Out of 20+ videos I have seen on grafting, you're the only one who provided a diagram. You also explained why an apple seed wouldn't guarantee the variety (bee pollination) and your overall explanation was thorough and so easy to follow, wish I had found your vid sooner. Thank You! : D
Great Video Lewis! Thanks! Thanks for your help with Grafting in Barnsley with YMCA and Yorkshire Wildlife Trust this Spring! Wewill be grafting and planting orchards everywhere we can!
Just dipping my toe into this area, can I ask what the importance of the root stock is? Can it be(any) apple sapling grown from seed and its the donor scion which is the all important part? Thank you muchley!
Hi @yesyes_uk, sorry for the delay. Yes, you can, indeed some have taken this idea of a 'family tree' to the extreme, like the chap in Sussex who's grafted over 200 apple varieties onto one tree! The whip and tongue can be tricky to perform on existing branches, however, so you might prefer to try a cleft graft.
Sorry for the late response! Yes you can, this is known as a 'family tree'! There is a guy somewhere in Sussex, i believe, who has around 200 varieties on one tree! Talk about an identity crisis! Although the whip and tongue can be used for this, it's quite tricky to perform on a tree in situ, so you'd be advised to used something like a cleft graft, which is much simpler. Lewis
It is almost January, near Blackpool, no real frost ever. Can I start grafting now? How is it on grafting a scion to an existing branch? I so want to learn this in 2021! By the way, love your videos. Thank you so much!
Glad you're enjoying our videos! :) January is too early to graft. This is because the trees are still dormant. Once it begins to get warm enough, the trees break dormancy and the sap begins to rise, this is usually in late Feb / March. You do this type of graft when the sap is rising. You can graft onto existing trees, also known as 'overgrafting' or 'top working'. You'll need to look up 'cleft graft' for this! Good luck!
The content and the instructions on the original page are different. 3 buds vs 5 buds (not too important), and where to cut on scion relative to the bud. Above or just below?
Apologies for the late reply! You've probably figured this out by now, but it's just above on the scion - you can remember it by thinking 'scion is above ground, rootstock is below (well, the roots anyway, not the whole stock stem!'.
Good clear instructional thanks
Very good. Clear, concise, and informative.
Out of 20+ videos I have seen on grafting, you're the only one who provided a diagram. You also explained why an apple seed wouldn't guarantee the variety (bee pollination) and your overall explanation was thorough and so easy to follow, wish I had found your vid sooner. Thank You! : D
Thanks Katherine, great to know this has been useful!
Nice, thanks for sharing my friend 👍
Excellent video
Great thanks 1st time last year & got 7 out of 10 so I was very happy . having another go this year 🙂👏
Thanks!
best instructions I've found for scion grafting 👍
one point though - concrete doesn't rely on air to set
Great Video Lewis! Thanks! Thanks for your help with Grafting in Barnsley with YMCA and Yorkshire Wildlife Trust this Spring! Wewill be grafting and planting orchards everywhere we can!
Just dipping my toe into this area, can I ask what the importance of the root stock is? Can it be(any) apple sapling grown from seed and its the donor scion which is the all important part?
Thank you muchley!
Can I graft just onto a branch of an apple tree to have one tree with different varieties of apples? Or does it have to be onto a root?
Hi @yesyes_uk, sorry for the delay. Yes, you can, indeed some have taken this idea of a 'family tree' to the extreme, like the chap in Sussex who's grafted over 200 apple varieties onto one tree! The whip and tongue can be tricky to perform on existing branches, however, so you might prefer to try a cleft graft.
Sorry for the late response! Yes you can, this is known as a 'family tree'! There is a guy somewhere in Sussex, i believe, who has around 200 varieties on one tree! Talk about an identity crisis! Although the whip and tongue can be used for this, it's quite tricky to perform on a tree in situ, so you'd be advised to used something like a cleft graft, which is much simpler. Lewis
It is almost January, near Blackpool, no real frost ever. Can I start grafting now? How is it on grafting a scion to an existing branch? I so want to learn this in 2021! By the way, love your videos. Thank you so much!
Glad you're enjoying our videos! :) January is too early to graft. This is because the trees are still dormant. Once it begins to get warm enough, the trees break dormancy and the sap begins to rise, this is usually in late Feb / March. You do this type of graft when the sap is rising. You can graft onto existing trees, also known as 'overgrafting' or 'top working'. You'll need to look up 'cleft graft' for this! Good luck!
The content and the instructions on the original page are different. 3 buds vs 5 buds (not too important), and where to cut on scion relative to the bud. Above or just below?
Apologies for the late reply! You've probably figured this out by now, but it's just above on the scion - you can remember it by thinking 'scion is above ground, rootstock is below (well, the roots anyway, not the whole stock stem!'.
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