How to Graft Apple Trees with a Grafting Tool in Spring

A step by step guide to grafting apple trees with a grafting tool, the supplies and technique.
The 4 apple cultivars I'm grafting more of this year.
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  • @wojciechstrzalkowski3293
    @wojciechstrzalkowski32933 жыл бұрын

    I like your videos very much! A lot ot informations and inspirations. Thank you Mr Sobkowiak (parents from Poland?) Very funny is that your special "deutschland" paste!🤣🤣 Thanks a lot👍

  • @StefanSobkowiak

    @StefanSobkowiak

    3 жыл бұрын

    Yes origins from Poland. Yes German paste.

  • @talianstallion9386
    @talianstallion93863 жыл бұрын

    Getting really interested in growing apple Trees and want to graft my own. Thanks for teaching so much while still being quite funny. I just have to find a place to get good root stock and scions in Toronto. If anyone has any places they would recommend to order please let me know.

  • @andrewl8524
    @andrewl85243 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for your work, with these videos!

  • 5 жыл бұрын

    Great!! It's that simple, thanks for this video!

  • @kreggdanuser2963
    @kreggdanuser29633 жыл бұрын

    Did this last year and worked great!

  • @GraftingTactick
    @GraftingTactick3 жыл бұрын

    Nice work my friend 👍 Thanks for your support 👍

  • @thisorthat7626
    @thisorthat76263 жыл бұрын

    Thank you for the demo. I will be grafting apple scions next year. :)

  • @mo59602
    @mo596023 жыл бұрын

    Another great video. Very informative and funny

  • @salmasiddiqui7509
    @salmasiddiqui7509 Жыл бұрын

    Awesome video! Informative and highly entertaining. Thanks for sharing your knowledge. Looking forward to grafting some apple trees in Michigan!

  • @marko176schneider5
    @marko176schneider55 жыл бұрын

    Super Video.Danke!

  • @jdvanallen2907
    @jdvanallen2907 Жыл бұрын

    I love the Formidable Vegetable sound system jam you had going there; they are so good to listen to when you want some feel good jams with good lessons! I'm revisiting this video after checking in on my rootstock that I started last year. Once you have a tree that produces seed for rootstock and have a few varieties of trees for collecting scions from you can get new trees for nothing more than the cost of the tape/elastic and your time!

  • @StefanSobkowiak

    @StefanSobkowiak

    Жыл бұрын

    I totally agree!

  • @sahmadi1000
    @sahmadi1000 Жыл бұрын

    Please make some Videos about Fruit tree insect damage and disease identification.

  • @Permisiepl
    @Permisiepl5 жыл бұрын

    Stefan, beam me up! :)

  • @ilikeplantsandvideogames8625
    @ilikeplantsandvideogames86255 жыл бұрын

    Just Freakin' Lovely! JFL!

  • @johngburtonbudzinski7608
    @johngburtonbudzinski7608 Жыл бұрын

    Well done, keep it tight and nature does the rest.

  • @uzyszkodnikaplikacji5757
    @uzyszkodnikaplikacji57577 ай бұрын

    Widzę polskie korzenie 😊 Pozdrawiam, też się zajmuje sczepiniem drzewek dla siebie

  • @Hatarue
    @Hatarue3 жыл бұрын

    awww! I wish I worked for you! XD So much fun!

  • @StefanSobkowiak

    @StefanSobkowiak

    3 жыл бұрын

    Maybe one day!

  • @Hatarue

    @Hatarue

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@StefanSobkowiak I live in New-Brunswick so anytime you need a hand!

  • @marie-joseeprince806
    @marie-joseeprince8065 жыл бұрын

    We got it Scotty ! Who's Scotty ?😂

  • @poundposh2391
    @poundposh23914 жыл бұрын

    Great info. We ar ein the process of putting in permaculture orchard. Our goal is 200 trees this year. We have 56 various hazelnuts in so far. Tired but happy! You are hilarious BTW.

  • @StefanSobkowiak

    @StefanSobkowiak

    4 жыл бұрын

    Fantastic the hardest part is done, you started towards your goal.

  • @raincoast9010
    @raincoast90103 жыл бұрын

    Nice demo, where did you get the grafting tool and what brand is it? Thanks. PS: I like the Star Trek references!

  • @hughorourke9537
    @hughorourke95373 жыл бұрын

    Stephan its beginning of november in ireland is now the right time to take scions for grafting later in spring hugh o rourke

  • @StefanSobkowiak

    @StefanSobkowiak

    3 жыл бұрын

    Hugh if you move back from when bud break happens (first green seen as buds begin to grow) I would back up 2 months from that date. Or if you graft in the 2-3 weeks before bud break you can gather the scions fresh and use the same day. If in doubt ask some nursery in your area.

  • @ilikeplantsandvideogames8625
    @ilikeplantsandvideogames86255 жыл бұрын

    "They're gonna be raptors in the orchard!"

  • @BillyBobBrookTrout
    @BillyBobBrookTrout3 жыл бұрын

    Super video! 2 questions, 1...when did you remove the root stock from the soil, 2... where did you get the tub of Lac Balsam. Thank you.

  • @StefanSobkowiak

    @StefanSobkowiak

    3 жыл бұрын

    When: before the rootstock leafs out. Lac Balsam from an old school supplier with no web site: C Frensch in Ontario

  • @jamesnolan9651
    @jamesnolan96514 жыл бұрын

    Great video! I have wanted to try grafting my own fruit trees. Just for the sake of knowledge. I like to learn things i dont know. How old is your root stock? Do you grow your root stock yourself? While i realize that i may not be able to produce the best root stock. With my limited experience and the knowledge in your videos giving me over confidence i feel like i can do this lol. Thanks for what you do!

  • @StefanSobkowiak

    @StefanSobkowiak

    4 жыл бұрын

    1-2 year old, suckers from the root.

  • @jamesnolan9651

    @jamesnolan9651

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@StefanSobkowiak do you mean root the sucker's with rooting compound or willow water(saw your other video)

  • @StefanSobkowiak

    @StefanSobkowiak

    4 жыл бұрын

    No they just come up near certain Apple cultivars that are not so vigorous. When the rootstock wants to grow more than the cultivar grafted above it, the root tries to bypass the graft by sending out suckers from the root.

  • @iamseely1338
    @iamseely13382 жыл бұрын

    Question: Could you if the two don’t match could you cut a v cut in the bigger one to bring down the size to match then both cambium would match. Curious if that would make a difference. Would not have one sticking out on one side.

  • @StefanSobkowiak

    @StefanSobkowiak

    2 жыл бұрын

    You can but eventually you’ll be too close to the soil level. Better to have a range of scion sizes.

  • @ChannnelTiny
    @ChannnelTiny3 жыл бұрын

    Stefan, excellent video, actually the best i could find on KZread!! Just one note on grammar, the word Cambium is pronounced like CAM in camshaft, not CAME as in came!! But before i put my foot in my mouth, that is the countrywide pronunciation and you may be speaking in a local dialect with a different pronunciation....good luck and keep up the good work!

  • @kenthegwood2574
    @kenthegwood25745 жыл бұрын

    Will low temperatures harm the graft union as it is healing?

  • @StefanSobkowiak

    @StefanSobkowiak

    5 жыл бұрын

    Yes but it depends on what ‘low’ means. Freezing may dry up the scion.

  • @plakor6133
    @plakor61335 жыл бұрын

    How long for the scion to establish and grow leaves?

  • @StefanSobkowiak

    @StefanSobkowiak

    5 жыл бұрын

    a couple of weeks to a month.

  • @ilikeplantsandvideogames8625
    @ilikeplantsandvideogames86255 жыл бұрын

    Is there any research to show how a half cambium graft compares to a full cambium graft? How quickly does it heal over?

  • @StefanSobkowiak

    @StefanSobkowiak

    5 жыл бұрын

    i like plants and video games. That would be such a simple and useful study. Great idea.

  • @Wisconsin_Gardener
    @Wisconsin_Gardener2 ай бұрын

    Do you have a link for that cutting tool that cut the graft points?

  • @StefanSobkowiak

    @StefanSobkowiak

    2 ай бұрын

    Many sellers of the grafting tool.

  • @eddiesanchez9095
    @eddiesanchez90954 жыл бұрын

    Great Video !! Thank You.... May i ask, WHere do you get your Root Stocks? I am located East Side, PA. Thanks...

  • @StefanSobkowiak

    @StefanSobkowiak

    4 жыл бұрын

    We just dig our own from suckers. You can lookup nurseries that sell rootstock.

  • @michaelcahill414

    @michaelcahill414

    4 жыл бұрын

    I just ordered all mine from Cummins nursery in NY. Really good nursery and priced well

  • @marissaawesome2422
    @marissaawesome24223 жыл бұрын

    Does the root stock tree need to be blooming before grafting them together? Or it doesn't matter since it's it has the roots?

  • @StefanSobkowiak

    @StefanSobkowiak

    3 жыл бұрын

    Graft onto a rootstock once it is big enough to receive the scion, ideally when the two match in diameter (for the size) for the time of year it can be done from dormant stage to full leaf stage as long as your scion is dormant (no green showing on it).

  • @lavrynthos
    @lavrynthos3 жыл бұрын

    Hello! Greetings from Vancouver. I was just reading somwhere that the scion should always have the "male" V of the cut and the rootstock the "female" U, that "receives" the V. "Arrow pointing downwards" sort of thing. You seem to be happily doing it the opposite way. Have you tried both ways? In your experience, does it make a difference? Thanks in advance!

  • @StefanSobkowiak

    @StefanSobkowiak

    3 жыл бұрын

    True if you are using a knife as it's harder to make the rootstock pointy. I usually use the grafting tool now.

  • @opreapetru404
    @opreapetru4044 жыл бұрын

    trans-plant =beyond the plant ( verbal carambole )

  • @davidbonney5557
    @davidbonney55572 жыл бұрын

    Can you use any root stalk to graft apples?

  • @StefanSobkowiak

    @StefanSobkowiak

    2 жыл бұрын

    Any apple or crab apple rootstock yes.

  • @vincentbarryvadboncoeur9976
    @vincentbarryvadboncoeur99764 жыл бұрын

    hahaha Lets do some producktion man!

  • @jeremymassimino1176
    @jeremymassimino11762 жыл бұрын

    Hi Stefan, if I’m getting a dormant bareroot rootstock in the mail, should I plant and let the rootstock wake up for a few weeks before I attempt to graft a dormant scion to it?

  • @StefanSobkowiak

    @StefanSobkowiak

    2 жыл бұрын

    It depends on your weather in next two weeks. If no freeze predicted you can plant and graft same day. If freeze predicted then graft after freeze. Or you can bench graft the rootstock if you wax the graft point well and keep the grafted stock in a fridge for a couple of weeks or plant out if no freeze.

  • @jeremymassimino1176

    @jeremymassimino1176

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@StefanSobkowiak thanks!

  • @christiansummers4318
    @christiansummers43184 ай бұрын

    How big of a graft can an apple take? Could I take a branch from one tree and attach it to another? About half inch dia. ?

  • @StefanSobkowiak

    @StefanSobkowiak

    4 ай бұрын

    Yes half inch if it’s not older than one year growth.

  • @unionse7en
    @unionse7en Жыл бұрын

    anyone know what the rootstock is for various kentucky coffee trees? is it other coffee trees?

  • @StefanSobkowiak

    @StefanSobkowiak

    Жыл бұрын

    Likely seedling coffee trees not grafted.

  • @Janderra
    @Janderra3 жыл бұрын

    My Dad's Dunny is hilarious

  • @StefanSobkowiak

    @StefanSobkowiak

    3 жыл бұрын

    Yes Charlie McGee does a great job of making learning about Permaculture FUN.

  • @sergeytyagay6027
    @sergeytyagay60274 ай бұрын

    HI CAN WE DO A BUD GRAFTING IN THE SPING,,,,,,,,,,,,,,????

  • @StefanSobkowiak

    @StefanSobkowiak

    4 ай бұрын

    You can use CHIP budding, bud is for late summer.

  • @tannenbaumgirl3100
    @tannenbaumgirl31002 жыл бұрын

    Could we use Parafin Wax to seal top of Zion?

  • @StefanSobkowiak

    @StefanSobkowiak

    2 жыл бұрын

    Yes

  • @tannenbaumgirl3100

    @tannenbaumgirl3100

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@StefanSobkowiak thank you!

  • @hughorourke1957
    @hughorourke19572 жыл бұрын

    hi Stefan i have just recieved apples from a fruitrer friend i want to deseed them and plant to make rootstock can you please tell me how i go about this iam asking you from ireland it is now 16th may thank you

  • @StefanSobkowiak

    @StefanSobkowiak

    2 жыл бұрын

    Go for it, in May apples stored from Europe will have been picked last fall and spent the winter in a fridge so they’re stratified and ready to germinate. Realize your rootstock will give you a full sized standard tree of whatever you choose to graft on it.

  • @ilikeplantsandvideogames8625
    @ilikeplantsandvideogames86255 жыл бұрын

    What grafting tool do you recommend? Most of the ones on Amazon have poor reviews. I've already tried grafting with a nice knife and had good success with apples.

  • @StefanSobkowiak

    @StefanSobkowiak

    5 жыл бұрын

    i like plants and video games. The ones sold all have crap sécateurs on the Roland are the main reason for poor reviews. I grind off the top smooth. Just use the grafting part they work great.

  • @frysteve57

    @frysteve57

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@StefanSobkowiak will that make it so the grafting part will work ? mine wont make a cut at all.

  • @chaparra71

    @chaparra71

    Жыл бұрын

    @@StefanSobkowiak I’m not quite understanding what you are saying in your reply.

  • @charlesblair6650

    @charlesblair6650

    3 ай бұрын

    @@StefanSobkowiak Enjoy your videos; Thanks. So you are saying that you grind off the pruning shear blades as they are basically useless, correct? But what are you grinding off on the grafting blades? I have sharpened mine with a Dremel tool but the cuts are still not always clean and crisp. Most of the time my cuts dont "snap" through the wood. Sometimes I have to squeeze really hard to finish the cut. Any suggestions?

  • @bw7057
    @bw7057 Жыл бұрын

    Do you have much luck with that grafting took?

  • @StefanSobkowiak

    @StefanSobkowiak

    Жыл бұрын

    Yes

  • @bw7057

    @bw7057

    Жыл бұрын

    ⁠Thank-you @@StefanSobkowiak The reason I ask is I just bought one. A video came out a couple days back and the fellow said it was no good. He gave reasons that sounded plausible. Then I remembered you used one. Thanks again! I will try it out 👍🏻

  • @MattyDemello
    @MattyDemello Жыл бұрын

    I bought an apple tree that has 4 different apples. Fuji, Gala, Honeycrisp, and Macintosh. The Macintosh already looks like it has a few fungi and diseases. Should I just cut the Macintosh off before it infects the other grafts and trees in my yard?? I'm thinking about cutting the Macintosh branch off and graft a different one on that one instead. Good idea or no?

  • @StefanSobkowiak

    @StefanSobkowiak

    Жыл бұрын

    You can but wait until mid August to bud graft onto the macintosh and remove the branch in winter above the new graft.

  • @MattyDemello

    @MattyDemello

    Жыл бұрын

    @StefanSobkowiak ohh got it. Makes more sense. All my other trees were doing amazing and suddenly I bring in the Macintosh branch tree and now every fruit tree has a fungis now 😔

  • @MattyDemello
    @MattyDemello Жыл бұрын

    I have a santa rosa plum tree and a Methley plum tree. I also have a 4 apple tree combo with a Macintosh branch and it has leaf spots and now I'm starting to see leaf spots on my plum trees. Looks like when I added the apple tree it introduced fungi to the other trees and nothing is working. No neem oil or fungi spray is helping. Not sure what to do.

  • @StefanSobkowiak

    @StefanSobkowiak

    Жыл бұрын

    No it’s different species of fungus. But they both start because of the same conditions, drops of water on a leaf.

  • @MattyDemello

    @MattyDemello

    Жыл бұрын

    @StefanSobkowiak do you think my water might have fungi in it? And sometimes water hits the leaves. Not often, but it does get hit with my water

  • @Gazzaloddi-ml9ej

    @Gazzaloddi-ml9ej

    6 ай бұрын

    Foliar feed with a microbe inoculated fertiliser that has seaweed and humates in it. Give it potassium to help with necrosis of the leaf. Remove any dead branches. Remove all prunings and sterilise pruners. Ensure tree is well mulched in summer. Foliar feed underside of leaves too as this is where stomata are.

  • @MattyDemello

    @MattyDemello

    6 ай бұрын

    @@Gazzaloddi-ml9ej is there a brand or bottle name you'd suggest? Thanks for the tips. I appreciate it

  • @Gazzaloddi-ml9ej

    @Gazzaloddi-ml9ej

    6 ай бұрын

    @@MattyDemello USA is not my country of origin but Down to Earth fertiliser seems closest to what I use after some digging around on overseas sites. Mix their soluble root zone product (mycorrhizal fungi) with a liquid fish kelp product of theirs and apply to leaves and allow runoff into soil.

  • @michelvaillant7208
    @michelvaillant72085 жыл бұрын

    Merci pour cette vidéo très intéressante ! Merci aussi de « donner votre sang » pour ceux qui vous suivent sur votre chaîne KZread 👍🤕😊

  • @StefanSobkowiak

    @StefanSobkowiak

    5 жыл бұрын

    Merci Michel, tu comprends que ça n’est pas sans effort.

  • @sourabhverma1991
    @sourabhverma19914 жыл бұрын

    Sir how can I get those scions here to India. I want to grow these variety in Himalaya region

  • @StefanSobkowiak

    @StefanSobkowiak

    4 жыл бұрын

    Ask your agricultural ministry for import regulations. Then you can just ask a supplier of scions to ship them.

  • @sourabhverma1991

    @sourabhverma1991

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@StefanSobkowiak sir do you know any supplier

  • @Mary-vf4yr
    @Mary-vf4yr3 жыл бұрын

    Sr .Wich month should be graft

  • @StefanSobkowiak

    @StefanSobkowiak

    3 жыл бұрын

    Spring and late summer are best. Graft and bud graft.

  • @StefanSobkowiak

    @StefanSobkowiak

    3 жыл бұрын

    Spring and late summer are best. Graft and bud graft.

  • @Mary-vf4yr

    @Mary-vf4yr

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@StefanSobkowiak Thank you sr.

  • @crgaillee
    @crgaillee4 жыл бұрын

    That huge amount of grafting film, would that not strangle the tree as it grows?

  • @StefanSobkowiak

    @StefanSobkowiak

    4 жыл бұрын

    If it hold tight just cut it in the spring.

  • @crgaillee

    @crgaillee

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@StefanSobkowiak Thank you, that was my next question. when to take it off.

  • @ajones8699
    @ajones86994 жыл бұрын

    Labels you forgot the labels..

  • @opreapetru404
    @opreapetru4044 жыл бұрын

    grafting = transplant

  • @steevebaillard9109
    @steevebaillard91095 жыл бұрын

    En français please !!!

  • @StefanSobkowiak

    @StefanSobkowiak

    5 жыл бұрын

    Ca s’en vient il y’en a deux dans la pipeline.

  • @erdalsalih50
    @erdalsalih502 жыл бұрын

    result?

  • @StefanSobkowiak

    @StefanSobkowiak

    2 жыл бұрын

    The interns did the grafts, I just showed them how. In the end they got about 50% take which is great for first time.

  • @Okorokanze2000
    @Okorokanze20005 жыл бұрын

    Lmao funny guy

  • @toddbarnert3515
    @toddbarnert3515 Жыл бұрын

    Just get cutting off of trees that you would like and put them in the ground and they will grow roots. Don’t worry about doing the other part you don’t have to graft everything onto another. Your tree will last twice as long if you don’t buy grafted trees, your tree will be able to create its own route system, and then the routes will pop up every so often and created exact duplicate of that tree this grafting thing that everybody’s doing is going way to far I thought the primary reason why you buy trees is to grow trees that are going to produce food. You’re only going to get a few apples off of a tree that’s been grafted yes but if you let the tree produce its natural roots and you can get an orchard and don’t be afraid to grow fruit from seeds, one seed will produce a tree that’s about as size of a sign wood with roots on it about 3 feet tall just don’t grow it in a tiny pot put the seed in a 5 gallon pot so it has plenty of room to expand right away and bury the whole plastic pot about halfway in the dirt and then cover everything around it was wood shavings I grew 25,000 trees this year, all different ways, but primarily from cuttings and from seeds

  • @StefanSobkowiak

    @StefanSobkowiak

    Жыл бұрын

    Wow what trees did you get good success from cuttings and what exactly did you do and when.

  • @chaparra71

    @chaparra71

    Жыл бұрын

    I’d like to know as well?

  • @theonetruepatriot6101

    @theonetruepatriot6101

    5 ай бұрын

    Me too. I'm excited to see the instructional videos.

  • @neclark08

    @neclark08

    5 ай бұрын

    ...the thinking behind your post is quite flawed... There are several benefits to being able to choose the best stem/root stock for your particular soil conditions, to better-resist endemic nematodes/soil diseases -- and to predetermined the size of tree (Full-Size, Semi-Dwarf, Dwarf) for space & anesthetic reasons. Grafting allows me in SoCal to get / produce semi-dwarf trees with root/stem stocks which survive our high-clay soil, while having 2-, 3- or mrore DIFFERENT Low-Chill fruiting branches producing 2-1/2 'Seasons' of all the apples we can eat from just 3 trees.