Grafting Apple Trees Onto Root Stock 

Do you grow your own rootstock

Can you send me some scion from unknown apple ? I’ll cover shipping

@@joshward9835 Better yet , can you sell me cuttings and ship them to me . If they don't work I will never say so

Mike Kincaid Thank you today is June 19 I’ve just purchased a encore Azaleas can I take cuttings this wk ?

Funny how you gave me shit for suggesting you graft onto known rootstock rather than growing trees from cuttings and seed.

We've got to have a few people interested in logging though, or else we won't have any toilet paper, haha.

Mike Kincaid for sure. I guess everyone can’t be into the same thing. Balance is definitely beautiful. 🙂

awesome

Sounds like a nice video. Remind me again in September!

@@MikeKincaid79 Hi Mike, did you perhaps find what the variety your mother in law is growing? Sound like its an incredible apple tree and would like to grow it myself. Please let me know. Thanks. And did you make the suggest video? I'm from South Africa btw

Thanks, this was a fun video. I'll have to do more grafting videos in the future.

Thanks! They do take a lot of time but I love making them.

Well thanks, glad you enjoy the videos!

You are so welcome!

One day at a time!

Have fun with it, Karen, and let me know how it turns out!

Thanks so much, I appreciate your support and glad you enjoy the videos!

You're welcome!

Absolutely, Wayne! Thanks for watching.

You're welcome, Mary!

I can't make this stuff up, Dennis. The plants love me as much as I love them!

Now, your next step is to turn that remaining root stock into a clonal root stock. Cut it at the soil level, suckers will rise, and you add sawdust to the top of the pot with the addition of a collar fashioned from an identical pot. These will root individually and you will never need to buy root stock again.

That's the plan! and I'll film it.

Can I grow apple trees by propagation. My neighbor has a unknown that I would like to try to grow ?

Thanks, Lee! I was pretty impressed too. I love the plants and the plants love me, lol.

It's almost time and I'm getting excited too! Have fun man!

You are so welcome

It's a lot of fun, just find a good rootstock!

Thanks, all the stars aligned this time, haha.

The stars? I think it was the cambium layers that aligned... lol

Glad to make you smile! It's 5:46 am for me now, hope you got to sleep, haha.

I'm a active RU-vid watcher@ 2 PM my self but it's only 5:30 PM now

a nursery suggested grafting when the dandelions start blooming.

Awesome! Glad to hear it. Have fun in the garden this spring, John!

Thanks man, keep putting out your content too. You guys are great and there's a huge group of people out there that love perennials and hanging baskets and need that info.

Mike Kincaid thanks we appreciate the comments. Soon we will move and get close to retirement so that we have a home big enough to expand. All your doing is helping build my knowledge so when that time comes there is no doubt we will be planting anything and everything.

No problem buddy. Glad to see ya here, Paul!

I love apples and peanut butter, especially the crunchy peanut butter!

Mike Kincaid - It’s the best! Far superior to creamy in my opinion. Many would debate that though.

In my opinion, there's no debate.

You're welcome, Eli, and thanks for watching!

Glad to help. In my opinion, this is the best way to graft.

Lol, glad you went on the trip with us!

Nice one

You're welcome, Edmond. Thanks for watching.

Looks scarier than it is, I'm pretty careful.

Right on, let me know how it works out.

Thanks for watching

Thanks Roger!

My pleasure!

I want to buy 20 stands Mike. How do I contact you?

Thanks Dustin. Yeah, M111 is a great root stock and that's exactly why I chose it.

We could feed the whole town with how many we have around here!

Awesome! Thank you!

You bet!

They make great pies

The rubber band really works well to force that cambium layer together! All the grafts are still doing well and the trees are starting to wake up. I'll do an update this spring/summer.

My pleasure! Thanks for watching.

Yes, you are absolutely correct! This will work for cross pollinating.

Nope, you can graft immediately.

You can buy apple scions online from all kids of nurseries and they ship right to your door!

Do you know of a reputable one? I also need root stuck too. I have a Johnathan and a granny smith apple. Johnathan is my favorite, between my parents and I we used to eat 10 kilos of Johnathan apples in 3 days in Romania. I miss those apples, we had a region with the best Johnathan apples.

I love Jonathan apples. When I was a kid, my Dad had a variety called Jonagold which was a cross between Jonathan and Golden Delicious. The place I buy from is a couple hours south of me, Burnt Ridge Nursery: www.burntridgenursery.com/ They have a lot to choose from but won't be selling apple scionwood again until next winter when it's ready. I got my rootstock from them as well and went with the "M111 Emla" rootstock and after all my research on it, I'm convinced it's the best one out there. There's another online nursery you could look at that's closer to you and has great variety to choose from and that's Fedco: www.fedcoseeds.com I may use them this winter too.

Thanks Mike! Paul mentioned those 2 places in back to eden. The problem I have here's the septic tank with drainage takes more than 100 feet in length and about 20' wide it's bigger than the house and kills a big part of my back yard, I could have planted 8 fruit trees.....that totally sucks. Also have a lot of roots and stumps all over and I only have maybe 3/4 of an acre. Not much luck finding wood chips either. I want to put woodchips all over the back yard and part of the front to change the soil structure because here we have red clay. I love flowers but I would rather have edibles, bought food tastes terrible. Can you believe that now we hardly eat apples, really miss eating a good apple, apricots, plums. We love fruits and vegetables and they taste horrible, tomatoes is like cardboard taste.......what are this people thinking? The biggest problem is that right now I am not able to do much and the humidity sucks but more than that are the mosquitoes or whatever bites, I have marks on my legs from 2 weeks ago. Nasty little things. Got to get well to do things my way. Todd mom to plant vegetables over the septic area because their roots are shallow and will not interfere with it. In California we had a lemon tree by the septic tank and had lemons, flowers and buds all year long, nonstop. Oh boy I wrote you a letter. ..sorry. Thanks for answering and connecting with me. God bless! Love from my family to yours.

@@MikeKincaid79 thanks for the nursery addresses. Two I wasn't aware aware of. I live in Virginia. But even commercial vineyards order from California so location of the nursery in winter time ordering is not important

Thanks!

Awesome! Let me know how they turn out.

They're still growing strong. I'll do an update on them this summer.

@@MikeKincaid79 very encouraging!

I did all of this in the same year. I bought the root stock around February or early March and it arrived bareroot. I potted them up and waited for them to break dormancy and then started the grafting process.

You can use any potting soil. I used the finely ground fir tree bark mulch because it's a plentiful resource and easy for me to get.

Yeah, just take a scion now while it's dormant and store it in the fridge until spring. Once the root stock starts showing that the sap is flowing, pull the scion out and graft.

Eventually, the top will be more dominant and lower suckers will stop growing. It seems like I grafted high up but really, once the plant gets in the ground and gets some size on it, the graft will only be a few inches from the soil.

Excellent

Thank you 🤗

No, the tree will paint itself with bark.

Yes, you can graft right onto any part of the tree and you can graft multiple times with multiple varieties onto one tree.

I use a slow release fertilizer that is formulated for acid loving plants like rhododendrons.

1 to 2 years old.

I think the scions would be fine for months, until you needed them in the spring. I just clean my scions with soap and water and then store in a ziplock bag in the fridge.

They don't need to be 12 to 18 inches. I like to graft a little lower because I want the graft closer to the ground. You want to make sure there is some space between the graft and soil level though because you don't want the material above the graft to root into the ground. You want the apple tree growing on the good root stock.

Don't know, never tried it. Sounds like a neat idea though.

No rooting hormone used.

My favorite rootstock for apples is EMLA M111

Either way will work, in fact, some nurseries sell trees that have multiple varieties grafted on one root stock just for this purpose.

I have about 20 varieties I grafted on 3 trees.

No, they have to be related. That would be really cool though.

I'll make more videos in the future and explain better. I wrapped a rubber band around it.

@@MikeKincaid79 Thank you.

LOL, thanks beez!

Now that's a thought I hadn't considered. I've talked with my Mother in law quite a bit about this tree since grafting these and she's pretty convinced it's a King apple. It sure does look and produce like one.

Sure, that should work.

@@MikeKincaid79 sweet!!! Finally more than 1 pear per tree a year because some dip stick planted 2 pear trees on opposite sides of the yard and my bee hives are in-between them

I do want to make a video about the root stock and will get around to it eventually.

It's parafilm grafting tape. Yes, you can use wax

Those labels came with the root stock I ordered. I don't use those labels but a friend of mine does and it's very basic computer software. You can buy the labels and print them on any laser printer. I can't remember the name of the program but if I come across it, I'll try to remember to come back here and let you know.

Yes, you can graft your apples onto seedlings that you started. This will at least preserve the variety for you, even if the rootstock doesn't turn out that good. Then you can always do more grafts when you find the rootstock you want.

Thanks! Glad you enjoyed the video. I'll work on the music.

That would be cool but the 2 just aren't compatible. The scionwood and rootstock have to be closely related.

I bought the rootstock from a nursery but you can create more rootstock with it through a process called "stooling" and also with hardwood cuttings.

@@MikeKincaid79 what type of hard wood cutting???

I wait until the sap is just starting to flow and the buds are swelling. Then pull your scion out of the fridge and graft immediately.

@@MikeKincaid79 thanks Mike!

No, I just tossed them on the compost heap

Yes, I keep the root stock growing to continue feeding the roots and graft site until they are both strong. If I cut it off too soon, there would be very few leaves for photosynthesis.

Yes, you can graft all kinds of apple varieties on one tree if you want.

I suppose you can start grafting as soon as the seedling has a dormant season, no matter the size. The smaller the material, the more difficult it will be. I like to graft with material that is about the diameter of a pencil or even a hair thicker. You can also graft monstrous rootstock. You can cut an apple tree down with a 6 inch diameter trunk and graft onto that! The important thing is that you line up the cambium and create the right environment for the cambium to grow together. Good luck!

@@MikeKincaid79 thanks so much for the reply! I can't wait to try it out!

I think your grafting tape will work just fine. Some people use electrical tape.

Sorry, I meant your gardening tape will work just fine.

I'll have to get out there and do that for you.

Yes, maybe in the spring when the new growth starts.

I keep it wrapped most of the summer.

If you use parafilm it will stretch to the point it will break before it will damage the branch. I don't worry about removing it.

No, they have to be related.

Plant them now while there's still plenty of warm weather for good root growth. Make sure to keep the soil moist.

It’s too late this year but hit me up next winter on Facebook at Kincaid’s Nursery.

Burnt Ridge Nursery. They sell different root stocks. This is EMLA M111. It's a great root stock for disease resistance and vigorous growth.

I really need to work on a video about this. Thanks for the reminder, Heather.

I plan to use the stooling method to increase my rootstock. I need to get around to making a video about that.

That sounds really cool!

And lots of it, haha!

I prefer to take the scions earlier in the season before they start opening buds but you may be ok doing it now. Apples are fairly easy to graft and shouldn't be a problem.

@@MikeKincaid79 thank you I think we will try to do some bud grafting, we're new at this. I have a peach tree that I want to graft allmond to it and nectarine. I also have a cherry tree I cut down way too far in the wrong season and messed it up so I want to try to put some cherry Scions in the bark of the trunk. Thanks for responding I couldn't see anywhere where anyone was using any with buds opened. I know it's risky