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Awesome job, please keep us posted on this one! I'm very interested in seeing how it will develop and what the pup(s) end up looking like.

Crested grafts can often resort back to non-crested growth for a time after being grafted like this. The genetics will still allow something like this to throw out variegates and crested specimens however regardless of the current phenotype it is expressing. So, if your into breeding cacti it would still be a boon to have something like this to breed with.

Looks like a good idea. Are you aiming to get 2 pups or just double your chance of a successful graft?

 

What did you hold it down with?

Also, in my humble opinion I think it would have been beneficial to trim the tail off the slab because as the stock dries out it will curl up and potentially lift the scion away from the stock. Let us know if it succeeds or fails and your thoughts on why. I'm hoping for a big double WIN

36 minutes ago, Halcyon Daze said:

Looks like a good idea. Are you aiming to get 2 pups or just double your chance of a successful graft?

 

What did you hold it down with?

To be honest I was just being lazy with the two like that. Parafilm was used to hold the graft down.

31 minutes ago, Halcyon Daze said:

Also, in my humble opinion I think it would have been beneficial to trim the tail off the slab because as the stock dries out it will curl up and potentially lift the scion away from the stock. Let us know if it succeeds or fails and your thoughts on why. I'm hoping for a big double WIN

When I wrap my stock with parafilm... it creates a natural humidity chamber... thus it does not dry out and will not dry out... unless I remove the parafilm. With that being said, accidents due happen. A single crack or hole on the bottom side of the graft can allow the whole graft to go to pot if one is not careful. A good backup would be to place the whole graft like this in a humidity chamber for just in case. 

 

All in all though, I like the way your grafting brain works. Many might not have thought about making that tail a bit shorter to keep it from drying out.

On 3/17/2018 at 9:20 PM, Halcyon Daze said:

Also, in my humble opinion I think it would have been beneficial to trim the tail off the slab because as the stock dries out it will curl up and potentially lift the scion away from the stock. Let us know if it succeeds or fails and your thoughts on why. I'm hoping for a big double WIN

Here is one of my many babies today Halcyon Daze, just thought I would share it with you to show you how I try to keep them from drying out. Hope this helps in some way.

Looks awesome. An experiment you might like to try on one is to poke a couple small holes in the film (with a pin) to reduce condensation and every couple days add another hole. 

 

I did this to all of mine and they all worked out. It may not be necessary at all but it's worth a try. 

 

My thinking is that it would help prevent any rot and also reduce the shock of removing the film in one go.

 

Keep up the good work man, your grafting looks pro.

1 minute ago, Halcyon Daze said:

Looks awesome. An experiment you might like to try on one is to poke a couple small holes in the film (with a pin) to reduce condensation and every couple days add another hole. 

 

I did this to all of mine and they all worked out. It may not be necessary at all but it's worth a try. 

 

My thinking is that it would help prevent any rot and also reduce the shock of removing the film in one go.

 

Keep up the good work man, your grafting looks pro.

Depending on the size of the graft and the speed of growth of the stock at the time of grafting I often do just that. It shows you have a keen mind for grafting and a willingness to share your techniques which I love though as some are not so eager to spill the beans when it comes to grafting.

 

Other times, I only leave this wrap in place for anywhere from 48-72 hours. Cutting a few sides of the stock allows the majority of the parafilm to stay in place and slows the drying out, but the longer you keep something like this in place the longer the adaption back to normal should be and... yes... the slower  one should be in bringing about that change. 48-72 hours though... generally safe to completely remove the parafilm in most cases. Its all relative when it comes to grafting.