Thanks for the info, maybe I will avoid the chip grafts, still want to try to learn the technique, but bark, and whip grafts will due. I do mostly whip grafts, I don't put a tongue as it takes me too long to get it right. I have my methods to hold in place. I get about 90% takes or more. Most failures are due to bad scion. I don't do many bark grafts depends. I don't feel graft is very strong. I would rather do a cleft graft. They heal ugly but solid and strong.

Jaime

I have a question. If the scion has breba, what should I do? Remove it? I have one that only has a breba come up so far, nothing else.

Hi Drew,

Some varieties are more prone than others to show figs instead of leaves. This year i have several chip-bud grafts that are showing figs instead of leaves, like Sofeno Preto, Strawberry Verte or Lampeira.







You can remove them if you want but, usually, then don't develop much further, dry up and drop by themselves. Afterwards, the chip develops the other bud (the leaf bud) or, in some cases, stays dormant until next season. 


It may be different if the fig develops in a whip and tongue graft, like this one:



In a few cases both buds develop at the same time, like in the chip in the next photo, but i never had one were the fig developed fully.

Thanks for the interesting information regarding your breeding experiments. We may have to create another O.T. thread to discuss it though. But just to wrap it up, i have to say that i don't share your idea that bark grafts are not as strong as cleft grafts.

I've done them in different fruit types and they are all quite strong and quick to develop. A few examples...

In Apples:











In Peaches:

Those look good, I had problems of them growing too much too soon I think, and the grafts broke on me. I just may suck at bark grafts too :)

The first message was updated with some photos of graft developments (1 month after the grafts were made).

Nice! Thank you, Jaime!

The forum doesn't let me update my first message, so here you have some latest pics of the main whip and tongue graft (it's the most developed).

The Del Sen Jaume Gran whip and tongue graft (done after removing the inferior bud for a chip-bud graft):

Update - 2 month later:

 

awww awesome! Thanks for the update.