I was always in favor of leaving the rootstock branch intact because the activity of the parent plant will heal the graft faster. Also later I will have a support place on the plant for tying the success. Remember that wind may fail a successful graft. However my activity was on bud grafting only. Thank you for the technique.
Amazing video. First one i’ve seen that covered the key points with visual representation as well. I have failed with grafting so far, but I think this video will put a change to that! I currently have 3 trifoliate oranges that I will be grafting this spring thanks to you! They were all originally different varieties of citrus, but I unfortunately planted them (+4more) a few months before we got hit with a historically cold winter. So now i am left with the 3 root stocks as the other 4 froze all the way through
There are quite a few of our customers that were hit had with the cold this past season. Grafting them will give them a great second chance at producing some tasty fruit! We wish you the best of luck and are happy you found the video worthwhile!
Lemons can be grafted on oranges. There are some citrus / rootstock that isn't compatible but that would be better to search on Google for a more in depth answer as to the what and why than through a comment here.
New here. Liked your video. I noticed in the comments that none of your responses show up. It is as though they are all hidden. Would you please take a moment and check to see if there is some sort of a setting that you can adjust that would make your responses visible to the public? Much appreciated.
How long do you recommend leaving the tape over graft? If you see a bud, do you remove tape to let it breathe? Last question; How long do I wait before I give up that my graft has failed?
Leave the tape on as long as you can and then when you feel like you should take it off, leave it on a little longer. Its always best to leave it longer than you think you should. When the material you grafted on turns brown you know it didnt take.
Can you multi graft on 'mature' trees established in ground with citrus? I live in zone 7 and am planning on a Flying Dragon hedge to discourage wanderers from the private areas of the property. I was wondering if I can graft some more desirable branches on the backside of my hedge and have them survive our -5 or so winters.
You can multi graft yes but you arent really going to find much "Desirable" citrus that is going to thrive or even survive at those low temperatures. Flying Dragon does impart some cold hardiness but it doesnt make them that cold hardy and due to its slow growing nature, if any damage occurs they recover very slowly.
One question! Is there any downfall to grafting at 3 ft above ground? Im working with trifoliate thats have 3-5 branches each. I would prefer to graft one variety per branch, but i see you grafting muchhhh closer to the soil
We prefer to graft closer to the soil for a number of reasons including we have to ship the trees so grafting 3ft high isnt an option. It also leads to a lot of room for rootstock growth and less of the desired variety growing. There are nurseries that to graft higher and have success as well. If that is where the branches are that you want to graft, there isnt anything that should stop you.
I will pass on your compliments to the fashion icon wearing the hat :) We haven't talked about it but perhaps we could make something happen. Thanks Ben! -L
I have a rootstock that grew after lemon died last yr, rn has multipe trifold stocks how should i graft that? Also can you graft when its budding or only when its dormant?
Excellent video - easy to follow. Thanks! Our friend gave us a 5-year old Meyer Lemon tree, grown from seeds. It won't flower or grow fruits. Can we use it as a rootstock and graft a different citrus tree (e.g lime)? If we do that, should we trim off all the leaves and branches? or can we leave some branches a leaves on while grafting a budwood? Thanks!
Keep in mind that it may take seed grown lemons 10+ years to produce fruit. Rooting cuttings and grafting shortcut the process allowing you to get fruit sooner but it also doesnt allow the trees to grow a large root system and supporting branches before they do. There are tradeoffs to everything. Give it a chance to get old enough to flower and fruit before saying it wont. But as for using it as rootstock, you can if youd like to and you can graft to the main stem or to a limb. There should be youtube videos that show you how.
Great question, yes we have done multi grafted cocktail trees in the past and offered them from our website. They are a little bit of work to keep up with them to keep all of the varieties balanced so we dont offer them all the time. But yes you can.
Thank you for responding! I ordered a couple flying dragon rootstock, but when I ordered the budwood you send multiple, thankfully. So, I wanted to be sure I can graft multiple buds of the same variety to that one rootstock. Do you have a video showing that? If not, can you do a video soon showing that process. Because I bought a few, and all the other videos on YT show this process on older trees not the young rootstock like what you offer. Thank you in advance!
We use Amcor Laboratory Parafilm but we buy in larger quantities, im not sure if its feasible to buy it if you arent but here is the parafilm www.amcor.com/product-listing/parafilm-m-all-purpose-lab-film-fpf003
Parafilm is a wax based tape that gets stretched around the budwood to keep it from drying out but the bud can grow out through the parafilm. Grafting tape is the white tape in the video that is wrapped around the graft site to securely hold it in place. Sometimes people use grafting tape and parafilm interchangeably to mean the wax tape.
It would be difficult to successfully graft it and unfortunately I dont think it is going to be enough to keep the albino seedling alive. They tend to be too tender and then just progressively go down hill quickly.
Yes you can graft Lemons and Limes on the same tree. We offered multigrafted trees in the past and hopefully someday in the future we may offer another starter cocktail tree with a lemon / lime / orange.
@madisoncitrusnursery can you post a video tutorial on grafting multiple varieties to your rootstock please? I ordered a bunch of your budwoods and a few rootstock and don't want the extra budwoods to go to waste or sit in the fridge forever. I have been watching alot of TH-cam videos but none are using young rootstock like what you offer. It's with older full grown trees with bark and lots of limbs. So, it would be nice to see a video showing how to do something like that with your rootstock 😊
Frank thank you for your interest in our certified budwood. We offer it for sale on our website however our increase trees are currently in their Spring flush so we aren't going to have budwood available to ship for another couple months. madisoncitrusnursery.com/collections/budwood-for-sale
Our success rates are so much higher the way we do it. We have another video showing a few different grafting methods we have used in the past and that others use and talk about some of the differences. But the reason we do it the way we do is we have much higher success rates this way.
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I was always in favor of leaving the rootstock branch intact because the activity of the parent plant will heal the graft faster. Also later I will have a support place on the plant for tying the success. Remember that wind may fail a successful graft. However my activity was on bud grafting only. Thank you for the technique.
Keep the videos going, i like this series!!
Thank you Seth
Very interesting grafting. I've been seeing more & more cleft grafing done similarly inserting the scion in a cut just behind the bark
Amazing video. First one i’ve seen that covered the key points with visual representation as well. I have failed with grafting so far, but I think this video will put a change to that! I currently have 3 trifoliate oranges that I will be grafting this spring thanks to you!
They were all originally different varieties of citrus, but I unfortunately planted them (+4more) a few months before we got hit with a historically cold winter. So now i am left with the 3 root stocks as the other 4 froze all the way through
There are quite a few of our customers that were hit had with the cold this past season. Grafting them will give them a great second chance at producing some tasty fruit! We wish you the best of luck and are happy you found the video worthwhile!
Excellent, straightforward Video! Hoping to have a little success with grafting a few Trees, myself…
Best of luck!
My escondito has flowers on it and I’m so exited . I just ordered 3 more trees and I can’t wait .
We are excited to hear you have flowers and hopefully some fruit soon! Enjoy your trees and happy growing! Thank you Gilo88
Keep ‘em coming!
We are hoping to get some more done in a week or two. Shoot us a message with suggestions :)
Freaking "Harry Potter" magic there!! Y'all build the best trees!!🌳
We appreciate the compliment!
Great demonstration and well presented. Cheers from Ottawa, Canada🍁
Thank you so much @gioknows we are happy to hear that it sounds like it was helpful. All the best!
Thank you Hershel
You are welcome! Thank you!
Can you graft lemons on oranges? Is there any citrus thats not compatible? Very good videos!!
Lemons can be grafted on oranges. There are some citrus / rootstock that isn't compatible but that would be better to search on Google for a more in depth answer as to the what and why than through a comment here.
Very educational video thanks
Thank you! We are happy you found it helpful.
New here. Liked your video. I noticed in the comments that none of your responses show up. It is as though they are all hidden. Would you please take a moment and check to see if there is some sort of a setting that you can adjust that would make your responses visible to the public? Much appreciated.
Thank you for this. Blessings
You are so welcome
Good information ❤❤
Thank you! I hope this was easier to see the actual grafting!
How long do you recommend leaving the tape over graft?
If you see a bud, do you remove tape to let it breathe?
Last question;
How long do I wait before I give up that my graft has failed?
Leave the tape on as long as you can and then when you feel like you should take it off, leave it on a little longer. Its always best to leave it longer than you think you should. When the material you grafted on turns brown you know it didnt take.
Can you multi graft on 'mature' trees established in ground with citrus? I live in zone 7 and am planning on a Flying Dragon hedge to discourage wanderers from the private areas of the property. I was wondering if I can graft some more desirable branches on the backside of my hedge and have them survive our -5 or so winters.
You can multi graft yes but you arent really going to find much "Desirable" citrus that is going to thrive or even survive at those low temperatures. Flying Dragon does impart some cold hardiness but it doesnt make them that cold hardy and due to its slow growing nature, if any damage occurs they recover very slowly.
One question! Is there any downfall to grafting at 3 ft above ground?
Im working with trifoliate thats have 3-5 branches each. I would prefer to graft one variety per branch, but i see you grafting muchhhh closer to the soil
We prefer to graft closer to the soil for a number of reasons including we have to ship the trees so grafting 3ft high isnt an option. It also leads to a lot of room for rootstock growth and less of the desired variety growing. There are nurseries that to graft higher and have success as well. If that is where the branches are that you want to graft, there isnt anything that should stop you.
Thanks for this video! can this grafting technique be done anytime of the year?
We graft year round in our greenhouse.
@@madisoncitrusnursery Great, Thanks again!!
Heyy that's a snazzy hat! Have y'all considered selling some merch?
I will pass on your compliments to the fashion icon wearing the hat :) We haven't talked about it but perhaps we could make something happen. Thanks Ben! -L
Thanks
So the bud from the graft will push through the parafilm and tape, right?
The bud will push right through the parafilm. The tape should be below the bud and would be there just for support until it heals over.
I have a rootstock that grew after lemon died last yr, rn has multipe trifold stocks how should i graft that? Also can you graft when its budding or only when its dormant?
You can graft now and we would recommend grafting a single step and pruning the others but you can try grafting multiples if you wanted to.
Does this method work on Peach and Pears?
Thank you for the question, I honestly wish I knew more about peaches and pears. I do not believe its the same on those so I would do more research.
Excellent video - easy to follow. Thanks! Our friend gave us a 5-year old Meyer Lemon tree, grown from seeds. It won't flower or grow fruits. Can we use it as a rootstock and graft a different citrus tree (e.g lime)? If we do that, should we trim off all the leaves and branches? or can we leave some branches a leaves on while grafting a budwood? Thanks!
Keep in mind that it may take seed grown lemons 10+ years to produce fruit. Rooting cuttings and grafting shortcut the process allowing you to get fruit sooner but it also doesnt allow the trees to grow a large root system and supporting branches before they do. There are tradeoffs to everything. Give it a chance to get old enough to flower and fruit before saying it wont. But as for using it as rootstock, you can if youd like to and you can graft to the main stem or to a limb. There should be youtube videos that show you how.
What brand and model is your grafting knife. Thanks in advance.
Hershell actually custom makes all of the grafting knives the team uses in the greenhouse. Thank you for asking!
Can you graft multiple buds to your rootstock, like up to 4 or 5 buds?
Great question, yes we have done multi grafted cocktail trees in the past and offered them from our website. They are a little bit of work to keep up with them to keep all of the varieties balanced so we dont offer them all the time. But yes you can.
Thank you for responding! I ordered a couple flying dragon rootstock, but when I ordered the budwood you send multiple, thankfully. So, I wanted to be sure I can graft multiple buds of the same variety to that one rootstock. Do you have a video showing that? If not, can you do a video soon showing that process. Because I bought a few, and all the other videos on YT show this process on older trees not the young rootstock like what you offer. Thank you in advance!
Its pretty much the same process th-cam.com/video/NCHWefhMuCc/w-d-xo.html
hello,
what brand of parafilm tape are you using?
We use Amcor Laboratory Parafilm but we buy in larger quantities, im not sure if its feasible to buy it if you arent but here is the parafilm www.amcor.com/product-listing/parafilm-m-all-purpose-lab-film-fpf003
What’s the difference between Parafilm and grafting tape? Where do you get it?
Parafilm is a wax based tape that gets stretched around the budwood to keep it from drying out but the bud can grow out through the parafilm. Grafting tape is the white tape in the video that is wrapped around the graft site to securely hold it in place. Sometimes people use grafting tape and parafilm interchangeably to mean the wax tape.
thanks for video!A question-after grafting,how long should we wait till we cut top of the rootstock??
for orange and tangerines,grafted on poncirus.
We wait until we are sure the graft has taken and started to push.
@@madisoncitrusnurserywill it push threw the tape you put on?
Can I graft an albino seedling onto a green tree to help it survive?
It would be difficult to successfully graft it and unfortunately I dont think it is going to be enough to keep the albino seedling alive. They tend to be too tender and then just progressively go down hill quickly.
@@madisoncitrusnursery What if I bind several sprouts together and microneedle through them so the barks heal together?
@@madisoncitrusnursery I have grafted two leaves together as temporary nutrient flow. Hope it works.
At what point do you snip off the top of the rootstock above the graft?
Once the grafts have grown to 6-8" we go back and snip the rootstock.
@@madisoncitrusnursery Thank you.
Thank you ☺️
You’re welcome
Good info
Thank you!
Can you have a lime and a lemon on the same tree?
Yes you can graft Lemons and Limes on the same tree. We offered multigrafted trees in the past and hopefully someday in the future we may offer another starter cocktail tree with a lemon / lime / orange.
@madisoncitrusnursery can you post a video tutorial on grafting multiple varieties to your rootstock please? I ordered a bunch of your budwoods and a few rootstock and don't want the extra budwoods to go to waste or sit in the fridge forever. I have been watching alot of TH-cam videos but none are using young rootstock like what you offer. It's with older full grown trees with bark and lots of limbs. So, it would be nice to see a video showing how to do something like that with your rootstock 😊
So good. Thank yoi
Thank you for watching!
very helpful..ty
We are happy you found it helpful. Thank you!
Where can I order scions from you tiaa
Frank thank you for your interest in our certified budwood. We offer it for sale on our website however our increase trees are currently in their Spring flush so we aren't going to have budwood available to ship for another couple months. madisoncitrusnursery.com/collections/budwood-for-sale
Good
Why do you graft and not bud?
Our success rates are so much higher the way we do it. We have another video showing a few different grafting methods we have used in the past and that others use and talk about some of the differences. But the reason we do it the way we do is we have much higher success rates this way.
Nice❤
Thank you! We hope it helps.
Very du you reside.