Dragon fruit crossing P4. New growth!

One month after grafting, the seedlings start to show new growth. It proves that the toothpick method works. It also shows the grafted seedling does not necessarily attach the cambium ring to establish connections between the seedlings and the stock tissue. Also showed in the video that the seedlings tolerate alcohol well so it can be used to sterilize the seedlings for grafting to minimize microbe contamination. Meanwhile, the remaining seedlings growing in soil continue show growth and they show more growth than the grafted seedling at this point. It will be interesting to see when the growth of the grafted seedlings surpass the ones in soil. It is interesting to note that almost all seedlings from this experiment are 4 sided, while the Palora seedlings I grew before were all 3 sided.

[@V.Oakley]

That is awesome. I just started growing dragon fruit about 3 years ago. I've mot been successful in grafting them yet, but i have not given up.

[@muhammadaasifjavaid1941]

Thanks for sharing this informative video

[@ronnie5151]

Very interesting 🤔👍

[@theflamingpearl]

I also thought that you could cut the top at an angle to shed the rain water or alternately put up a little rain protection to avoid puddling of water, hence the rot. I find your experiments very interesting 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@xiaoli2142]

Very good suggestion. Thank you for your comment.

[@JamesEndo1]

That's amazing! How about attaching a cutting to the side of rootstock with toothpick method?

[@xiaoli2142]

Very interesting. I think it will work. I will try it next time. Thank you for your comment.