It be like that sometimes. I feel like you can tell/feel when the scion makes a good connection almost like a click when locking in vinyl flooring lol 😂 seen it mentioned here before and it’s true. Happy the grafts are taking, it took a bit of playing with them to get it down and I’ve had my share of fails.
Here’s my process for seedling grafting if anyone is interested.
Basically the standard stuff.
1. Pick the right seedlings for the rootstock (size wise)
2. Sterilize blade (I just use a sharp pocket knife)
3. Cut the pere horizontally (on a healthy growing area, preferably with leaves) Remove any aerioles if there are any where scion will sit.
4. Take a leaf from de bottom of pere cutoff and squeZ De jooce on fresh cut of pere rootstock to mayk it stihkyeee
5. Sterilize blade
6. Slice de seedling, lay it flat on a hard surface and chop lyke u would when mincing an onion or just go real fast Ricky Bobby #1
7. The most importnint- plop dat lil boodie cacti on de pere. Now take bofa ya pointy fingies and place them consciously on either side of lil baby cacti head. You poot light-medium downward pressure until you see the union squeZ de joocy removing air boobles. If seedling pulls up/slides around when you release do it again and hold it down for 10-20 seconds with slightly more pressure, being sure to line them up. Success? Then place your hands out and giv dem de energy Dey need to be sunksenseful, accompanied by some humming and or encouraging words. Be one wit de cacti fren and cacti fren be one wit you
8. Poot humidity dome/plastic bag over for 3-4 days
9. Remove bag after you have confirmed union sekured and you see new growth/spines. Mine usually take a few days to adjust after this and may get red because they haven’t been hardened off yet. As long as you see new growth they’ll be alllllllllright. Guess this is the end of the line
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by ZillaJe