This is such a great tutorial I learned so much. I had no idea. Thank you so much for taking the time to teach from your real-life situation in the orchard. It is a pleasure, also to hear you talk. You just have that kind of voice and a distinctive way of speaking English. I could listen to you discuss the phone book and find it soothing somehow. I wish I had an orchard but these videos will have to do.
I don't know how I missed this video! I have watched so many grafting videos elsewhere yet still have so many questions -- particularly about Asian Pears. You covered them all! My neighbor has 3 very old Asian Pears right at the edge of my property that he no longer cares for. He told me to have at it. I love these pears, juicy, nutty with a hint of spice! It's all in a mess of oddball trees so I suspect it was the previous owners Pear row decades ago. Also in this mess is a lot of little Asian pear volunteer saplings. One is only 6 foot tall and fruited like mad this year! However, absolutely terrible tasting. So, in the Spring, I am going to transplant the volunteers (even the bad one) and perform a graft from the 3 proven trees in August! Thank you so much! I am also going to graft my other Neighbors "Golden Supreme" yellow apples but need to find the right root stock. These apples are almost extinct in North America because nobody is really sure what the parents were. Best Yellow Apple I have ever had!
Wonderful. For the seedling Asian pear you can leave the two bottom branches and graft above them. In a few years you will see if a new wonderful pear emerges on the lower branches while still getting the expected pear on the graft. I discuss the technique on the seeding orchard videos, I think the last one.
@@StefanSobkowiak Thanks Stefan, that is a fascinating piece of plant biology right there! I can't wait to try this. I just remembered, there is an abandoned Plum orchard down the road, I have met the owner who is widowed and retired. I think I may offer her to take care of the Plums in return for root stock & grafting materials!
I've learned a lot from this crystal clear and short video. I'm pumped! Will be grafting a couple avocado trees, pomegranates and tangerines soon. :-)). Thank you!!!
I am glad I saw this one. I have an apple tree that was an eating apple grafted onto a crabapple. A moose came and ate the apple off. That happened years ago and the crab grew up. I was glad to cut the whole thing out now I can regraft a new eating apple!
Bonjour, hello, Dzien dobry from Ottawa! I really love your videos Stefan, they are very informative and you have a wonderful personality. I am going to try to grow a fruit tree on my balcony next spring! Wish me luck
I appreciate the link to the Fruit Tree Propagation book. I downloaded the pdf for future reference as I haven’t yet planted a fruit tree. I know a guy who is big in horticulture at UC DAVIS, and I marveled at his tree with about 9 different species and cultivars on the same tree. He was quite active in the Fruit Growers Exchange in California. Wish I could remember his name...having a senior moment I guess.
Bless you for being a lefty! I was so frustrated watching right handers and feeling backwards! It can be hard to explain that there are subtle differences, and sometimes it just doesn't "feel right" when a lefty tries to mimic exact motions only backwards
Really? I, too, am left handed but haven’t found this to be an issue. In China, old Chinese proverbs say that left-handers are more intelligent. Funny thing is that whenever a Chinese student saw that I was a lefty, they felt compelled to tell me about this proverb. Almost like a conditioned response - can’t tell you how many times I’ve been told. There are only two problems I face; 1. Everything I write is smeared, and 2. Can’t find a left-handed piano bench. I feel so gauche! ‘Left’-out. Hahaha
Well, I just bought honey crisp and macintosh for my summer bud grafting. First time. Wish me luck. I'm trying to get the best information and know how so, of course, I'm here. 😊 love everything about your channel big guy! I love growing any and everything. Mostly fruit and flowers. Of course my vege garden as well. Much love from Michigan!
Do you only graft apple to apple, pear to pear... and so on? Life your content! So glad Mr. Rhodes visited your farm. We planned our 1st trio this year, lots of perennials, annuals and 2 nitrogen fixing shrubs. But also added cowpeas for nitrogen on the whole north side. About a 30 foot bed, 2 apples and 1 cherry. 😊
Thank you so much ! Finally I can do grafting step by step. I have still questions about the best time to do grafting and difference between types of grafting. What is the difference between Bud and Chip grafting? Mirka
Very similar, chip grafting uses a bit more wood than bud grafting. Both are just one bud added to an existing tree. Some fruit work better with chip than bud (think nuts) while many fruit work great with bud grafting.
Awesome informative video, really appreciated. Thank you! Because of my inexperience, I overwatered my avocado tree and it died ( or so I thought) from root rot. Months after I stopped watering it I realized that it was actually alive and had started growing up from the very bottom, since the rest of the tree (graft included) is dried. The new branch is about a foot below the grafting. Do I need to graft it again? Thank you!
I too find that I have to crank up the volume way past the advertisement volume to hear you talk, and then the static and crackles get louder too. The music and sound effects are loud enough, but really blast at the end after you stop talking and then I have to reduce the volume again. This is true with all your videos unfortunately...
Many thanks for the video Stefan and Zach :) Few questions for you Stefan : - do the parafilm and the elastic come above or just around the bud ? - did you try to use only elastic without parafilm ? - is there any difference between scion grafting and bud grafting concerning the "quality" of the future tree (growth, time to produce first fruits...) ? - next year, is there any risk that buds located under the graft grow instead of the grafted one ? Do you manually remove them when you cut the branche above the graft ? Many thanks for all the knowledge you share !
Elastic above and below the bud. Yes we used to use just elastic and it works, but seems to hold moisture better with the parafilm. No difference that I've seen except they are done in 2 different seasons, ie. if its spring don't wait for late summer to bud graft, just graft in the spring with scions. Yes I added that in the notes, you will have to strip the buds of new growth below the grafted bud or else they will overtake the graft.
Is it common practice to budstick graft in the Spring and then bud graft everything that failed later in the Summer? I did a bunch of bud grafts in the early spring with a less than 50% success rate. The cleft grafts I did in May were much more successful. I have had success chip budding in June/July.
My next door neighbor has an apple tree that she had 'pruned' by her tree guys. They pruned it up and took out all the lower branches. I thought about looking at grafting some lower branches for her. Can I graft into the trunk? Also, she has damage from the yellow bellied sap suckers (birds) that are digging holes into the trunk of the tree to suck on the sap. Anything you could add to help me out? Thanks.
Any advice on good place to get grafting gear, (elastic, parafilm, grafting knife) I live on the east coast (Gaspésie) and it's pretty hard to find specific tools ,so any place we can order from would be very appreciated. And by the way you guys really fill a needs to get good video on permaculture adapted to the cool climate. Thanks and keep on sharing knowledge for autonomia.
I really find grafting interesting. My question is if you take a graft from a early blooming apple tree and bud graft onto an apple tree that is a late bloomer, when would the new graft bloom? Would it bloom according to the variety (early) or would it bloom according to the roots (late bloom)?
A great video, thanks, Stefan- I enjoyed watching every single video you published, including this one. I had a question please - I found it difficult to bud graft into this year's growth branches, because they are too thin (I can't find any branch thicker than 3-4 mm on my tree). Have you tried grafting this year's scions into last year's branches? If yes, how successful was that? Thanks!
Around 7:30 you talk about cutting to force new shoots. I have a very old apple tree with branches that are quite tall, gnarly and twisty and all the growth are out at the ends. This is all well and good for now, but I also want to stimulate some new branches to form from the main stem, such that I can renew the wood and keep the tree productive - how would I go about that?
Look at my tree pruning videos. I explain how to clear a chimney on a tree. It works best on old apple trees. Start with that and the third step to revive your old apple tree.
Thanks for the videos. Question, do you have a video that shows but grafting to a branch instead of a root stock? Also do you show the growth of each after a year or two? If 2 grafts are done and both take, how do you pick? And do you transplant it or leave it there to take over the unwanted stump? Learning so much. I can't wait till we live where we can do this.
Same idea to a branch if it’s the same size. If it’s a bigger branch I show how in the film but no video. Good idea to show progress on an upcoming video. Thanks
Hello Stefan, can you tell me what kind of fruit trees you use and are they dwarf,semi dwarf,or standard fruit trees? Love your videos. I want to grow a permaculture orchard in Pennsylvania, concerned about the deer population eating my trees.
I commented on another video about this, but i have a very old and overgrown apple tree i want to graft to a young one to see what well grown apples it would produce. I dont think it has much 1 year wood since its so old its basically maxed growth, would you recommend budding? Or just graft the small branches? It would be my first time grafting haha
Thanks for the new video. I have two questions if that's ok: I have a fledgling orchard of 30 trees in southcentral Pennsylvania, zone 6b. Pecans, Almonds, english walnuts, 5 apples, various other fruits - sets of each except two that are self-pollinating (nectarine and sour cherry). This is the first part of our new homestead that I'd like to move to permaculture. The trees are still small enough to move around but with the NAP protocol that you describe in the film, I'd have to have 25 apple trees, which I have no use, and likely no market, for. Are there are variations allowed in the NAP so that apple is merely one of the rotated trees or are apples required in every trio? Second question, as the walnut and pecan trees require significantly more space (75 or 40 feet vs 15 feet for fruit trees), would you factor that spacing into the rows or leave them on the outer edge of the orchard and just use more shrubs and perennials in between? I'm so excited to get started but I want to get it right! Thanks.
Trios is an idea not a law, look as them as trios instead of NAP. N-Fruit-Fruit, or N-Fruit-Nut or N-Nut-Nut all work. What you use as Nitrogen, fruit and nut depends on your location, soil and climate. Use what grows easiest in your area. Apples can be totally excluded.
We will be obtaining some plum scions in the warmer months for bud grafting, so would the best way to transport them be by keeping the scions in a bucket of water?
looking for a general type info. I have several apple grafts onto a bradford pear tree. many took very well but a few instead of growing a bond that caps the branch it is growing a fine bond outside the limb has just a fine line of a bond. it is like one stick on top of the other not 2 grown to make 1. mostly are bark grafts on small limbs but also on modified cleft. 2 of them just one day fell off. I am making a Frankenstein tree and some of my scions are older trees from my childhood days. so plan to thin out types if they all grow much later. I am wondering on doing another graft like a strip to tie this to more of the rootstock, also considered a graft through both parts with a drill. I know a weird question but can not find anything documented of having been tried. any suggestions?
@@StefanSobkowiak I think The heat is extremely minimal really just a flash with a lighter or a heat gun I think it would work. I want to give it a try one day who knows it maybe revolutionise grafting 😆👍🏼🇬🇬
Some cultivars shoot up the rootstock some don’t. A vigorous cultivar pulls all that the rootstock will give. A weak cultivar will not and cause the rootstock to shoot up around the base.
R u using the buds from branches or flowers or what? Is it the end of the leaf that you pulled off? What's those little sticks off the larger stick? End of the leafs? I use Velcro instead of elastic
Great work, can you tell me where is the cambium layer contact between scion and rootstock? I also seen someone first make a vertical cut in shell of rootstock (only one vertical cut), peel a bit from wood, then take bud from scion in shape of rectangle (same as patch grafting) and place it in the rootstock. I can't understand where is the cambium layer contact. thanks sir.
@@StefanSobkowiak thanx, but I want to know how the cambium layers aligned in specialy this type of grafting. I learned for every successful graft, it is important to cambium layers must contact at least one point. in this method where is the cambium contact of scion and rootstock ? thanks.
As I seem to recall, grafting requires scions and recipient tree to be of the same Genus. Is that correct? (My last botany class was in 1971, things may have since changed.)
Think of it like lettuce always best fresh. Maybe 1 week, store wrapped in a moist paper towel in the fridge. Transport it moist and wrapped through the mail or in a cooler.
@@StefanSobkowiak Thanks for the reply! (Right now I'm trying to get some land!) I really enjoy your videos! The views of the background when your trees are blossoming are breathtaking! I truly hope you fully appreciate what you've got!!!!
all i know is it was suppose to be a honeycrisp ..it had apple leaves on it..called stark after it keeled over for a replacement..told them they sent me a peach instead because i cut it 8 inches from the bottom and it's growing peach...she said i cut below the graft..that's all i know. i know stone fruit ain't suppose to but thats wierd
Possible mais très peu de réussite voir aucune avec plusieurs espèces. Je serais curieux de connaitre le pourcentage réussi pour les différent fruitiers. J'ai eu moins de 10% de succès avec le pêcher mais le figuier fonctionne très bien.
Alors est-ce qu'il existe un moyen de multiplier rapidement des portes-greffes de pommier mis à part planter des graines? J'ai quelques spécimens qui poussent dans le bois que j'aimerais utiliser pour commencer mes trios.
La version française du document est aussi disponible à l'adresse suivante : publications.gc.ca/collections/collection_2013/aac-aafc/agrhist/A53-1289-1985-fra.pdf
William Pellegrino I’m sorry to hear you’re also having issues with the sound. Do you mind me asking which type of device you’re listening to the videos on? I’ve tried multiple devices (iMac, MacBook and iPhone) all of them seem to be loud enough.
Fay Cotton yes unfortunately you’re not the only one I will definitely look into resolving this problem for all future videos thanks a bunch for bringing this to my attention and again I apologize for the inconvenience
Emilios Hadjikyriacou unfortunately for this video I can’t without having to completely re-edit and then re-upload :( still learning and unfortunately the software within TH-cam is unforgiving 👎 I have however fixed the issue for all future videos but again I do apologize for the inconvenience and thank you for the feedback!
Thanks Stefan for the excellent intro to bud propagation. Here's another (easier, I think) way to read that book you mentioned: archive.org/details/fruittreepropaga00span
This is such a great tutorial I learned so much. I had no idea. Thank you so much for taking the time to teach from your real-life situation in the orchard. It is a pleasure, also to hear you talk. You just have that kind of voice and a distinctive way of speaking English. I could listen to you discuss the phone book and find it soothing somehow. I wish I had an orchard but these videos will have to do.
I love how detailed your videos are, thank you! :)
I don't know how I missed this video! I have watched so many grafting videos elsewhere yet still have so many questions -- particularly about Asian Pears. You covered them all! My neighbor has 3 very old Asian Pears right at the edge of my property that he no longer cares for. He told me to have at it. I love these pears, juicy, nutty with a hint of spice! It's all in a mess of oddball trees so I suspect it was the previous owners Pear row decades ago. Also in this mess is a lot of little Asian pear volunteer saplings. One is only 6 foot tall and fruited like mad this year! However, absolutely terrible tasting. So, in the Spring, I am going to transplant the volunteers (even the bad one) and perform a graft from the 3 proven trees in August! Thank you so much! I am also going to graft my other Neighbors "Golden Supreme" yellow apples but need to find the right root stock. These apples are almost extinct in North America because nobody is really sure what the parents were. Best Yellow Apple I have ever had!
Wonderful. For the seedling Asian pear you can leave the two bottom branches and graft above them. In a few years you will see if a new wonderful pear emerges on the lower branches while still getting the expected pear on the graft. I discuss the technique on the seeding orchard videos, I think the last one.
@@StefanSobkowiak Thanks Stefan, that is a fascinating piece of plant biology right there! I can't wait to try this. I just remembered, there is an abandoned Plum orchard down the road, I have met the owner who is widowed and retired. I think I may offer her to take care of the Plums in return for root stock & grafting materials!
Great plan.
Merci pour ce partage très technique et très détaillé.
Cela va m'éviter bien des erreurs.
👍👍
I've learned a lot from this crystal clear and short video. I'm pumped! Will be grafting a couple avocado trees, pomegranates and tangerines soon. :-)). Thank you!!!
Great tutorial on bud-grafting! Thanks for sharing your knowledge.
Glad it was helpful!
thanks for the info, i'm getting ready to start some grafting, I appreciate the Fruit Tree Propagation booklet too!
I am glad I saw this one. I have an apple tree that was an eating apple grafted onto a crabapple. A moose came and ate the apple off. That happened years ago and the crab grew up. I was glad to cut the whole thing out now I can regraft a new eating apple!
Good hands and clear explanation!
Love your cinematography.
dobrze wytłumaczone Panie Stefanie , pozdrowienia z Warszawy :-)
Bonjour, hello, Dzien dobry from Ottawa! I really love your videos Stefan, they are very informative and you have a wonderful personality. I am going to try to grow a fruit tree on my balcony next spring! Wish me luck
Natasha if you go to the trouble of growing one in a pot, go for something that you can bring in for the winter like a fig or a dwarf citrus.
Thank you for the free tutorials. They provide a great deal of information. Have a lovely weekend. Catherine
I appreciate the link to the Fruit Tree Propagation book. I downloaded the pdf for future reference as I haven’t yet planted a fruit tree. I know a guy who is big in horticulture at UC DAVIS, and I marveled at his tree with about 9 different species and cultivars on the same tree. He was quite active in the Fruit Growers Exchange in California. Wish I could remember his name...having a senior moment I guess.
Bless you for being a lefty! I was so frustrated watching right handers and feeling backwards! It can be hard to explain that there are subtle differences, and sometimes it just doesn't "feel right" when a lefty tries to mimic exact motions only backwards
Really? I, too, am left handed but haven’t found this to be an issue. In China, old Chinese proverbs say that left-handers are more intelligent. Funny thing is that whenever a Chinese student saw that I was a lefty, they felt compelled to tell me about this proverb. Almost like a conditioned response - can’t tell you how many times I’ve been told. There are only two problems I face; 1. Everything I write is smeared, and 2. Can’t find a left-handed piano bench. I feel so gauche! ‘Left’-out. Hahaha
grafting knives come ground in left or right hand bevels.
Nice work!
Very clear and concise.
New subscriber and binging your vids.
Thanks
Welcome aboard!
I love watching your video, very informative and entertaining, keep up the good work. Love from paksitan.
Great episode today and I love your film editing and effects.
CustomGardenSolutions thanks I’m still learning but it’s always awesome to hear positive feedback :)
Excellent video - THANKS!
best explanations ever for grafting. Thank u
Great video, very informative and packed full of useful tips. Thanks for sharing 👍
Glad it was helpful!
Well, I just bought honey crisp and macintosh for my summer bud grafting. First time. Wish me luck. I'm trying to get the best information and know how so, of course, I'm here. 😊 love everything about your channel big guy! I love growing any and everything. Mostly fruit and flowers. Of course my vege garden as well. Much love from Michigan!
Wonderful, just keep practicing grafting, like any technique it builds with practice.
very detailed instruction, thanks
Wonderful video thank you !
Hi! Stefan l love learn with you about plants because l love the nature thanks a lot bye best wish your friend Marcos 😎
Thank you very much. I love your channel and you are very helpful. 🙂
Witam Pana Stefana. super robota ,bardzo pomocna przyda sie jak znalzl. thank you !
Great video, thank you! Do you have a video showing how to graft a branch of a cultivar onto a rootstock?
Yes look at the grafting playlist.
Do you only graft apple to apple, pear to pear... and so on?
Life your content! So glad Mr. Rhodes visited your farm. We planned our 1st trio this year, lots of perennials, annuals and 2 nitrogen fixing shrubs. But also added cowpeas for nitrogen on the whole north side. About a 30 foot bed, 2 apples and 1 cherry. 😊
It’s best but Apple works on pear also.
Could try pear on aronia, amelanchier or even mountain ash- many compatibilty hav been reported
I love you videos kind sir.
i liked the way you explain thank you
THANKS for the highly useful vid!
Nice video and God bless you for sharing!
I use rubber strings cutted from a latex medical glove! It works nice!
Blessings received, same to you. Nice trick with gloves.
More great work Stef....I know what I will be doing this weekend...
Question....can you use a bud in summer from scion wood taken in winter?
If it was kept in good condition yes. I’ve grafted successfully in late June. However the scion may not grow that season but is alive.
@@StefanSobkowiak Thanks Stef, your TH-cam Chanel shows such wisdom and generosity. Keep up the great work. Peter, Melbourne, Australia
Thank you so much ! Finally I can do grafting step by step. I have still questions about the best time to do grafting and difference between types of grafting. What is the difference between Bud and Chip grafting? Mirka
Very similar, chip grafting uses a bit more wood than bud grafting. Both are just one bud added to an existing tree. Some fruit work better with chip than bud (think nuts) while many fruit work great with bud grafting.
Well done sir ~ very educational :-)
Awesome informative video, really appreciated. Thank you!
Because of my inexperience, I overwatered my avocado tree and it died ( or so I thought) from root rot. Months after I stopped watering it I realized that it was actually alive and had started growing up from the very bottom, since the rest of the tree (graft included) is dried. The new branch is about a foot below the grafting. Do I need to graft it again?
Thank you!
I think so but I don’t know how good seeding avocados can produce. You never know the seedling may be the next Hass avocado.
Stefan Sobkowiak thank you 😊
I like the editing and effects but the volume is low and hard to hear.
I too find that I have to crank up the volume way past the advertisement volume to hear you talk, and then the static and crackles get louder too. The music and sound effects are loud enough, but really blast at the end after you stop talking and then I have to reduce the volume again. This is true with all your videos unfortunately...
Fay Cotton I apologize for the audio quality I will definitely look into fixing the problem thanks for the feedback
I love your vids, Thanks! Do you ever worry that the rubber band will cut off circulation?
They would if you leave them on more than 4-5 months, 6 max.
Many thanks for the video Stefan and Zach :)
Few questions for you Stefan :
- do the parafilm and the elastic come above or just around the bud ?
- did you try to use only elastic without parafilm ?
- is there any difference between scion grafting and bud grafting concerning the "quality" of the future tree (growth, time to produce first fruits...) ?
- next year, is there any risk that buds located under the graft grow instead of the grafted one ? Do you manually remove them when you cut the branche above the graft ?
Many thanks for all the knowledge you share !
Elastic above and below the bud. Yes we used to use just elastic and it works, but seems to hold moisture better with the parafilm. No difference that I've seen except they are done in 2 different seasons, ie. if its spring don't wait for late summer to bud graft, just graft in the spring with scions. Yes I added that in the notes, you will have to strip the buds of new growth below the grafted bud or else they will overtake the graft.
Stefan Sobkowiak many thanks !
When you say "go around the bud" with the parrafin tape, do you mean circumvent it and leave it uncovered, or do you mean, cover it too? thanks
awesome instructions, thank you. Where would be a good place to get root stock? I live in Pennsylvania, any places near to here? Eva
Look up fruit tree nurseries in your area, they usually have some, or just ask them where they get theirs.
@@StefanSobkowiak will do, thank you
Fantastic video! Where do you get your uv grafting elastics. Thank you.
from an old school supplier with no web site: C Frensch in Ontario
Is it common practice to budstick graft in the Spring and then bud graft everything that failed later in the Summer? I did a bunch of bud grafts in the early spring with a less than 50% success rate. The cleft grafts I did in May were much more successful. I have had success chip budding in June/July.
My next door neighbor has an apple tree that she had 'pruned' by her tree guys. They pruned it up and took out all the lower branches.
I thought about looking at grafting some lower branches for her. Can I graft into the trunk?
Also, she has damage from the yellow bellied sap suckers (birds) that are digging holes into the trunk of the tree to suck on the sap.
Anything you could add to help me out? Thanks.
yes you can graft into the trunk. Sapsuckers usually go for healthy trees that have good sap flow.
Any advice on good place to get grafting gear, (elastic, parafilm, grafting knife) I live on the east coast (Gaspésie) and it's pretty hard to find specific tools ,so any place we can order from would be very appreciated. And by the way you guys really fill a needs to get good video on permaculture adapted to the cool climate. Thanks and keep on sharing knowledge for autonomia.
Look up C Frensh in Ontario. No website just phone orders. All things grafting
I really find grafting interesting. My question is if you take a graft from a early blooming apple tree and bud graft onto an apple tree that is a late bloomer, when would the new graft bloom? Would it bloom according to the variety (early) or would it bloom according to the roots (late bloom)?
Most likely the early one, the scion. Sometimes there is some aspect transferred partly from the rootstock.
A great video, thanks, Stefan- I enjoyed watching every single video you published, including this one. I had a question please - I found it difficult to bud graft into this year's growth branches, because they are too thin (I can't find any branch thicker than 3-4 mm on my tree). Have you tried grafting this year's scions into last year's branches? If yes, how successful was that?
Thanks!
Not successful. It’s definitely harder to graft onto small branches but it can be done successfully with patience and dexterity.
Can you clip the leaves before you cut the budding wood from the tree to save the most water and keep immaterial the most viable.
Around 7:30 you talk about cutting to force new shoots. I have a very old apple tree with branches that are quite tall, gnarly and twisty and all the growth are out at the ends. This is all well and good for now, but I also want to stimulate some new branches to form from the main stem, such that I can renew the wood and keep the tree productive - how would I go about that?
Look at my tree pruning videos. I explain how to clear a chimney on a tree. It works best on old apple trees. Start with that and the third step to revive your old apple tree.
Thanks for the videos. Question, do you have a video that shows but grafting to a branch instead of a root stock? Also do you show the growth of each after a year or two? If 2 grafts are done and both take, how do you pick? And do you transplant it or leave it there to take over the unwanted stump? Learning so much. I can't wait till we live where we can do this.
Same idea to a branch if it’s the same size. If it’s a bigger branch I show how in the film but no video. Good idea to show progress on an upcoming video. Thanks
Hello Stefan, can you tell me what kind of fruit trees you use and are they dwarf,semi dwarf,or standard fruit trees? Love your videos. I want to grow a permaculture orchard in Pennsylvania, concerned about the deer population eating my trees.
Plant a fence before you plant your trees. We use dwarf for apples and regular for pear and plums.
More success on bud grafting than scion grafting
I commented on another video about this, but i have a very old and overgrown apple tree i want to graft to a young one to see what well grown apples it would produce. I dont think it has much 1 year wood since its so old its basically maxed growth, would you recommend budding? Or just graft the small branches? It would be my first time grafting haha
You may not have vigorous small branches. Maybe better to overgraft a sucker up to 2-3”. Budding is least preferred on old overgrown trees.
Thanks for the new video. I have two questions if that's ok: I have a fledgling orchard of 30 trees in southcentral Pennsylvania, zone 6b. Pecans, Almonds, english walnuts, 5 apples, various other fruits - sets of each except two that are self-pollinating (nectarine and sour cherry). This is the first part of our new homestead that I'd like to move to permaculture. The trees are still small enough to move around but with the NAP protocol that you describe in the film, I'd have to have 25 apple trees, which I have no use, and likely no market, for. Are there are variations allowed in the NAP so that apple is merely one of the rotated trees or are apples required in every trio? Second question, as the walnut and pecan trees require significantly more space (75 or 40 feet vs 15 feet for fruit trees), would you factor that spacing into the rows or leave them on the outer edge of the orchard and just use more shrubs and perennials in between? I'm so excited to get started but I want to get it right! Thanks.
Trios is an idea not a law, look as them as trios instead of NAP. N-Fruit-Fruit, or N-Fruit-Nut or N-Nut-Nut all work. What you use as Nitrogen, fruit and nut depends on your location, soil and climate. Use what grows easiest in your area. Apples can be totally excluded.
Thank you!
Super Video.Danke!
We will be obtaining some plum scions in the warmer months for bud grafting, so would the best way to transport them be by keeping the scions in a bucket of water?
For a couple of days yes otherwise in the fridge like a vegetable
Fantastic
looking for a general type info. I have several apple grafts onto a bradford pear tree. many took very well but a few instead of growing a bond that caps the branch it is growing a fine bond outside the limb has just a fine line of a bond. it is like one stick on top of the other not 2 grown to make 1. mostly are bark grafts on small limbs but also on modified cleft. 2 of them just one day fell off. I am making a Frankenstein tree and some of my scions are older trees from my childhood days. so plan to thin out types if they all grow much later. I am wondering on doing another graft like a strip to tie this to more of the rootstock, also considered a graft through both parts with a drill. I know a weird question but can not find anything documented of having been tried. any suggestions?
Drill graft works well as a branch rather than new trunk. Pear and Asian pear will probably work better than apple.
For straight end to end grafting would or have you ever tried clear cable heat shrink wrap to tighten and seal the graft 🤷🏼♂️👍🏼🇬🇬
Interesting idea, never tried it and never knew it existed. I’m not sure how the graft point would like the heat for shrinking
@@StefanSobkowiak I think The heat is extremely minimal really just a flash with a lighter or a heat gun I think it would work. I want to give it a try one day who knows it maybe revolutionise grafting 😆👍🏼🇬🇬
Would you explain how you cut the base of the tree to get to he rootstock to shoot up??
Some cultivars shoot up the rootstock some don’t. A vigorous cultivar pulls all that the rootstock will give. A weak cultivar will not and cause the rootstock to shoot up around the base.
Stefan, thank you for great video. Where do you buy the parafilm?
Some garden centres carry it otherwise look up nursery supplies , grafting supplies or laboratory supplies.
@@StefanSobkowiak thank you.
R u using the buds from branches or flowers or what? Is it the end of the leaf that you pulled off? What's those little sticks off the larger stick? End of the leafs? I use Velcro instead of elastic
Buds from branches from this year’s growth only.
thank you.
What is the benefit of Bud grafting over?Just grafting the entire tree
Can scion wood kept in the refrigerator be used for bud grafting
Probably, as long as it’s still viable. Only problem is it may leaf out after budding since it thinks it’s spring.
If you can't find any parafilm you can use Glad brand Press'n Seal. It's not wax paper.
Great work, can you tell me where is the cambium layer contact between scion and rootstock? I also seen someone first make a vertical cut in shell of rootstock (only one vertical cut), peel a bit from wood, then take bud from scion in shape of rectangle (same as patch grafting) and place it in the rootstock. I can't understand where is the cambium layer contact. thanks sir.
Cambium is the layer between the woody hard part and the dry outer bark.
@@StefanSobkowiak thanx, but I want to know how the cambium layers aligned in specialy this type of grafting. I learned for every successful graft, it is important to cambium layers must contact at least one point. in this method where is the cambium contact of scion and rootstock ?
thanks.
So it's a bud off of a first year branch, but does it matter how old the recipient branch is?
Not sure, I know it works best on first year recipient branch.
As I seem to recall, grafting requires scions and recipient tree to be of the same Genus. Is that correct? (My last botany class was in 1971, things may have since changed.)
Yes same situation. You remember well.
Why did you place the bud graft on the sucker and not the original root stock (trunk)? Thank you.
It was the right size and age. Bud grafts need young wood, older branches are for scion grafts.
What grafting knife are you using? I’m looking for a decent quality brand.
Victorinox, just because it was the one the supplier had. Good knife though.
I order dormant scion . Can I do bud graft late winter with dormant scion ? Thank you
Not bud graft but chip budding or scion grafting as long as they don’t get exposed to hard freeze.
After bud grafting , how can you make a tree from it ? Thanks
My question is one the bud grating is successful how exactly do you move the new tree to another location? Many thanks
Just transplant it in the fall or spring.
Great video, thank you! How long the bud stick can be used after cutting, and how to store / transport it from other location?
Think of it like lettuce always best fresh. Maybe 1 week, store wrapped in a moist paper towel in the fridge. Transport it moist and wrapped through the mail or in a cooler.
Many thanks Stefan, it is great that they can last a couple of days.
It is incredibly difficult to mistakenly take last year's growth, as there are no new buds to find.
Can I get apples, oranges, and lemons to grow from one tree this way? What are the limits?
Good question. The limit is usually within genus but there are exceptions. Apple to apple, orange to orange and lemon to lemon.
@@StefanSobkowiak Thanks for the reply!
(Right now I'm trying to get some land!)
I really enjoy your videos!
The views of the background when your trees are blossoming are breathtaking!
I truly hope you fully appreciate what you've got!!!!
Thanks. We try to get a few videos filmed during that brief period.
what time of year Stefan can i graft apple or pear
Now until end of may for North hemisphere. As long as you have dormant scions kept in a fridge.
Were you able to find a lefty single-bevel grafting knife? Which brand is it?
I think Victorinox has right and left handed ones.
great info (feedback for next videos the audio was very low and i had to put it as high as i could)
Thanks
Thank you! :-)
Where do I get the grafting elastics
I get them from a small supplier in Ontario called C Frensch. Look up grafting supplies for your region.
stefan where do i get the book you mentioned please?
Miracle.farm/shop
Can you please show what happened with this grafts?
Coming up a few updates to the earlier videos
Can chestnuts (castanea sativa) also be grafted like this?
Most nut tree are usually grafted with a similar technique called ‘chip budding’, look it up.
@@StefanSobkowiak Thank you!
I had a apple tree die from moving it and come to fined out it had been grafted to a peach tree from starks nursery. so apple will work for peach
ummm no it won't
I don't know where or whom told you that.. but apple will not graft to any stone fruit tree.. Nor the other way around.
ummm no it won't
all i know is it was suppose to be a honeycrisp ..it had apple leaves on it..called stark after it keeled over for a replacement..told them they sent me a peach instead because i cut it 8 inches from the bottom and it's growing peach...she said i cut below the graft..that's all i know. i know stone fruit ain't suppose to but thats wierd
I appreciate you sir!!! ♡♡♡
What are the ~% rates that your grafts take?
It depends if we’re experimenting or grafting for greatest production. From 0% to 98%.
Bonjour,
Est-ce qu'il est possible de mettre les greffons directement en terre au lieu de faire la greffe de bourgeons sur un plan existant?
Possible mais très peu de réussite voir aucune avec plusieurs espèces. Je serais curieux de connaitre le pourcentage réussi pour les différent fruitiers. J'ai eu moins de 10% de succès avec le pêcher mais le figuier fonctionne très bien.
Alors est-ce qu'il existe un moyen de multiplier rapidement des portes-greffes de pommier mis à part planter des graines? J'ai quelques spécimens qui poussent dans le bois que j'aimerais utiliser pour commencer mes trios.
A close up shot would of been handy.
You need close up of the bud and root stock. 5-6 feet away just won’t cut it (excuse the pun).
You’re right check out the follow up bud grafting one. Done at the table, close view.
turn it up!
Sorry I hadn’t yet learned the importance of volume.
SO much naledge!!!
La version française du document est aussi disponible à l'adresse suivante :
publications.gc.ca/collections/collection_2013/aac-aafc/agrhist/A53-1289-1985-fra.pdf
Merci.
Merci 👍
need to boost up the audio
I wish I could hear you!
William Pellegrino I’m sorry to hear you’re also having issues with the sound. Do you mind me asking which type of device you’re listening to the videos on? I’ve tried multiple devices (iMac, MacBook and iPhone) all of them seem to be loud enough.
I'm listening on my laptop with speakers added on and have to crank up the volume to hear well during the talking part only. Great video.
Fay Cotton yes unfortunately you’re not the only one I will definitely look into resolving this problem for all future videos thanks a bunch for bringing this to my attention and again I apologize for the inconvenience
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is there anyway you could make the sound a bit more high?
Emilios Hadjikyriacou unfortunately for this video I can’t without having to completely re-edit and then re-upload :( still learning and unfortunately the software within TH-cam is unforgiving 👎 I have however fixed the issue for all future videos but again I do apologize for the inconvenience and thank you for the feedback!
It's not a sucker.. it's a water shoot.
Yeahh Butt grafting !!
Thanks Stefan for the excellent intro to bud propagation. Here's another (easier, I think) way to read that book you mentioned: archive.org/details/fruittreepropaga00span