Interesting experiment! Hope it is successful. If I had thought of your idea, I might have started on a smaller scale. But that's just me. I take it your in at least
Zone 9?

Christopher

My gut tells me that you should leave that tape on for a while. Jades are heavy and I would think it would be hard for the segments to completely grow together. Just my 2cents

Hanz,

Good luck with Frankie, and the rest of your plants aren't bad, either.

If this one doesn't work, I'd try branches with fewer or no leaves as branches to be grafted to a mother ship (with leaves). I hadn't thought of doing this before, so I hope you'll report on your successes.

Thanks to everybody for your insight. I'm going to wait longer to remove the tape. Yes, I'm in zone 9. I'm going to try another in the way described by cactusmcharris, seems very logical.

Good luck. I tried this experiment a little while ago (this spring/summer) and the graft took. I took the tape off a bit early, though, and it collapsed. I left the tape on for a month or so, but it wasn't during full growth season. Also, I didn't have as many nice cultivars, so it was just a gollum onto a normal jade. Definitely keep the tape on longer than you think - taking it off too early undoes a lot of hard work.

-Nate

Not to get off topic but what is that aloe in the bottom right of the first picture and where can I get one?

What a great experiment! I wish you well!
I've read some about grafting, but haven't been brave enough to try it!

Very nice plants in all!

The aloe looks like "Pink Blush" A Kelly Griffin hybrid Aloe. One of my favorites. ;)

It's not easy to find in nursery's, I got mine from ebay.

JoJo

Yes, "Pink Blush" hybrid Aloe, is correct. I got it from a local nursery but I have since seen it pretty regularly at GreenThumb.

Anything you would want to trade for that offset from the "Pink Blush" I don't have a whole lot to offer but it doesn't hurt to ask right?

steezeeven,
did you get my reply email? I may have some.
JoJo

hanz, please keep us up to date on the pictures you've shown here. Absolutely gorgeous succulent plantings.

Steez,
I already have an offset separated. It's still setting up. Aloe is not as easy, for me, to establish as other succulents. I'd be happy to send it to you, no need to trade. Let me research how to ship a plant. Send your mailing address to hanzrobo@sbcglobal.net

I gave Frankie a trim. If you compare this with the first photo, you'll see that the scion on the right has turned all it's leaves up toward the sun. That happened fast! I think it's a good sign.
I tried again, this time using a smaller host, grafting smaller trunks, making an effort to work with gravity so there's a better chance of holding when the tape is removed. The variegated piece is actually resting on another branch. It's actually a lot harder working with small pieces because you can't man-handle them and it's harder to find longer sections of bare trunk to work with.
I have some Hummel's that I'm going to use next.
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