2017 Grafting thread: Open to all

Father'sDaughter · March 24, 2017

Congratulations Bill, on getting them planted out! And that's part of what I love about the DE -- it's reusable to a great extent. You just need to flush any non-organic fertilizers out of it and then give it a blast in the oven, and it's good to go for the next season.

I had a delay of game -- got home late from a weekend away, so Sunday night became impossible even if had come up with a bag of Optisorb.

I carved enough time out of my day on Monday to shoot over to the closest O'Reillys and finally grab a bag.

It's funny how the clerks have no idea what you're talking about when you ask for this stuff by name. It was the same when I went to Autozone the first time looking for Ultrasorb -- "Sorry, we don't carry that..." when in fact they have a stash of it somewhere in the store. Ask for floor dry or speedy dry, and they lead you right to it.

Sometime between now and Sunday, my grafts will get made no matter what! The root stock got their last watering yesterday morning, so I'm hoping they will have dried out enough by tomorrow. All have been growing very slowly and the root stock have just about caught up the the scions. All are still pretty petite.

It's amazing how much slower everything grows when their roots are confined to the egg carton cups. If I had started these in the small pots like I usually do, they would have been way past grafting size by now.

March 24, 2017	#11
Father'sDaughter Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: MA/NH Border Posts: 4,919	Congratulations Bill, on getting them planted out! And that's part of what I love about the DE -- it's reusable to a great extent. You just need to flush any non-organic fertilizers out of it and then give it a blast in the oven, and it's good to go for the next season. I had a delay of game -- got home late from a weekend away, so Sunday night became impossible even if had come up with a bag of Optisorb. I carved enough time out of my day on Monday to shoot over to the closest O'Reillys and finally grab a bag. It's funny how the clerks have no idea what you're talking about when you ask for this stuff by name. It was the same when I went to Autozone the first time looking for Ultrasorb -- "Sorry, we don't carry that..." when in fact they have a stash of it somewhere in the store. Ask for floor dry or speedy dry, and they lead you right to it. Sometime between now and Sunday, my grafts will get made no matter what! The root stock got their last watering yesterday morning, so I'm hoping they will have dried out enough by tomorrow. All have been growing very slowly and the root stock have just about caught up the the scions. All are still pretty petite. It's amazing how much slower everything grows when their roots are confined to the egg carton cups. If I had started these in the small pots like I usually do, they would have been way past grafting size by now.