Lost a grafted plant

14 years ago

I lost one of my grafted doubles but was able to salvage the scions. I'll see if I can get them to root on their own and if that works out maybe graft them to a seedling rootstock later. This one wouldn't break dormancy so I checked the caudex and felt rot. Upon unpotting it I could see a black line of some type of rot running thru much of the caudex. There was no way to remove it all and still save the rootstock. Hopefully the branches (scion) will root. I'm going to wait a couple more days before potting them up. Cross your fingers for me : )

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pcput
14 years ago
Hi karyn1, What a shame !!! I'll cross my fingers for you too. Hopefully it will root. Peg
Marie Tran
14 years ago
Karyn, I will keep my fingers cross for you......
Marie
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Aggie2
14 years ago
Good luck Karyn, hope you can save it!
greenclaws UK, Zone 8a
14 years ago
Yes, fingers crossed for it Karyn. If anyone can save it I'm sure it's you. How many pieces have you to root?
Gill from the UK.
bronxfigs: New York City/7b
14 years ago
Karyn....

Can you tell us what went wrong? You are an experienced grower...can you speculate as to what happened to this plant to make it rot?

Thanks for the information. Hope you can salvage something.

Frank
Loveplants2 8b Virginia Beach, Virginia
14 years ago
Hey Karyn,

Sorry to hear of your loss.... Ill keep my fingers and toes crossed for you!!

Good Luck!

Laura
karyn1
Original Author
14 years ago
Frank I have no idea but think I must have intrtoduced something that caused a line of fungus or maybe a bacteria to travel thru the caudex when I potted it up. Maybe I knicked it while planting? I'm not sure. It wasn't a generalized softening but a dark line running thru the caudex with rotted tissue spreading out from it. My other guess is some type of grub. It was almost like something had tunneled through the caudex, but I didn't find any larvae. All the other adeniums look fine, including the other grafted one.