Grafting Orange Trees - How to Graft a Tree by T-budding

In this video on grafting orange trees, learn how to graft a tree by T-budding, a method of grafting trees that is very easy and that gives a good success rate.
T-budding is a common method for grafting fruit trees. It is useful not only for orange grafting, but also for grafting lemon trees and for grafting citrus trees of other varieties. This video shows T-budding used for grafting a new tree. It should be noted that the T-bud is also sometimes used as a grafting technique to change the variety of existing trees and also to make multi-grafted fruit trees.
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CCPP budwood ordering video:
• Ordering Citrus Budwoo...
For TH-cam videos on other orange grafting techniques, please see:
• Grafting Citrus Trees ... (grafting citrus trees under a microscope)
• Growing Citrus from Cu... (rooting and grafting citrus trees in one step)
• Grafting Citrus Trees ... (patch budding)
• Grafting Citrus Trees ... (cleft grafting)
• Grafting Citrus Trees ... (chip budding)
• Grafting Citrus Trees ... (chip budding in a California nursery)
• Grafting Citrus (bark grafting)
fruitmentor.com/citrus-graftin... (Grafting Tools and Supplies)
fruitmentor.com/GraftingOrange... (step-by-step grafting guide)
Step-by-step tutorials on other methods useful for orange tree grafting:
fruitmentor.com/patch-budding (patch budding)
fruitmentor.com/grafting-citru... (cleft grafting)
fruitmentor.com/bud-grafting-c... (chip budding)
In California, the collection of any citrus propagative materials, including budwood and seeds, from non-registered sources is illegal. Any citrus trees grown or grafted in California must come from source trees registered with either:
(1) The Citrus Nursery Stock Pest Cleanliness Program, administered by the California Department of Food and Agriculture, or
(2) The Citrus Clonal Protection Program, located at the University of California at Riverside.
CDFA program: www.cdfa.ca.gov/plant/pe/nsc/...
CCPP: ccpp.ucr.edu/

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For most of my videos I also have a web article that has the same information and even more detail. Please take a look at the web article for answers:
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Now that I have a few years of grafting under my belt I have to say that I find the inverted T bud graft to have a lower success rate with citrus compared with the normal T bud graft. When trying to understand why this might be the case I remembered that apple and peach T bud grafters often cut a notch in the bark above the T to interrupt the downward flow of auxins so that the bud will sprout more quickly. This made me wonder if, by cutting the bark (and maybe cambium?) below an inverted T I was impeding the flow of... something? Or if the horizontal cut of an upright T similarly reduced auxin flow and somehow promoted callus growth? All I know is that last year I switched to inverted T and had a much higher failure rate. Food for thought... I'd love to read some science comparing the two methods.

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I must admit that my sample size is quite small but the difference in success rates was large. However there could be other reasons why the year I switched to using inverted T I had a lot of failures.

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It is possible to have two species on one plant. I do that sometimes, but actually by doing the opposite. To achieve that I will place the new variety higher up on the tree and keep the old variety that is below the graft. Cutting off the branch causes the graft to grow. Otherwise it can be difficult to overcome apical dominance.

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Thanks for your videos! I just rewatched a couple of them and refreshed my memory about grafting from the CCPP program. I have a question about rootstock since I'm very new to grafting. What rootstock would be best for desert soil with possibly high salinity zone 9a/b?

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Here’s a short paper about rootstocks that you may find helpful:
ucanr.edu/sites/ucceventura/files/57694.pdf
If you’d be interested in reading a book about rootstocks, here is an interesting one:
citrusvariety.ucr.edu/sites/default/files/2022-08/citrus-rootstocks-their-characters-and-reactions-bitters.pdf

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Great footage and very clear. I had no idea about diseases. I'm interested in grafting an old Cara Cara tree (from my grandmother's garden) onto an even older orange tree in my backyard. Both in southern CA. Do I need to be concerned if both trees are old and domestically grown without any insecticides? Thanks in advance!

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That wouldn’t be a good idea. HLB is spreading in Southern California and because of the Asian citrus psyllids, you have to make the assumption that any tree out in the open might be infected. If you were to do that you might spread HLB into your yard and then it would spread further from there. It is easy to avoid that by ordering certified disease-free budwood from the CCPP.