There are a few items that you may be wondering about. (Thanks to Georgios Vidalakis for pointing these out.) 1.On the lapithiotiki graft I'm not quite sure why the scion with the shorter cut did better than the one with the longer cut. Maybe its smaller diameter gave it better cambium contact. 2. Even if you do everything right, if the scion and rootstock/branch are incompatible, the scion graft may fail or the bud union will be weak and the branch will not grow as well and it may eventually decline or die. That might be the reason that the Ponderosa Lemon Graft failed. There's a great book on rootstocks with information about incompatibility here: citrusvariety.ucr.edu/sites/default/files/2022-08/citrus-rootstocks-their-characters-and-reactions-bitters.pdf 3. Fruit size, flavor, quality, texture, etc. may differ depending upon rootstock and interstem and this will be discussed in a future video.

@rodneynormanhersom3583

9 күн бұрын

have you tried bud grafting with only the bud grafted only under the bark thru a slit in the hosts branch there are many buds on a doner grafting branch and you can get grafting reson or make your own with host sap or similar i have seen Vaseline used but it does nothing to help add moisture you could try honey as it is a good rooting compound so it should help with cuttings

when life gives you lemons, graft mandarins. but then come back 4 years later and graft lemons.

@mohmedelsayd6071

22 күн бұрын

😂

Finally a very honest demonstration and tutorial about grafting. You have captured both failures and success of your graft. I get very discouraged and disappointed when my grafts fail.from your tutorial I see that others have the same problems as I’m having and success rates are not always 100%. Keep up the good work and thank you for sharing your experience and techniques. It means alot.

@Fruitmentor

Ай бұрын

Thank you so much for the comment! I really appreciate it. I thought it would be useful to show everything including the failures. I was a little worried that showing the same graft over and over would be too boring for KZread and then no one would watch it, so I worked really hard and did my best to make it interesting. I’m working on some other videos where I’ll show failures. When I made my first batch of grafting videos I had some failures then too, but I was focused on getting the word out about the disease problem and showing techniques that I thought viewers would find t be helpful. I mentioned the fact that I have failures in my ebook, but only a small fraction of viewers have downloaded it.

Welcome Back! You were missed. Oh, and... Thank You!

@Fruitmentor

Ай бұрын

Thank you!

@Shaun.Stephens

Ай бұрын

@@Fruitmentor I second that! I was wondering if this channel was dead. It's been so useful to me in the past as I'm sure it's useful to others.

Thanks to your videos i was able to make My first successful grafts 7 years ago and since then i can't seem to stop grafting citrus trees olive trees and fig trees..😁 seeing you uploaded a video put a smile on my face

@Fruitmentor

Ай бұрын

Thank you! I'm glad that the videos have been helpful!

@TheRainHarvester

Ай бұрын

Where do you grow these plants? I'm in central Texas...no luck air layering here so far.

@agweder

Ай бұрын

@@TheRainHarvester north Africa.. Mediterranean

ok, ok... I like this. obviously good content because he's not trying to game the algo, keep hitting "not interested" in the suggestions, you'll eventually start getting good content like this showing up

@Fruitmentor

Ай бұрын

Thank you! I'm glad that you enjoyed the video. I get so annoyed with KZreadrs gaming the algorithm. There are even channels dedicated to fake propagation techniques that don't even work. I've shot one video that I need to edit where I challenge one of those videos and I think I talked about hitting the "not interested" button. But so that my videos actually get watched I may experiment with "legit bait" as described in this video: kzread.info/dash/bejne/hWasqryJeJi5nso.html

Best video on this topic, it's not even a video at this point, its pure research ❤❤❤ This video helped me understand grafts better, thank you so much for sharing it, brother 🙏♥️

@Fruitmentor

26 күн бұрын

Thank you! I appreciate the feedback!

Clear and to the point, thank you so much for sharing your experience

Thanks for the video. Glad you are back.

@Fruitmentor

Ай бұрын

Thank you!

Welcome back! Wonderful video, thank you!

@Fruitmentor

Ай бұрын

Thank you!

Thank you very much for the recordings, sharing the experience and results!

@Fruitmentor

Ай бұрын

Thank you! I'm glad that you enjoyed it!

Thank you for sharing this!💕

@Fruitmentor

Ай бұрын

You are so welcome!

Thank you for detailed grafting tips.

@Fruitmentor

21 күн бұрын

You're welcome!

Enjoyed every minute of this. Thanks

@Fruitmentor

Ай бұрын

I'm glad you enjoyed it!

Thank you so much for this detailed and clear explanation ! 👍

@Fruitmentor

20 күн бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

Best videos on grafting on the internet. Thank you for the content

@Fruitmentor

Ай бұрын

Thank you!

t-bud grafted a page mandarin variety from the CCPP on a previously purchased gold nugget tree this past month. Checked today, one of the grafts had taken! I learned about t-bud grafting from this channel. Thanks fruit mentor!

@Fruitmentor

21 күн бұрын

You're welcome! I'm glad that my videos helped!

You're Fantastic at instructional videos & imparting priceless knowledge learnt over the tears😊

@Fruitmentor

Ай бұрын

Thank you!

Fantastic instruction! Thank you!

@Fruitmentor

Ай бұрын

You're very welcome!

This was an absolutely great video. The diagrams you used and the different video angles gave me new a new understanding and answered many questions. Great, great job. And welcome back, I've missed your videos.

@Fruitmentor

Ай бұрын

Thank you! I'm glad that it was helpful!!

Wow,,,after 2 years new opload! Tanx

@Fruitmentor

Ай бұрын

You're welcome!

Thank you for the excellent and clear guide

@Fruitmentor

6 күн бұрын

You’re welcome!

I love the editing in this!

@Fruitmentor

20 күн бұрын

Thank you!

Nice presentation! Thanks

@Fruitmentor

Ай бұрын

You’re welcome!

Thank you for your ebook

@Fruitmentor

Ай бұрын

You're welcome!

Another great citrus grafting video! Thanks, Dan! I’ve learned a lot from your channel and managed to successfully graft citrus here in the UK! 🙌

@Fruitmentor

Ай бұрын

Thank you! I’m glad that it has been helpful!

Very knowledgeable, great explanations. I love how you document everything including your mistakes and what you learned. Fantastic content, cheers!

@Fruitmentor

21 күн бұрын

Thank you! I appreciate the feedback!

beautiful video presentation, very informative

@Fruitmentor

Ай бұрын

Thank you! I'm glad that you enjoyed it!

Thank you for educating & information..❤😂🎉

@Fruitmentor

Ай бұрын

You're welcome!

NIce job -birds can sit on new graft as well .

@Fruitmentor

Ай бұрын

Thank you!

Love your video especially failure causes

@Fruitmentor

Ай бұрын

Thank you! I'm glad to hear that you enjoyed the failure cases!

❤Thank you very much for sharing this vedio. I have learned a lot from you..

@Fruitmentor

Ай бұрын

You're welcome!

Looks good! 💯 takes

Thank you so much for spreading your knowledge! The world will benefit from these types of videos in the future more than anyone knows. I hope to someday practice everything I've learned from watching your videos, and other people's videos about grafting, plants, etc. We must keep planting and grafting! So glad to see you back by the way, been waiting on a new video, and you did amazing in this one :D

@Fruitmentor

Ай бұрын

Thank you! I'm glad that you enjoyed the video!

*"oh no too much cha cha cha"* so i thought enjoyed the video while eating dinner every time you mentioned "scion" was thinking that square car

@Fruitmentor

Ай бұрын

😀 I'm glad that you enjoyed the video!

Wow amazing content and editing!

@Fruitmentor

26 күн бұрын

Thank you so much!

excellent explanation and editing, well done

@Fruitmentor

26 күн бұрын

Thank you!

Amazing video the best i have seen ,.Sir thank you. Blessings

@Fruitmentor

Ай бұрын

Thank you! I'm glad that you enjoyed the video!

Cool tips!

@Fruitmentor

Ай бұрын

Thank you!

Welcome back

@Fruitmentor

26 күн бұрын

Thank you!

Great video

@Fruitmentor

Ай бұрын

I'm glad you enjoyed it!

Welcome Back!

@Fruitmentor

Ай бұрын

Thank you!

Hi everyone is grafting taking cuttings for example from a pear tree and placing them in a Apple tree so you change the tree to a pear tree. I was looking for a video for having more success with growing cuttings for a chilli 🌶 plant and stumbled on this video seems interesting thankyou.

@Fruitmentor

4 күн бұрын

That is one application for grafting as shown in this video. It is more typical to graft fruits that are more similar to each other. Sometimes there are compatibility issues (maybe one reason for graft failure in this video) when more distantly related fruits are grafted. Fruit trees are usually propagated by grafting a desired fruit variety to a rootstock: kzread.info/dash/bejne/Zaqsss2SotSrg9o.html

I have grafted 3 lime scions in 40+ C and 2 of them did survive, I simply placed a poly bag on top of scions to prevent them from drying :) maybe I got lucky (btw I leaned all the grafting techniques from you, so thanks a lot :)

@Fruitmentor

Ай бұрын

It is great to hear that! Thank you for sharing!

You're amazing. Thanks a ton for the work you do, particularly on the animations helping to identify the cambium layer. Any tips on grafting the "flat" style scions like from Prague Chimera, or grafting water sprouts (if that even works)?

@Fruitmentor

26 күн бұрын

Thank you! For a flat type scion on a tree with big diameter branches like in this video, I would probably cut the scion somewhat parallel to the flat part and graft to a flat part of the branch. If there is a bud sticking out on the scion and the target branch is smaller, I might try chip budding.

Great video. This further enforces my thinking that we can be a bit creative with grafting in terms of improving cambium compact. One of them, which I've been doing for a while even though I haven't seen any turorial do it until now, is adding a little cut at the back end of the scion to further add points of contact . THanks for this video!

@Fruitmentor

Ай бұрын

That's a great point! I was thinking as I was making the video that there might be some other interesting ways to cut the back of the scion to increase cambium contact. I have seen peach grafters do it slightly differently. I think that might be interesting to highlight in a future video. Have your experiments on this turned out well?

@ericrosales9722

Ай бұрын

@@Fruitmentor I haven't really compared having this back cut vs no back cut because I usually do this back cut when possible(the exception being an overly small scion), so I can't really say how much more effective it is vs no back cut really. So far tho, I can barely remember a failed bark graft. One other key concept you focused on that I think helped me tremendously is cambium contact--more specifically, the fact that scion and rootstock really dont need to "match" one or both sides perfectly. I think once I framed my mind to make "cambium intersections" instead, that's when my successes improved. I give it credit for making occassional "innovative" grafts that look almost impossible to take work out in the end.

@Fruitmentor

Ай бұрын

Thank you for sharing that! I'm glad that what I said about cambium contact has been helpful. And it is great to hear that your bark grafts work so well!

@ericrosales9722

Ай бұрын

@@Fruitmentor much as I like bark grafts, I luv whip n tongue grafts even more coz it's my go-to graft especially when the rootstocks still dormant.....so if you created a video of that, I'm sure it'll help even more people out there. Thanks again!

Great video, thanks a lot Dan. When you grafted that Ponderosa lemon I wondered about compatibility between it and the mandarin you'd previously grafted to that tree as you left an interstock section. Best wishes.

@Fruitmentor

Ай бұрын

Thank you, Shaun! I'm glad that you enjoyed the video. You have a very good point about graft compatibility. Since it stayed green for a long time without growing maybe it just wasn't compatible.

Epic video. I have an extra meyer lemon that I plan on multigrafting. Hoping to have success as good as yours!

@Fruitmentor

Ай бұрын

Good luck! The quality of the fruit you end up with depends largely upon the rootstock, so beware of grafting sweet fruits like oranges unless you know what the rootstock is. Lemon rootstock is usually vigorous and can result in poor quality oranges depending upon the rootstock.

@GrowsGoneWild

Ай бұрын

@@Fruitmentor interesting. Thanks for the heads up. Is there any site or chart that goes over compatibility of rootstock and variety?

@Fruitmentor

Ай бұрын

Here's a really good book about rootstocks that you might enjoy: citrusvariety.ucr.edu/sites/default/files/2022-08/citrus-rootstocks-their-characters-and-reactions-bitters.pdf

@GrowsGoneWild

Ай бұрын

@@Fruitmentor amazing. Thanks so much!

2:21 Charles Malki of Ivy Organics probably punching the air right about now 😂

@Fruitmentor

26 күн бұрын

I doubt that he watches my channel.

That is the method I use in hundreds of trees.

О! Канал снова ожил! Надеюсь на много интересных видео.

@Fruitmentor

Ай бұрын

Спасибо! Будут еще видео!

Much better than parafilm, Doc Farewell Seal and Heal, the blue green one. Its the best for grafting, I stopped using parafilm all together. Now I use the vinyl tape, and blue doc farewells

@Fruitmentor

3 күн бұрын

How do you use it? Are you grafting citrus with it, but without parafilm? Do you paint it on the scions?

Awesome video! Does it matter how long the scion is or from where it was obtained? Like the tip vs closer to the trunk?

@Fruitmentor

7 күн бұрын

Thank you! The length of the scion does matter. It should not be too long. If it is too long it is more likely to dry out. I usually cut off all but a few buds. I highly recommend a clean budwood program like the CCPP for any place where there is a risk of disease: fruitmentor.com/citrus-budwood-programs But for those who can still safely graft without severe disease risk, my understanding is that it is best to take the cutting from the flush of growth before the latest flush of growth.

Awesome video! I'm about to graft onto a lemon tree because it seems the root stock overtook the original graft. It's very well established and gives bitter lemons, so I've got a big tree to work with. Do you know if I will shock the tree too much if I cut too much back? I also have two white guava trees with tasteless fruit. Do you know what I might be able to graft on to those?

@Fruitmentor

Ай бұрын

Thank you! I would not worry about cutting the tree back too much. You can see that I cut mine back pretty severely in this video. If the tree is healthy, it will spring back quickly. And when a graft succeeds on a big tree, it will grow fast as long as the suckers are removed. I’m not sure about the guava trees. If you have a local fruit growers club where you live you might be able to meet someone who could tell you what variety to graft to your guava tree.

Can grafting be done in central Texas. I tried air layering my peach with no luck for 3 years.

@Fruitmentor

Ай бұрын

Yes. Grafting would work fine in central Texas. Air layering isn't a normal way to propagate peach trees. If you'd like to propagate your peach tree, the best way would be to graft it. I understand that apricot makes a good rootstock for peach. If you can get your hands on apricot pits you might try growing them and then grafting peach to them. Otherwise you might try growing a peach bit and then grafting to the resulting plant.

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Does this method work with other type of fruit trees such as mango...?

@Fruitmentor

26 күн бұрын

Bark grafting like this works with many type of trees. I have not tried it in mango, but I think it would probably work.

if im stuck in the middle of desert i would wrap myself with paper bag. you obviously prefer aluminum foil. it will reflect you say but it also a very good conductor. inside you will get very very hot temperature enough to cook

@Fruitmentor

Ай бұрын

Yes. That can make it seem a bit counterintuitive. If the foil is touching a heat source it will conduct the heat. Since the foil is not touching the heat source in this case, thermal radiation from the sun is of more concern. Aluminum foil acts as a radiant barrier, reflecting the thermal radiation from the sun. Because of that, aluminum has long been used to insulate homes and NASA used it in the Apollo program to protect the astronauts and spacecraft from thermal radiation from the sun: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radiant_barrier

Can you use any tree bark to do this or does it have to be another fruit tree)

@Fruitmentor

25 күн бұрын

I’m not sure exactly what you’re asking, but I’ll give it a try anyway. For a graft to succeed, the varieties being grafted must be closely related. For example, if you grafted a scion from a fruit tree to a distantly related species of tree (for example citrus to oak), then it would not work. But trees that are not fruit trees can be grafted. For example, I have heard that one type of oak tree can grafted to another, but it is difficult to get it to succeed.

I live in coastal Algeria, i think it's Zone 9 like in southern California, do you think i can graft citrus in May/ start of June or is too hot?

@Fruitmentor

Ай бұрын

I just looked at the yearly temperatures for Algiers. If your temperatures are like that I think you could graft successfully in May/June. My high temperatures were higher than 40C/100F when I did the grafting in this video and it looks like it would typically be cooler in Algiers in May and June. But be sure to take the precautions like I showed in the video. Good luck!

@the_avempace

Ай бұрын

@@Fruitmentor thanks for replying, I'll follow your videos and do my best to ensure graft success

@Fruitmentor

Ай бұрын

You're welcome! I do my best to respond to comments after I upload a video. Good luck with your grafting!

Generally, how many months does the union need to be secured? I recently started using cut up rubber strips that are breakung down after just a month so wondering if i need to double up or change material.

@Fruitmentor

Ай бұрын

I think a month is not long enough for a scion graft to be secured. A bird or other animal or even the wind could dislodge the scion. When I used the rubber bands I would wrap parafilm over them and that would make them last long enough.

@ericrosales9722

Ай бұрын

@@Fruitmentor i usually wrap with parafilm, then rubber, then parafilm again but recently tried using a thin rubber sheet i cut into strips. Apparently less durable than rubber bands as another graft i made with normal rubber is still fully instact up to now. Would you wrap another layer if it's beginning to disintegrate this early or would you be risking moving the joined portions and thus better off leaving it alone?

@Fruitmentor

Ай бұрын

I’d think you might be able to wrap some more parafilm without dislodging the grafts.

@ericrosales9722

Ай бұрын

@@Fruitmentor I wrapped em once more with another rubber strip a few days ago and so far, they're holding up but I will wrap parafilm over that I think just to make sure I get atleast another month of support. At the minimum, how many months do you think the union needs to be wrapped securely?

@Fruitmentor

18 күн бұрын

I think it depends upon the graft and how well it is healing. So maybe you can judge it by how much the graft has grown. If it is slow to take and grow maybe it will need more time. Also there may be other factors such as wind. I have seen farmers tie stakes to add extra support to bark grafts of stone fruit, but I've never done that with citrus grafts and I can't remember one breaking off.

You can use beewax for seal

@TheRainHarvester

Ай бұрын

Hot melt?!

@themaxdog

Ай бұрын

@@TheRainHarvester yes, You can wait when it start gel and apply

Which month you do that

@Fruitmentor

26 күн бұрын

It depends on where you live. I wrote an article on timing that you may find helpful: fruitmentor.com/grafting-citrus-trees-best-time

I was taught that aluminum is a conductor of heat. Would a paper bag be any better over some sticks that are attached to the tree with vinyl tape?

@Fruitmentor

Ай бұрын

Thank you for your comment! One other viewer made the same comment, so I'm thinking it might be worthwhile to revisit this in my next video. I'm thinking maybe I could do a little science experiment to compare the two. The aluminum foil is a little counterintuitive since it conducts heat and is used for cooking. But the science seems solid to me. In this case the foil is not touching the heat source, so thermal radiation from the sun is of more concern. Aluminum foil acts as a radiant barrier, reflecting the thermal radiation from the sun. Because of that, aluminum has long been used to insulate homes and NASA used it in the Apollo program to protect the astronauts and spacecraft from thermal radiation from the sun: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radiant_barrier

@vegadeth

Ай бұрын

@@Fruitmentor I looked into this after I first commented. It turns out that you’re correct. Aluminum foil doesn’t conduct heat well. I might try making that shade with some chopsticks and foil to see how it works

Try self amalgamating tape, its super tough to hold the scion and then Parafilm

@Fruitmentor

Ай бұрын

Thanks for the suggestion! It sounds interesting. So it sounds like you're saying it works well as a substitute for the vinyl tape, but use the parafilm to wrap the scion.

What is the yellow sealant?

@Fruitmentor

Ай бұрын

The product is called Doc Farwell's Grafting seal.

@BruceGoren

Ай бұрын

As Dan mentioned, the yellow Doc Farwell's ks no longer sold in anything other than very large containers, like a gallon. There is a green version of the product which you can purchase in quantities as small as one quart. Still more than a lifetime supply for hobbyist grafters but netter than going without.

What happened to the Ebook? All links to it are now dead... thanks!

@Fruitmentor

Ай бұрын

If you try again it should work: fruitmentor.com/GraftingTips

@m2svirtual384

Ай бұрын

@@Fruitmentor Ok, didn't work again so I tried disabling my ad-blocker (AdBlockjer Ultimate). It then worked. That's rarely a problem, but the initial landing page loads a second page or frame with the link in it, and that triggers the blocker thinking it is an ad. Anyways... I have kidney disease and produce uric acid stones. Lemon juice is life for me as it raises my Ph so I can eliminate uric acid more efficiently. I was interested in raising some of my own dwarf lemon trees, but now I find out I'm right in the middle of the hottest quarantine zone in Southern California. Very typical of my luck... thank you for all your videos though! I had no idea how citrus trees were raised and I feel extremely educated now! This is the stuff I believe KZread was designed for!

Have a look at these two recent videos from an Australian citrus researcher for some additional tips and comments: kzread.info/dash/bejne/poKA09WsetTIhJc.htmlsi=k_T-jd6zsh6hxp5P and kzread.info/dash/bejne/emp8saVvf7SzqaQ.htmlsi=QUj_4Kv95XQRw6ip - Dan does a great job distilling concepts from a lot of sources, but it doesn't hurt to look through the other resources available.

@Fruitmentor

Ай бұрын

Thank you for sharing those! It looks like those are from the DVD that Graeme had shared with me. I’m glad to see them on KZread for all to enjoy!

at long last Dan

When is the time to take scion wood,

@Fruitmentor

Ай бұрын

I highly recommend that you use a clean budwood program instead of collecting your own budwood if you live somewhere with citrus disease issues (like California, Texas, Florida): fruitmentor.com/citrus-budwood-programs But if you live somewhere where disease is not a problem, any time of year should be OK since citrus is evergreen.

How about apples and oranges ?

@Fruitmentor

Ай бұрын

By the question, I’m assuming you’re asking if they could be grafted together successfully. They would not be graft compatible. For a graft to succeed, the two varieties must be somewhat closely related. Pear is much closer to all apple. It is possible to graft some varieties of apple and pear together.

Commercial fruits are not sustainable in the USA. Thank you. Interesting plants and plant care. Too much for this retired farmer.

@Fruitmentor

Ай бұрын

Thank you!

😮😮😮😮😮😮😮😮😮😮😮

Anyone in the comments let me know where you can still get lead based paint. Seriously

@Fruitmentor

21 күн бұрын

When I did the research on that for this video I was quite surprised to learn that many countries haven't yet banned lead paint and that it is still available. Most of them are in Africa: www.who.int/data/gho/data/themes/topics/indicator-groups/legally-binding-controls-on-lead-paint As far as the audience of this video goes, people in India would probably be the most at risk. The ban on lead paint there is relatively new and I would not be surprised if people in the audience still had lead paint around: indianexpress.com/article/lifestyle/health/over-31-percent-paints-have-alarming-levels-of-lead-study/

Best way use waterproof favicol...........

@Fruitmentor

Ай бұрын

Favicol isn't available where I live, but after googling it I'm assuming that you would use it for the grafting seal.

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Fine job Dan - really happy to see you return to KZread. You've come such a long way since we first met on Google Plus many years ago. Very impressive, professional production quality and great info!

@Fruitmentor

Ай бұрын

Thank you, Bruce! I really appreciate the feedback that you gave me on some of the earlier videos! It helped me to make them much better than they would have been. I probably ought to make new videos on some of those previous topics now that I'm a little better.