Great pictures....thanks. Nice job on the avocado. I.ve done six on an avocado, but it was on a huge tree and in multiple places for each cultivar. You obviously have much better grafting skill than I do. It will be interesting to see how this many grafts on a tree that small is managed. Where is your Mom's friend's place?

Harry

Thanks Harry. I think I just got lucky with this tree this time though. How is the tree you grafted doing now? Is it in your yard? I hope the person I graft it for keeps the grafts managed and doesn't let any of the rootstock grow. My mom's friends place is in Wellington.

Cool pics. The ultimate Frankenstein plant!

Sorry to say, mine is dead and is now a stand for dragonfruit. It was a 40 foot tree at one time. Hurricane Andrew wrecked the tree the first time, but it recovered. I put the grafts on after the tree was hacked back after the storm. Then Hurricane Wilma hit it with the knock out punch. It never recovered after that although it tried by spouting from the original rootstock. The avocado tree was on the property when I bought it...one of the few trees that pre-dated me. It was probably planted out in the late 1970's. I had put Lula, Pollack, Loretta, Simmonds, Monroe, and one of the Towers....can't remember which now. All fruited eventually, but even on a large tree it was diffcult to manage and not allow one to over grow the other cultivar.

Harry

Great job with the grafting, 6 on one with all of them taking.

-Ethan

wow, cool. i have a seedling avocado growing in a neighbors yard, it will be my practice graft tree.

Jay,
Thanks.

Harry,
I think I had grafted a lula and monroe onto this tree also. I am not a fan of multi grafted trees for the exact reason you mentioned. Too hard to keep one from out growing the other.

Ethan,
Thanks. I am still waiting for that one last one to bud though. I'm hoping it doesn't die before then.

mango,
Avocados are very easy to graft. It's a good tree to learn with.

UPDATE US with pictures please! I want to know how it went.

Would love an update...