Man, I admire your energetic enthusiasm!
Just a thought...beware of cooking your plants! T.

agree... why do you have them in sun.. in plastic ...

i understand you need light ... which is usually provided by a greenhouse... where temps can be manipulated ...

your little greenhouses will get too hot..

ambient light in very bright shade would be better than a plastic bag in sun.. IMHO ...

but new things are discovered.. only by those who try

you might want to put half on the east side of the house.. and half per the pic ... relying on one method can be catastrophic ...

ken

Looking good Nate! I see you did two grafts on each rootstock also...twice as much practice and doubles the chance of success.

Are those the superplugs from U of Idaho? They look really good. You ended up finding some GREAT seedlings to use on such short notice.

Having used both wide and narrow grafting bands, which do you like best?

And...how much snow?

Thanks,

Barbara

True, lots of trial and error going on here.
Earlier this week we had 30mph wind and I forgot to bring the grafts in. Fortunately the bags did not fly away!
Hopefully they won't get too hot. These are on the east side of the house, so morning sun only. Daytime temps now about 25-35F. Bags to increase humidity. Toward evening some of condensation was turning to droplets of ice, so these trees are being subjected to a wide range of temps.
Those are indeed the U. Idaho plugs. Good stuff. I seem to prefer the wider bands. The greater surface area made it easier to get that initial grip when making the first wind around. They are also longer, so more of the union gets covered. Sometimes with the shorter bands I had to use two. 16 inches of snow.

Should be interesting... Good luck buddy.

Dax

Humm...have you considered putting them in a bright room in the house, but where there will be NO direct sun. There would be less temperature fluctuation....hopefully someone else will let me know if this is a decent idea for you or not.

Barbara

That's a possibility. The room I'm thinking of has windows facing toward the south, and it gets warm during the day (80F). I don't know if that's too hot? I'm in a bit of a situation. The grafting lessons went well, but my nursery set up is less than optimal. I definitely need to figure something out if I do much more grafting.

These poor seedlings, a few weeks ago they were loving life in Oregon and now they've been hacked, bound with rubber bands, and thrown into a snowbank to fend for themselves.

In truth, if I get even 5% of Dax's success rate, I would be more than happy!