In this video, I show you my 3 favorite grafting techniques to use in the spring. They work with almost all fruit types and they adapt well to different kinds of scion wood. If you like my work, LIKE, Subscribe, Share the Video and leave a Comment to help me make more. I will try to answer as many comments as I can. Table of contents: 0:00 - Intro 1. Choosing the right technique - 0:50 2. Modified Cleft Grafting Technique - 04:43 3. Chip-Bud Grafting Technique - 09:52 4. Whip and Tongue Grafting Technique - 12:32 5. Final recommendations - 15:28 If you liked this video, be sure to check some of my other grafting videos, like this one 7 COMMON GRAFTING MISTAKES and HOW to AVOID THEM | Grafting Techniques TIPS - ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-aatd7WLwDWs.html
I have a young plum tree (main trunk about 1" across) where half the branches died off (unknown reason) There is one healthy looking branch left. Can I take a bud off this branch and graft it on the main trunk, to effectively even up the eventual fruit tree?
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No way you can go wrong with this type of video, whether you are a beginner, an intermediate, or an expert. Smart use of a single scion for multiple grafts 👍🏾. That was what enabled me to go 50 in a single day.
Last year I watched your videos, then got some tools, equipement, and scions and did some grafting. You made it look so easy, I was not prepared for how much learning and practice was required, LOL. But your teaching was very good, and I got almost complete success ratio. One whip and tonque didn't take because I was impatient and tried to take the tape off too soon. Thanks for making these very good videos! I'm working on an apple espalier this year.
Nice work! I have to put a disclaimer on my videos, like the one on the rear view mirrors (objects might be closer than they appear). In grafting, practice is everything. Some of my early grafting work wasn't as smooth, although it worked, nevertheless...Good luck, with your espalier tree and thanks for the comment.
@@JSacadura thank you for great video content. Its my second time i tried to graft apples this spring. Plum and pear tree too. First time it didnt work well - it was already too warm and dry. This time it seemed to me seedlings(small trees grown from seeds) to graft were still dormant but i had to take the risk and grafted them. Weather is warm enough, its wet and all the bigger trees in the garden are already sprouting. So excited to see the results in a few weeks. Its even pleasure to watch the videos, i am so much into it. Thanks again!
Hi Mr. Grafting Teacher! This year I decided to learn more about grafting. We have small yard and I am looking forward to learn more from you so I can get the best use of my yard! Thank you so much for your valuable lessons! 💝😌🏡
Your best yet video. Bringing all the techniques together and explaining when you use them is invaluable. Also, showing grafts after a year or two is helpful. Your English is brilliant, keep the videos coming!
It's a bit difficult to master as you found out, but it produces a strong union and the grafts grow quickly. Its one of the method I prefer. Thanks for the comment.
Ένα μεγάλο ευχαριστώ απο εμένα δάσκαλε (έτσι σε ονομάζω εγω)εκτός από την τόσο ωραία ψυχαγωγία που μάς προσφέρεις κάθε φορά, μάς εμπλουτίσεις και με όμορφες ιδέες. Το να φτιάχνει δέντρα ένας άνθρωπος είναι ότι ποιο όμορφο και δημιουργικό μπορεί να προσφέρει στον εαυτόν του, πέραν από τα οφέλη των καρπών ος προς την υγεία του. !
Thank you for the quality of your videos, I wouldn't like to repeat but they're really the best I could find on RU-vid. I have a great doubt about the best and precise moment for grafting, depending on the technique. For example for the three methods you reported here in this video when do I have the highest probability of success? When the buds start moving, when they start opening, when they've already opened, when the bark is getting slippery? I also wonder, in general, if I have the possibility of choosing when is the best moment for grafting: early spring, when the temperatures are getting warmer, late spring... Thank you very much for everything!
Your channel is the very best in explaining the various grafting techniques and how to do it. I chip-budded Paul's Scarlet onto a white-flowered hawthorn (for bonsai) and I got very good success by following your advice. Thank you. Thank you! 😊😊😊
Thank you for the fantastic videos. Especially your explanation of skewing the scion to have the cambion to connect at some point has improved my results.
Hmmm now I know how and why my neighbors have one apple tree but it produces two different kinds of apples!! I will be trying this on my trees!!! Thank you for sharing this!!!
I’ve used parafilm (paraffin wax film) for many years in medical laboratories but never thought to use it for garden uses, genius! Thank you for all the valuable information.
All pandemic season learning from your videos. Don’t have the kind of fruits that you own but trying with citrics and others plants almost all successful grafting. Thanks for your videos. ✌️🙏. Keep tuned
Hi, Jared. Spring is an exciting time. I just wish the days had 48 hours, as its difficult to do everything I need and still try to make a video, now and then.😉
@@JSacadura I know what you mean. I tried making a few videos but with my 50-60 hour a week job and all the stuff that needs to get done in the yard it’s difficult for me to set up everything to film anything in particular, especially since I tend to jump from thing to thing sometimes without finishing the last project before the next starts, haha. I seriously enjoy your videos. You do such a great job filming, editing, and narrating them, they are a joy to watch.
Thank you so much for these great videos ! I have learned so much from your videos that I feel more confident on grafting than rooting my fig tree collection! Im having about 95% success rate on my grafts , on the other hand I am having about same rate of success on rooting but than when transplanting the rooted cuttings about 15-20% of them fail. Because of the grafts that I learn to do from your videos, I saved some very expensive scions that I failed to successfully root. Thank you so much again, and please keep them coming!
That was the main reason I invested time in grafting fig trees when, in most forums, people said they had poor results, specially when using whip and tongue. Now, if I want to be sure that I can keep a rare variety, instead of rooting I graft it and whip and tongue is the first technique I use if the scion allows it. The occasional failure is extremely rare and often due to scions in poor condition, to begin with.
I'm interested in the chip bud technique. It looks like you'd be able to graft to any part and theoretically make a ton of branches where you want, being able make a super bushy tree
Have several different types of fig rootstocks growing to experiment with grafting. Yellow Longneck, brown turkey and Sitcelis. Thanks for sharing your knowledge.
You have still got your fingers so you must be good ! An excellent job , informative and done with precision. Thanks for the video.I used to help my brother do this back in the 1950's -still learning.
Thank you maestro for all of the detailed videos! You have helped me a lot in starting my own cider orchard this spring. Modified cleft graft turned out to be the most useful for me. -fixie
Good information, although my grandfather was a farmer and we had an apple orchard, some cherry trees, walnuts etc., I had no idea about grafting techniques. I just did a cherry graft yesterday, hope it survives👍
Your wonderful teaching made me decide to make grafting my new hobby! Truly inspirational! So far I managed to successfully cut myself in my thumb twice 😜 Thanks for showing us your skills! I'll keep on practicing...
I am sorry about that. Be sure to check my video on How to do Safer Cuts - ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE--AsaxoqzU88.html. The development of control and muscular memory when using a grafting knife takes some time and its best to avoid difficult to do cuts, at first, to avoid injuries.
Watched your video first time, couldn’t stop myself to comment, subscribe and liking the video. Your gardening techniques are precise and accurate. Love your work thanks for the video sir
Já disse isto noutro vídeo mas faço questão de repetir... Não encontrei, até hoje, um canal tão útil e tão didáctico como este no que toca a este tema. E este vídeo é talvez o melhor de todos, daqueles para guardar. Muito obrigado pelo conhecimento e um grande bem haja. Saúde!
Thanks for your great video! Muito, muito grato por compartilhar seu conhecimento! おさまの知識を共有してくれてとても感謝しています！ [Osama no chishiki o kyōyū shite kurete totemo kansha shite imasu!]
My favorite grafting videos, but after trying the techniques, I find that he needs to add: "If blood flow is excessive, quickly wipe it off to avoid contaminating the cambian layer. After securing the graft, use a circular motion to wrap at least half of your wounds with paraffin to restrict blood flow, being careful not to wrap too much, as you probably have at least 6 remaining fingers and one thumb left and will need the rest of the tape for remaining grafts until late spring."
LOL. I’m currently wearing a band-aid on one finger because I grafted a peach scion the other day with my fancy saddle grafting tool, and didn’t notice that one finger was between the scissor blades while I focused on the saddle cutting blade. Oopsie! Apparently grafting can be dangerous even when no knife is involved.
@@margaretmarshall3645 I'm so sorry to hear that. You know I speak from experience. And now we both do lol. That does remind me I need to get going on my favorite peach tree. Produces the most amazing peaches out of all my trees, but it's dying of old age/disease. I don't have the heart to cut it down so I'm hoping grafting it to a younger tree will keep my famous peaches going.
Dear Sir! Thank you for all your well executed instruction videos. You are really skilled and it's easy to see that you have decades of experience. I would kindly like to ask you if you could make a video of whip and tongue that is really close up. It's seems so easy when you perform it, but much more difficult for us who are amateurs. To really see how you make the second cut and in what angle compared to the first would be great to see. Again - thank you for all your inspiring videos 🤗🤗
Check my latest video - ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-XHvcreBnQYI.html. I have a few clips about whip and tongue that might answer your question. You can also check this video - ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-3nlsAk3nnAY.html (lots of detail on whip and graft technique in the first minutes).
Muy ilustrativo como siempre. Este año de momento , estoy cercano al 100% en los injertos que he hecho con varias técnicas y todo gracias a sus consejos. Creo que el más acertado es cubrir el injerto con parafilm y poner bolsas. Después de hacerlos he tenido dos semanas de lluvia y pensé que los perdería todos , pero no. Los que más me fallan las higueras. Saludos y muchas gracias por compartir tanto conocimiento.
Las higueras son algo particulares en respecto a los injertos, por la madera blanda y el interior que no es solido. Es siempre buena idea utilizar parafilm y cubrir todo con bolsas. Con las variedades de higuera más raras yo utilizo la técnica de inglés con lengüeta y sobres de correo acolchados, que protegen del tiempo frío y de la lluvia perfectamente y es raro el injerto que falla.
Wow, this is the best YT grafting technique that I have ever seen. Your bud cutting sizes is so perfect match. I've fail all early spring grafting in three year in a row. I'm so impress with your grafting. I could not cut the same sizes whip tongue were the cambium to match on my jujube tree . perhaps 1)I did not cut deep enough, 2) can't find parafilm at homedepot or Lowe, i use electrical tape or plastic bag to wrap 3) I did not unwrap the electrical tap after 2 weeks, i expect the bud to shoot out of the electrical tap. Wait 2 month hoping for amiracle. Maybe the tape is too thick. I have watch other youtube vedio say ok to use electrical tape bc it sticks together best. Thank you for sharing your talent to the world, I' m amazed.
1- Practice is the key to make straight cuts that will match and improve your success ratio. 2- Parafilm can be bought from Amazon - Search "Parafilm Nursery Grafting Tape" - from Bemis. Its not cheap but its worth it. 3- Covering the buds with tape is not a good idea, as they can't break it and they will die (parafilm is a special wax based tape that the buds break easily). if you have to use electrical tape, don't cover the buds (when chip-budding) and don't cover the buds above the graft union (when using other techniques, like whip and tongue) and you will be fine. Thanks for the comment.
@@JSacadura thank you for your fast response. I have wasted expensive fruits scion, I special order it from South east Asia. I never seen your channel before until now. Thank you for educating us. Note: when do you unwrap the parafilm. Is it when the buds start growing or when the bud shoots multiple leaves?.
These are the best grafting videos out there. Thank you for making these! I have confidence to graft about anything now. I would like to see some videos about nurse branches to induce rooting, or help high chill prunus varieties to come out of dormancy. Also, dwarfing effects of inverted interstems, etc.
Caro JSacadura, Aproveito uma vez mais para o congratular dos fabulosos e elucidativos vídeos que coloca no RU-vid. Depois de os ver praticamente todos, fiz vários enxertos e, com as suas diretrizes, todos estão a vingar. Gostaria de lhe perguntar onde posso comprar uma fita de enxertia de qualidade, que permita os brotos perfurarem a mesma. Mandei vir uma do ebay, mas parece-me cortada dum "rolo de película aderente de cozinha"... Grato desde já pela sua ajuda e faço votos que continue a espalhar o seu vasto conhecimento. Raul da Luz
You can try a Z-Graft. Its similar to the modified cleft graft but you make similar cuts in both the scion and the rootstock (the flap on the scion covers the top of the rootstock). main contact is done on the back cuts on both the scion and the rootstock. Apart from that not much will work, but you can always try to remove a few buds from the scion and use them with a bud-grafting technique.
