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hi, all! today, I did quite a peculiar graft, and the original inspiration, regarding v notch grafting came from kada. but now I realize, that my dyslexia, had struck again, and the following describes, the exact opposite of what, some people do, when grafting a crest. in other words, people and kada, used the stock shaped like a wedge, and the scion is the notch. my dyslexia made me do the opposite, I shaped the scion like a wedge, and the stock displayed the notch. I received this beauty full crest, from hellonasty, and though a long time of what to do with it. some reports suggest, that many crests will revert back to normal growth, if just planted out to form there own roots. some sources say, the same can happen even if you graft them, anyhow kada say's, if you wedge (got more side ways space for development?!) graft them, they will stay a crest ( now, I think, I misinterpretated this detail). today suddenly, I had the gut's to try this out, and I think this is a good tek, as it features, step by step, photos, and an innovation, which I call "v shaped cardboard template"!! here you see the cardboard template, and the crest in it's original shape. I used the template, to mark the crest, as to facilitate exact cutting, yep I pretended to be a plastic surgeon, hehehe. this pic shows the stock, it was v notched 3 day's ago already, to allow for shrinkage, to occur. the cardboard template, was fashioned, by inserting the same into the V notch, and as such accurate angles were obtained. note as well that the skin was trimmed off, all around the stock. leaving the skin might at a later stage produce a bad fit. this pic shows the scion partly secured, uppermost precise cutting is a must, not only the angle must fit, but the cuts have to be done as parallel as possible (unless you skew them twice, with the same degree, which would be very difficult, humans are trained for right angles). the following photo shows the leftovers, the v shaped tissue thing, is the left over, from re cutting the echinopsis stock, the other left over, is part of the crest. I have high hopes of, taking one areola from it, and graft it, onto peres, and than let the rest of the crest, form it's own roots, and hope for the best. fully bandaged graft, note the sticky tape used to hold the panty hose down, because of lack of spines. as well even more important, sticky tape was used to make sure the V notch doesn't open up, once it is exposed to the scions downward pressure. I used tb. Bendigo as stock, I hope it works, because the Bendigo was slightly yellow and not a fast grower. I think the, cardboard template is a good idea, as it can be used the same way, if you are using the stock fashioned into a wedge shape. the cardboard template, helps you to cut precise and to get all the angles perfect!