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GoOnThen said:
I have grafted onto unrooted stock on a number of occasions and I know a guy that does all of his loph / pach grafts this way

Grafting to unrooted stock makes the whole process of grafting quite simple as you don't have the constraints of a pot on the stock. You can prep all of your stock and stand them up in a pot or tub then do the grafts hold the grafts on with stockings hooked onto the spines and the stand them up in a tub with the lid on for a day or so to get a nice smooth callous and then pot them up when you have time.

This methode works great if you are doing lots of graft at the one time but is also handy if only doing one.

The scion will still grow on a unrooted stock. It will slow up a bit when you plant it out and it starts to grow roots.

Over all the growth might be a bit slower in the first 12 months but if you don't have rooted stock on hand you will have to wait for it to root anyway so then the growth rate would be faster on the graft done on unrooted stock.

The other great thing about grafting this way is you can knock out a few grafts wait a few weeks to make sure they are all good package them up and send them of to your mates all they have to do when they recieve them is plant into a pot and wait for them to grow.
Sending a graft and not having to deal with soil and roots worrying about the roots getting damaged and rotting even a cacti noob can grow lophs this way. 

Cheers
Got

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naum said:
Looks okay. I'm worried about stock shrinkage. I'd put another band perpendicular to the one you already have on there for even pressure. You could even put a third one on if you'd like.

As for alignment don't worry about it, it's best to have the cores a little offset instead of trying to align them perfectly. There's a graphic somewhere that illustrates good and bad alignment. I think you can find it in teo's grafting book.

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