Post by bluemoon on Jun 17, 2024 12:28:30 GMT -5
Hello everyone! This is my first post in the forum and my first attempt at T-budding. Need your advise.
I did my first attempt at T-budding over 3 weeks ago - 2 Meyer's Lemons and a Cara Cara on an existing citrus tree of about 5 - 6 y.o. Now I am not able to to determine whether the buds are still alive.
The lemon buds where green after the first two weeks. The first bud looked swollen. But they both started loosing their green color. They seem to be well attached to their respective branches and have callus tissue around them but I am concerned about the disappearance of the green color.
The Cara Cara bud, on the other hand, is completely covered by the bark of the host branch - the bark closed over it almost completely; if it wasn't for the horizontal cut of the T, it would have been hard even to find the budding spot.
The host tree is approximately 5-6 years old, most likely a sour orange grown from a seed (I inherited it with the new house, so no more info is available). It hasn't produced the flowers yet.
Can anyone tell if those buds are still alive? Should I try to force them by notching? Or should I admit a tactical defeat?
I did my first attempt at T-budding over 3 weeks ago - 2 Meyer's Lemons and a Cara Cara on an existing citrus tree of about 5 - 6 y.o. Now I am not able to to determine whether the buds are still alive.
The lemon buds where green after the first two weeks. The first bud looked swollen. But they both started loosing their green color. They seem to be well attached to their respective branches and have callus tissue around them but I am concerned about the disappearance of the green color.
The Cara Cara bud, on the other hand, is completely covered by the bark of the host branch - the bark closed over it almost completely; if it wasn't for the horizontal cut of the T, it would have been hard even to find the budding spot.
The host tree is approximately 5-6 years old, most likely a sour orange grown from a seed (I inherited it with the new house, so no more info is available). It hasn't produced the flowers yet.
Can anyone tell if those buds are still alive? Should I try to force them by notching? Or should I admit a tactical defeat?
Your help is greatly appreciated.
(the forum doesn't let me upload the attachments, so I inserted the links to the images of the my buds. The first 2 links are of my 2 lemon buds, and the last two link - of my Cara Cara bud covered with bark)