I am looking for info on hylocereus grafting methods and am not having much luck. Anyone know of some good links for this topic or have any suggestions? I am told to graft onto the new growth when the stock is just forming a joint but I think this will look a bit strange and it doesn't look to me like this is how the red gymnos are done. Does anyone have experience with this stock?

Hey crypto,


Hylo grafting is pretty easy and I have found it to be the best stock for my conditions (Syd). As a rule I graft smaller seedlings, 2 weeks old is the youngest, to fresh new nodes. Once they are over 2ish cm you can graft them to any section provided it is not too "woody" at the core. Generally if it is "this" seasons growth then it's fine.



Here is an example of a seedling that I grafted to a new node. seedling was about 3 weeks old before the graft.

Thanks for that. Can you tell me do you use any attachment method and what that is? Or do the seedlings stick on there on their own like pereskiopsis? Also how does that narrow bit develop as the scion gets bigger?

No attachment, the weight of the scion is all that is needed from seedlings. The stock hardly grows at all, what you see in that pic is pretty much wat you get at the end but with a much larger scion.


The only problem I had when starting out with this stock was too much humidity. Hylo are really rot resistant, the nice thick green skin is what achieves the great resistance. When you cut the skin they become susceptible to bacteria, so just be careful and regulate the humidity.

Apart from that it's straight forward much like pereskiopsis.

Let us know how you go with them. When are you planning on grafting ?