Seed embryo grafting

[piyeron]

Anybody tried this yet? Neat technique, I'll take a few photos of a couple I did more than a week ago at a later time.

[piyeron]

I grafted this one as an embryo (unsprouted seed!) 05-08-2016. I just soaked the seed in water for more than 24 hours then very(!) carefully removed part of the seedcoat, made a thin slice using a new razor blade and grafted as you would a tiny seedling. This is my second time doing this technique =) I can see this technique being extremely handy for very rare or precious seeds although one is limited by his eyesight and quality of tools he has on hand

Escobaria abdita embryo graft

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[george76904]

That is very cool! I have heard of this technique but never seen it done. I don't know that I could hold my hand steady enough to mess with an embryo of anything smaller than an avocad ha ha!
Very nice

[snarfie]

Very interesting topic piyeron, i think i'll try it myself when i find some seeds.

[piyeron]

George, its quite hard to find documentation of this technique in the internet but all I managed to read basically indicated that it was indeed possible, so I gave it a try =)) Escobaria abdita seed is quite large (for a cactus seed) hence why it was what I used. Ill try progressively smaller seeds from here on out.

snarfie, do post your attempts when you get a chance to do so =D Goodluck!

[Driller64]

This technique is extremely useful, thank you!

[piyeron]

Turning two months in a few days

Escobaria abdita

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[snarfie]

Good results!

[piyeron]

Thanks snarfie =)) Wasnt able to do much grafting last month (the irony is I conducted a grafting workshop just last week haha) but I need to catch up since the weather here has cooled up and a lot of plants are in active growth =D

[Maay]

I saw a video on youtube and tried to get more info. This is the only one coming up in google. I have a few extra seeds that cane with a purchase so I’ll definitely try this.