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question - best time to cut off graft & where?

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So a lot of my grafts are getting big,...wondering

Where is the best place to cut a graft;

through the union?

a few areoles above the union, so remaining scion can bud?

????

When.....

what season?

How large can it get....can you leave it on the root stock forever?

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what better teacher than first hand experience?

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I think he means just go for it and learn from there.

Maybe just try a few different methods,, leave enough graft on to see if it pups out, cut another off at the Union,,, rip one off with ur bare hands?? lol I think eventually whatever stock u use will reach its use by date. Also, winter may not be the best time unless you are growing indoors.

Hope that helps?

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I'm still new to grafting....very addictive....

I was hoping there would be a lot of opinions about when/where to cut.

I've read slicing the top off button grafts, causes massive pupping. But found nothing re columns.

Anyhow came home this morning to see my J3 open pollen (~410mm high, 10 months old, seedlings are 50 - 100mm high) had fallen, odd its inside...no wind....luckily no damage.....just gotta get the nerve to slice a column scion above a few areoles, & see if the remaining scion pups.

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while I'm here.....Yowie x super pedro

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(thanks to a nomadic member for these awesome seedlings)

To cut or not to cut.th.......

Today counted 5 areoles on the remaining scion...........

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I had columnar grafts like that snap off when trying to move them, I just put dusting sulfur, let em dry, they were shooting roots out in a week lol

Don't have any experience degraftin smaller cacti tho

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