bil

bil

@bil-w.bsky.social

Aging English expat/immigrant living in Andalucia, interests include orchids, gardening and growing avocados. Fighting a rearguard action against the encroaching years. I know they will win in the end, but it's all about putting up a good fight.

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This is an approach graft. Yes, I did swear that I wouldn’t do any more but one of the two Mexicola Grande I bought last autumn has a single side shoot that is very thin, too thin for a bud graft so I thought “Hell, why not?”

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Took the tapes off too soon last autumn and most of the buds died. This one had a hard time of it as you can see from the heavy scar, but it is still alive and is starting to put out small spring leaves

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Latest clutch of bud grafts with the tape removed just enough to give the buds some fresh air. Once another two months have passed I will take a chance on removing the tape 100%.

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Anyone into avocados? Growing, grafting and so on. These are this year's rootstock plants. Cleft and approach grafting hasn't gone well for me so this year I am trying bud/veneer grafts as these seem to suit me better.

bil
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If you look carefully at the R hand side, you can see a bud opening on the lower RH side. That’s a successful bud graft from last autumn.

bil
@bil-w.bsky.social

Anyone into avocados? Growing, grafting and so on. These are this year's rootstock plants. Cleft and approach grafting hasn't gone well for me so this year I am trying bud/veneer grafts as these seem to suit me better.

bil
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Slowly getting the hang of growing ornithogallum in Andalucia. Every year I manage to do something to nearly kill them all, but 'poco a poco' I am getting there.

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I like the acid yellow, I was given a couple of whites afew years ago, but they have been taking a beating. You have to plant them early as soon as the leaves show, water them with copper solution, then keep them out of the cold and rain all winter, then when it dries, get them out into the sun,

bil
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When it's hot, they go into bright shade, they get a copper drench come midsummer, but never let them sit in water and they must dry out between waterings. When they die back, remove dead leaves etc and store in a jar with holes in the lid, with sulphur against rot, ready to start again in Autumn.

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