All updates:
(photo taken August 25, 2024)
(August 25, 2024) Root rot? -- Even though the graft appears to have succeeded, there's a dead zone moving up from the soil line that looks like death by soil pathogen to me.
(July 16, 2024) Grafted -- Post-grafting photo.
(July 16, 2024) Grafting -- Pre-grafting photo.
(photo taken November 5, 2023)