Winter grafting

[Karlet]

    Dan : Congratulations, your grafts are very beautiful!
    CeD : Another promising plant !

[Carlo & Daniele]

@ Karlet: thanks a lot

@ Dan: that godzilla is really good 

a woolly asterias:



and another interesting ario:

[danskibsted]

A. kotschoubeyanus x retusus cv. maruibo

[andrea.a]

Some "fruits" from last winter grafts:

[andrea.a]

and..

[danskibsted]

Amazing! great work (:
Dan

[danskibsted]

Here is an update on how the plants are doing, 10 months after sowing. All the good plants has been regrafted to smalller harrisia and trichocereus stocks:









Others are still growing on their original stock:



Dan

[robinast]

Wow! What a sight! - better than any word I can think of!! 

[andrea.a]

Amazing plants!!! Great work, You must be very happy!!!

Andrea.

[Simon]

Dan, the man! Absolutely legendary effort!

[Carlo & Daniele]

great work! love it!

[danskibsted]

It's time to start all over again... This year I discarded my old aquarium, and decided to use IKEA storage boxes instead. So far it seems to work fine.







More (and better) pictures will follow as the plants start to develop.

Dan

[robinast]

Exciting times seem to be coming for you, right?  And for the other forumers as well if you'll keep us informed!

[Karlet]

Great job Dan! Hard work does not scare you, you are great!

[Simon]

Hard work yes! And also a sustained and intense focus on a goal that is now inevitable...

[danskibsted]

Thank you all!
This is just the start - I still have many grafts to do before I'm finished for this year (:
Dan

[robinast]

I also have a lo-o-o-ot of grafts to do this autumn and winter. The earler grafts develop nicely, I hope to get a lot of interesting plants.
The weather here is pretty cold already - fe we had -3 C this morning (the grass is still white, an hour after the sunrise). A couple of days ago, I moved all my young grafts, growing stocks and young seedlings into house as the the temperature in my greenhouse is already lower than optimal for the good growth of seedlings and tiny grafts.

This is how one lot of 6 week old grafts looks like now


...and this is a pot with grafts made less than an hour ago.

[danskibsted]

Amazing results after 6 weeks! Are you going to grow them under lights all winter?
Dan

[robinast]

Are you going to grow them under lights all winter?

Yes, that's my plan.

[danskibsted]

Sounds like a good plan. Keep us updated!
Dan (: