Been experimenting with grafting for the last couple seasons. Mostly I've been trying to plonk two plants onto one so I can have two varieties in one pot so saving space. My hypothesis is that if both sides are drawing from the same rootstock they will thrive equally, whereas two plants in one pot, one may outgrow the other. This hypothesis is based in no way on fact or experience!
Had my best results with approach grafts:
This was a recent picture of the graft site:
If you look closely in the below pic you can see two different types of fruit:
I've had space issues this year so my grafts have been potbound for quite a while (just potted up in the above pic) so I can't really judge how they've grown.
I've also played with micrografts.
Here is cheiro roxa micrografted onto a bell pepper rootstock:
They've grown as well as can be expected. I gave a normal cheiro roxa and a micrografted one to a fellow chilli grower and he has reported that the grafted one is more prolific with larger pods, although standard has more vegetative growth. Too small a sample size though to come to any conclusions. I can take a picture of the micrograft site tonight if anyones interested.
I also tried to micrograft a cheiro roxa onto a tomato rootstock. It lived but never really developed. I dissected it and there was only a tiny connection between the rootstock and scion. I only tried a couple and I'm going to retry when I get a chance with varying techniques. Here is the tomato micrograft:
Ben.
