GRAFTING MANGO SCION ON BRAZILLIAN PEPPER ROOT

STOCK

Dr. Fathi Neana, MDChief of Orthopaedics

Dr. Fakhry & Dr. Al-Garzaie HospitalSaudi Arabia

December, 17 - 2017

WHY

Mango fails to grow in my garden yellow very dense clay soil. It is too hard for the roots to propagate in such poorly aireated hard soil.

on the other hand Brazilian pepper propagates very aggressively in this clay as well as other different soil types.

A POORLY GROWING MORE THAN ONE YEAR OLD SEED PLANTED MANGO TREE IN CLAY SOIL

WHY NOT

Mango and Brazilian pepper both are from the same family

family: anacardiaceae which includes mango, pepper tree, pistachio, cashew family.

What about the Compatibility?This is the aim of this trials

WHY GRAFTING MANGO SCION ON BRAZILLIAN PEPPER ROOT STOCK

It is a pioneer and good idea to be tried as in case of success it serves a dual benefits

1- Propagate mango without the need of mango root stock which needs a lot of time and effort to overcome the problems of the clay soil.

2- Eradicate the aggressively invasive Brazilian pepper trees from the garden in a very useful way not by just killing it.

METHODS AND TECHNIQUE

1- Side or top grafting techniques was used.

2- The scion: We use the terminal end of active branches, all leaves removed sometimes one or one third of a leave is kept.

3- Root stock: about one year old , strong enough , all leaves and side branches are removed.

4- Cleaning of scion and root stock by diluted povidone iodine 1-5% for 3 minutes followed by cleaning by water using soft cotton or cloths

5- graft protected by transparent nylon bage allowing visualization of the graft at any time . The bag kept for 3weeks. Occasionally the bag is sprayed from inside by water to keep the medium humid.

EARLY RESULTS

4 out of 7 grafts remain a live up to 7 weeks ( time of preparing this presentation ) with a 57.1% early success rate.

The 3 failed grafts show the signs of death in 7-10 days started by darkening and shrinking at the bottom of the scion and progress proximally over the next days till it involve the top part.

late results will be updated later on as my aim is to pay attention about this new idea so that a more professionals can carry on to show a better results.

My faults is that this trial was done on November which is not the proper timing (February to May is preferable) also the weather was too cold in Alexandria in this month

EARLY RESULTS

EARLY RESULTS

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