I haven't been the only one having fun with grafting and rooting this year --- two of our readers emailed this week with updates on experiments of their own.  Brian wrote in to say that he ended up with accidentally-rooted fig cuttings in his Tennessee garden:

(I would have put an exclamation point at least somewhere in that paragraph, so I'll add two here for you to use as you see fit --- !!)

Brian also had quite good success with his more intentional grafting and rooting efforts, managing to salvage some very subpar cuttings I sent him.  His only real failure was trying to graft hardwood cuttings onto a peach --- my understanding is that peaches are best budded in the summer, although I've never tried it myself.

Meanwhile, you may recall Gary, who is experimenting with propagating Illinois Everbearing mulberries.  The cuttings that callused for him didn't end up rooting, but he had much better luck with grafting Illinois Everbearing onto wild red mulberries around his farm.  He wrote:

I owe you updates on my own rooting and grafting experiments (which have been a mixed bag, but with some great successes).  That will have to wait for another post, though.  In the meantime, I hope you'll be inspired by these two success stories to give home-propagation of woody perennials a try.

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About us: Anna Hess and Mark Hamilton spent over a decade living self-sufficiently in the mountains of Virginia before moving north to start over from scratch in the foothills of Ohio. They've experimented with permaculture, no-till gardening, trailersteading, home-based microbusinesses and much more, writing about their adventures in both blogs and books.



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