How to Graft Watermelon

[@JoseLopez-cz3kc]

R those eat, able?????

[@bbakhouna4563]

Great job Nice work I follow you from morrocco 🇲🇦 See you soon 👍

[@marandacarver9500]

Can you give us an update video on it ? I also grafted some but hasn't been long enough to see if it will make it .

[@Giantgrower]

Sure, I did make one. Just need to upload it. Hopefully will add it soon!

[@TheDriller64]

Where do you get the rootstock watermelons/seeds from? I have only been able to find a few rootstock varieties and while they seem to work ok I would like to try some other kinds.

[@Giantgrower]

A lot of giant watermelon growers use a gourd rootstock called bottle gourd, Lagenaria siceraria. This species is quite variable and covers birdhouse gourds and bushel gourds. Some use bushel gourds and haven't noticed much difference. I recommend the gourds over squash because the gourd tends to be more disease resistant and a more vigorous root system

[@СадОк38]

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[@afrikagreen6303]

what does the watermelon taste like? a bit like pumkin?

[@mostafizrono5997]

Dose any enzyme use for grafting?

[@Giantgrower]

No enzymes were used or needed for this

[@jacqueschannel4538]

Do you think that doing the wedge method is a good idea, and cover it up with grafting tape?

[@Giantgrower]

It could be if you are working with a much smaller scion and larger rootstock, but I haven't tried it. Also at this stage they are very soft and fleshy so you don't have the woody material as with cleft grafting in fruit trees. The vascular bundles aren't well developed either. Hole insertion method is also an effective method for vegetable grafting.

[@crazymonkey5550]

any way to graft a mature watermelon plant onto a seedling?

[@Giantgrower]

The challenge there is that the scion (watermelon) and rootstock need to have comparable stem diameters for success of the graft union. There is some wiggle room, but overall they need to be quite similar. The rootstock being larger may be more forgiving. Even if you could match a mature plant to a rootstock it becomes increasingly difficult to heal with more foliage and transpiration of the plant.

[@atimberline]

@@Giantgrower how about some sort of bud graft from a mature plant of choice

[@jamestropicals8262]

Can you just grafted a watermelon with another random melon?

[@Giantgrower]

Watermelon to another watermelon, yes you can. There are incompatibilities however when you graft onto cantaloupe for example. Gourd and squash (pumpkin types) work well with watermelon

[@eqisoftcom]

My root-stock is twice as big as the scion. I will graft in the middle.

[@subron14]

Where do you get the clips?

[@Giantgrower]

Usually amazon, Johnnys seeds has some. You want to make sure that you get the larger ones made for watermelon. The ones for tomato are too small

[@Farming-Life97-Sagar-Rathod]

Hi sir I'm from India I want to detail information about watermelon grafting and advantages of grafting in watermelon 🍉 please reply me

[@Giantgrower]

Hi there, in general grafting is used commercially to provide disease or nematode resistance in the event that a grower has an investigation in their field. However, it is an expensive large scale, so growers use it as a tool to combat soil-borne diseases if and generally only if they are present. Grafting has also shown increased yields, however, the yield bump isn't always cost-effective at scale. In the giant watermelon growing community, grafting is more of a standard because of the added benefits and yield potential. It is more work to graft and acclimates the plants post-graft, however, when growing a giant we want to provide every additional advantage so that we can grow a record-breaker.

[@urband554]

Rootstok and scion name pls

[@Giantgrower]

I used lagenaria siceraria 'Macis' as a bottle gourd. The scion is an elite form of Carolina Cross.

[@antMBTC]

I'm in love

[@garden--23]

awesome

[@pietieko1]

Nice

[@劉小月-o2b]

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[@fannybuster]

Could you use chewing gum to seal the graff..?

[@milyantsev]

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