Great work Lach it much be satisfying

I'll get some pics happening in the morning, but I can say this definitely seems to be a worthwhile technique. At the very least, it seems to work extremely well with loph scions to trich stocks. The challenge will be to see what other species this works for.

Right now I'm eyeing off some Copiapoa and some Harrisia...

As promised, here are the pics. I should point out that when I grafted these lophs I wasn't aiming for super-fash growth; instead I was trying for increased resistance to cold, wet weather and to mitigate the risk of root mealies. As a result, I now have three lophs growing outside, fully exposed to all the elements. I can honestly say that they've never looked happier!

Nice work Lachy! That first one has put on some excellent growth since the earlier pics. Still flowering too!!!

Yeah, it's actually flowered non-stop for the last six months! Trichs appear to be the perfect grafting stock for lophs. I'm hoping to extend this technique to a few other plants - Copiapoa hypogaea for some reason springs to mind as an interesting candidate. I've also got a couple more lophs to play around with.

Harrisia is another stock that I'm gradually propagating up to trial in a similar fashion. From this thread it seems that this is a great stock for a wide variety of plants. At the moment I've got an Ariocarpus trigonus that's not doing too much and the abovementioned Aztekium which is not supposed to be great on Trichocereus (which is something I've wondered about - do the grafts not take or is growth poor?) so I will try both on Harrisia and report back...



Note to self: Harrisia sap is really icky...

Trichos are definitely my stock of choice for grafting Lophs. They just seem to work well together. I have done a few using superglue which worked quite well. Recently I have done a few smaller grafts (mainly Astro) onto Hylo stocks using superglue also. Looking good so far.

I used to use rubber bands with a band-aid for padding, though I was talking to a collector who has a number of grafts in his collection, and he uses stockings/panty-hos (whatever they are called) and loops them over the spines to hold them in place. I have been trialling this and it seems to work quite well, with little or no damage to the scion.

So, basically I use the glue technique and the stocking technique and have decent results so far.

Those new ones are looking good. Is that a crest I see there?

Astro onto... something - is definitely on the cards for me soon. I'm thinking I might try it onto Harrisia, however the goopy, stringy sap is really offputting.

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Is that a crest I see there?

Maybe...

The goop could be very handy in the grafting process. It make have glue-like properties, not unlike Peres does. Hmm, that stock just get more and more interesting to me

Larger Astro seedlings to Hylos are pretty good. If you don't have any I should be able to help you out with some of those next season, if interested.

Mysterious...well, definitely keep us updated on these new grafts, especially keen to see the progress of the maybe-crest haha

Lachy

I remove all sap coming out from cutting face by tissue papers when I use a Harrisia as a grafting stock. If you removed sap, the setting of scion is easier.
The sap is hard to dry and formed black skins which is one of causes of grafting failuer.

Hanazono