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We have seperation
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• Tuesday, December 21st, 2004


Well the time had come to separate the trees. However not all the grafts did very well. The problem I encountered is the different rates of growth between the two trees. To illustrate take a look at these tow photos. Notice where the thread grafts exit the tree. Notice the build up of excess cambium. The crape myrtle was growing so fast that it started to form around the new branch. I don’t know if these grafts will take or not. Some look better than others. However in the spring we will know, and I’ll be sure to posts the results.


One good thing that I must point out is the increased thickness of the upper truck of the crape myrtle. It is amazing how much it increased in just a sort time. Dec 2004


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Blooming Grafts
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• Wednesday, July 21st, 2004


July 2004, The dwarf crape myrtle has begun to bloom. As you can see the flowers are much smaller than the regular crape myrtle. The branches are just weeks away from being fully grafted. I will most likely leave the two trees attached for the remainder of the summer just to be certain.


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graft getting stronger
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• Friday, May 21st, 2004


This tree is really going strong now. Just a matter of time before I can separate the two trees. May 2004


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Growing out the grafts
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• Wednesday, April 21st, 2004


April 2004 and the leaves have budded out. As you can see high up on the top branches are the normal Crape Myrtle leaves. Below are the much smaller grafted dwarf crape myrtle leaves. These trees are still joined as the grafts have not taken as of yet. Should not be long though.


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