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Post by floricole on Sept 18, 2012 15:20:37 GMT -5
 directory.umm.ac.id/Data%20Elmu/jurnal/S/Scientia%20Horticulturae/Vol83.Issue3-4.March2000/1423.pdfHave you ever tried grafting squash or melons? Today, a large number of Cucurbita spp. cultivars have been bred and released as rootstocks for practical use in melon production. The grafting of melon is now a common practice in early culture in large tunnel (tunnels early heated or cold) rootstock is conventionally used after a squash hybrid cross between Cucurbita maxima x C. moschata. This technique has the dual advantage of being able to grow melon boundary conditions for the plant in terms of temperature, since the zero of the vegetative Pumpkin is less than the melon (about 15 ° C), and avoid pest problems related to soil fatigue in general and verticillium at Phomopsis and Fusarium in particular. In contrast, the grafting squash does not protect against nematodes. benefits: Often better early better force Increased fruit size (early advantage in culture) Lower temperature requirement |
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Post by raymondo on Sept 19, 2012 6:23:13 GMT -5
I haven't tried grafting. It might be fun to try though.
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Post by floricole on Sept 19, 2012 8:31:08 GMT -5
The grafting of melon, a control method against certain diseases The Technical Centre for Fruit and Vegetables (CTIFL) presented an update on the method of grafting melon, which aims to protect crops against several attacks pathogens: Verticilium dalhiae, Phomopsis and Fusarium sclerotioides oxyporum f . sp. melonis, and in particular fit within an integrated vegetable production. Grafting can also grow melons under adverse soil limits its culture. Grafting may, under certain conditions, increase the production of plants and possibly fruit quality. Grafting is an ancient technique that has been applied to vegetable crops in Europe there are about fifty years. It aims to isolate the sensitive plant (the scion) infested soil, replacing it by the root system of a plant resistant (rootstock), which belong to another variety, hybrid or other types the same family. In the field this practice existed before 2000, is now expanding. Rootstocks used are either squash (such as shelters) or melon varieties with intermediate resistance to Fusarium wilt race 1-2, but other species of rootstocks of the Cucurbitaceae family could possibly be used. Experiments, implemented by the CTIFL aim to find the best pair rootstock / scion adapted to niche field production and determine the most appropriate technical routes for the safe production and find the best balance additional operating costs between cultures grafted and business performance. Operating limitations and constraints are presented: lack of resistance to nematodes of rootstocks currently available need to define a route technique and crop management adapted to the new entity vegetable (couple rootstock / scion), possible development the axillary bud to armpit cotyledons forcing control of each plant, overhead grafting partially offset by the reduction of tree density and under certain conditions by earlier and higher yields. Different grafting technique are described: the most common currently used by nurseries producing grafted plants is the technique of grafting application (Japanese-transplant), but the inlay grafting (grafting head) and grafting by approach are also used. The description of the implementation also includes the conditions for the resumption of grafted plants and planting. Cost elements are shown: a grafted plant is 3 times more than a franc, but the reduction of the density of planting, following the force imparted by the rootstock, partly offset this additional cost. french pdf www.fruits-et-legumes.net/revue_en_ligne/point_sur/fich_pdf/PSGreffageMelon.pdf |
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Post by cortona on Sept 19, 2012 10:15:04 GMT -5
immagine the immense rootsistem of atantic giant pumpkins(a maxima) as a rootstock for a melon......
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Post by terracotta on Sept 20, 2012 15:49:09 GMT -5
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Post by floricole on Sept 20, 2012 17:09:27 GMT -5
And did you try it? any success? |
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Post by raymondo on Sept 20, 2012 23:33:13 GMT -5
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Post by floricole on Sept 21, 2012 8:00:06 GMT -5
thanks Raymondo that's of interest |
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Post by terracotta on Sept 21, 2012 12:33:10 GMT -5
no too busy, but have done grafting before. you must keep the union moist ( not wet) until they grow into each other.
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Post by legume on Sept 22, 2012 9:53:06 GMT -5
I did some melon grafting this year (onto melon rootstock (not interspecific squash)).
I used the small clothspin style grafting clips ordered from Jonnies (not the even smaller silicone type used for tomato).
post grafting, I put them under 50% shade cloth in the greenhouse, to reduce water stress while the graft union healed.
Grafting melon is an art!
I got bettter as I continued to practice, but it was A LOT OF WORK to graft the plants.
Once I got some practice, it took ~2 minutes per graft.
Aproximately 2/3 of my grafts were sucessfull.
I am sure that my sucess rate and time per graft could be greatly improved with practice...but what I learned is that I am lucky to live some where where i do not HAVE to graft melons to grow them.
Legume
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Post by floricole on Sept 24, 2012 19:33:39 GMT -5
I did some melon grafting this year (onto melon rootstock (not interspecific squash)). I used the small clothspin style grafting clips ordered from Jonnies (not the even smaller silicone type used for tomato). post grafting, I put them under 50% shade cloth in the greenhouse, to reduce water stress while the graft union healed. Grafting melon is an art! I got bettter as I continued to practice, but it was A LOT OF WORK to graft the plants. Once I got some practice, it took ~2 minutes per graft. Aproximately 2/3 of my grafts were sucessfull. I am sure that my sucess rate and time per graft could be greatly improved with practice...but what I learned is that I am lucky to live some where where i do not HAVE to graft melons to grow them. Legume Thanks fir for the info, Next year,I'll certainly try melon on vigorous squash that grows well in my climate. |
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Post by Hristo on Oct 27, 2012 11:10:08 GMT -5
This year I grafted several melon varieties on to seedlings from one of my breeding project (AG x moschata). They took but only one or two survived until fruit was ripe and even they were not as healthy as I would like. The reason I tried this is because the soil in my garden is not very good for many of the species I grow and melons are among the worst performers. Past 3 year I planted over 100 different varieties and often ended eating 0 fruits. So I tried this, but no luck. I have better results with watermelons grafted on to gourds.
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