Marty,

It will probably take more than one season for the thread graft to fully
join. It has been my experience that it takes a couple of years for the
branch to fully join with the trunk.

I remember the comment of one of the artists at a workshop (I don't remember
now who it was, so I don't want to attribute the quote to the wrong person),
who said "when the grafted branch appears to be well joined and you are
ready to cut off the donor side, wait one more year".

Regards,
Roger Snipes Spokane, WA Zone 5, or maybe Zone 6.
Politics is the art of looking for trouble, finding it, misdiagnosing it,
and then misapplying the wrong remedies. Groucho Marx (1895-1977)

----- Original Message -----
From: "marty haber"

Carl:
Speaking about grafts, I just completed a thread needle graft on an Acer
p.
This tree was growing un-noticed
behind an azalea in my garden. It has a beautifully curved trunk, but not
branch on the exterior of the curve. I drilled a hole through the trunk,
planted a 2-year seedling next to it, then ran the apex through the hole.
Finally, I sealed up both ends of the hole with cut paste. I like this
type
of graft because the sion grows independently of the host, therefore there
is no need to worry about matching the cambium. When the branch thickens
to
the size of the hole, trunk and branch will grow together. The bottom of
the seedling can then be cut off and replanted in another pot. I'll let
you
know how well it works later in the year.
Marty



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