Casuarina Thread graft

[Raging Bull]

After seeing a couple of threads on Thread grafts lately (pun intended) it inspired me to give it a try.
One of my Yamadori casuarinas has a sacrifice branch growing from near the base of the trunk and a fairly long straight section of trunk that is quite bare,... an ideal candidate to try and do a thread graft.

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[Ryceman3]

I’ll be interested to see how this develops RB. I’ve never seen this technique on a sheoak before... as far as I’m aware you’re breaking new ground!

[MJL]

On a number of levels - nice ‘thread’.


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[kcpoole]

No reason it will not worrk,
On the other hand dunno whether yo need to thread graft one as the back sboot just about everywhere when you chop them

Ken

[Raging Bull]

Where's the fun in just chopping it? I wanted to keep the height and structure it has acquired so a thread graft it was.

[Rory]

No reason it will not worrk,
On the other hand dunno whether yo need to thread graft one as the back sboot just about everywhere when you chop them

Ken

Hahaha, so true.

[Rory]

Where's the fun in just chopping it? I wanted to keep the height and structure it has acquired so a thread graft it was.

I don’t understand this comment.

If you had cut an inch above where you’ve drilled, you would have easily got a tonne of shoots where your thread is.
This is what Ken is saying.

[Raging Bull]

If I had chopped it an inch above where the graft is half of the tree would be gone... besides, it's my tree so I'll do what I want with it

[kcpoole]

If I had chopped it an inch above where the graft is half of the tree would be gone... besides, it's my tree so I'll do what I want with it

Haha No issue there as you are correct,
but they do grow fast so if you chop it will do that again next year
enjoyment and fun is the key

Ken

[Raging Bull]

[Rory]

If I had chopped it an inch above where the graft is half of the tree would be gone... besides, it's my tree so I'll do what I want with it

so....I'm saying to cut above where you've actually inserted the branch.

So does that mean you are keeping the entire structure of what you posted in the 1st picture? Fair enough.

[Raging Bull]

Yes, that's right Rory, I want to keep and build on the tree I've already got. I just used the graft to put a branch in a straight section that looked too plain for my liking. It is not intended to become the new leader.

[Jan]

How's this graft going? And what kind of Cas is it?
Always interested in experiments.

[Raging Bull]

Thanks for reminding me about this thread. Yes, the graft was successful and I'm in the process of training this Cas. into a windswept style. The entry scar is completely healed over but there is a slight thickening of the trunk at the graft site. I'm hoping that will grow out as the trunk develops. The latest pic from today shows it from the "windward" side, so the style isn't obvious. The previous pic from June this year shows it better. This casuarina is a yamadori, collected from a boggy area at the very head of a tidal creek that has dozens of them popping up. The "needles" are very coarse, so it's not an equisetifolia, and I don't know which variety it is.

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