVERHILLS 4074 QLD Australia 17th June 2020 5:50pm #UserID: 23144 Posts: 6 View All Cool_Breeze's Edible Fruit Trees |
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jakfruit etiquette says... Hi, I dont know if the grafting works, but Fig, Mulberry and Jakfruit are all related in the Moraceae family, so it may be possible. Maybe it works better in tropical areas where the Fig and Mulberry dont go as dormant. Citrus can graft onto other relatives, sometimes you need to leave some live branches on the rootstock species. Some other ornamentals can be grafted onto their relatives, not just close species. Please think before you graft Jakfruit onto a Moreton Bay Fig..Can you imagine in 400 years, a massive banyan dropping Jakfruit out of the sky. Its a serious breach of jakfruit etiquette .. One of the reasons the deciduous Poncirus trifoliata is used as a Citrus rootstock, is that over winter, it shuts down the variety grafted on top. This makes the combination more cold tolerant than say the same orange or mandarin on other rootstocks. Finding new rootstocks for other fruit species, that lets them grow in new regions would be great. There is probably more root grafting and connection by plants in forests than ever thought, and possibly more natural gene transfer between unrelated species than the rules allow. | About the Author jakfruit etiquette gotham city,3000,Vic 18th June 2020 5:14pm #UserID: 5133 Posts: 915 View All jakfruit etiquette's Edible Fruit Trees |
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Cool_Breeze says... Hi Jakfruit etiquette, You're definitely right about citruses been able to graft on other citruses. I have successfully done quite a few as experiments a few years back. Never used the flying dragon rootstock though. Just store bought oranges. mandarins, lemon and limes which i grew from seed and grafted onto each other. It was very interesting and fun at the time. After making my original post, I did more research and also found out fig, mulberry and jackfruit are all relatives of the Moraceae family. You're right there again =). Was still strange and fascinating to me that he got successful results. Which is why I will go ahead with the jackfruit/moretonbay fig graft just to see if i can get a successful union. I definitely won't be growing it for 400 years though lol. I won't even keep it to fruiting stage as I already have 2 mature jackfruits that over produce each year. Already a lot of fruits on them right now actually. But we keep them at a medium size as our neighbour complains when it goes onto their side. Also for easier management and picking and thinning of fruits. I don't see too many extra large jackfruit trees around here. Only 2 that I am aware of with fruit that actually do drop out of the sky owned by an old indian couple. Not quite as big as banyan figs but getting there. However, when i was in Vietnam - I have seen jackfruit trees just as big as the large banyans over here. Was told the tree was over 200 years old. What is the biggest jackfruit you have seen? And what is jackfruit etiquette? Is me keeping my neighbour happy good jackfruit etiquette?? Yes, I have also heard about forest tranfers and fusions before. I think i read or saw somewhere about a fir or douglas tree that was the size of Utah or something along them lines. That was going by all the inter-connected roots underground of many, many trees. Apparently all the trees all came from the same ancestors/parents so are able to join/link up as unions underground via roots. So although on the surface - we see many different, seperate fully developed trees. The scientist was saying it was one massive plant of many generations gradually adding to itself via seed dispersal. All fascinating stuff to say the least. Thanks for your reply and inputs. Will post results of the grafts if you are interested...
| About the Author Cool_Breeze RIVERHILLS 4074 QLD Australia 19th June 2020 6:25pm #UserID: 23144 Posts: 6 View All Cool_Breeze's Edible Fruit Trees |
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