I have been searching RUclips for almost two years to find a good grafting video. I found a few that were pretty good. This was by far the best. Thank you! You went quickly through the part about how you build sugar in the scion. Can you elaborate on that? What exactly did you do there? What happens to the success rate when you remove that step?
From everything I have read the success rate drops to ZERO when that step is removed. This step was accidentally discovered in the early 1900s at the Hawaii Macadamia Experiment Station and then overlooked and unrepeated for close to 40 years not realizing what had happened to cause a successful graft to finally occur. Prior to this discovery it was assumed that macadamias were "un-graftable".
I dug up some seedlings that were growing under some macadamia trees at my friends houses, two differrent locations in San Diego county. The seedlings were probably 2 or three years old. This was about 10 years ago. They are just now beginning to put out some nuts. Each tree is different, with different leaves where some are smooth and some with hooks on the edges, some have dark green leaves where new leaves are bronze and others have pale green leaves where new leaves are light green, some have pink flowers and some have white flowers. So these are a real mix compared to the trees they came from. The nuts are also all unique, in size , flavor, color of the kernals and texture of the shells, and one has a high percentage of split shells which causes the kernal to spoil easily. But they all are making nuts which are delicious. Of the seedlings I dug up only the small seedlings survived, anything over 10" tall did not survive. So if you have a chance to plant a grafted tree, I recommend it. You will be years ahead and guaranteed a high quality nut. But for fun and for landscaping go ahead and plant some fresh seeds. And if the tree really has horrible nuts then chop it down and graft onto the stump.
I have been searching RUclips for almost two years to find a good grafting video. I found a few that were pretty good. This was by far the best. Thank you!
You went quickly through the part about how you build sugar in the scion.
Can you elaborate on that?
What exactly did you do there?
What happens to the success rate when you remove that step?
From everything I have read the success rate drops to ZERO when that step is removed. This step was accidentally discovered in the early 1900s at the Hawaii Macadamia Experiment Station and then overlooked and unrepeated for close to 40 years not realizing what had happened to cause a successful graft to finally occur. Prior to this discovery it was assumed that macadamias were "un-graftable".
Great video! Where can you buy the florist tape? CHEERS
What happens if you graft your top piece on facing/ aligned in the opposite direction ?
How do you make sure that doesn't happen ?
Thank you! Can you tell me what is the name of the hand tool you used which gives you the correct angles for the wood cuts?
That is a wood plane.
I need the same plant in Nepal. How can it be available? I am very interested to plant that plant. Can you help me?i am from nepal.

What is that paint..pls inform me
Do you ever do any field grafting?
do you always have to graft or can you just plant a seed? I have a 5 year old tree about 8ft tall and nothing. thanks.
I dug up some seedlings that were growing under some macadamia trees at my friends houses, two differrent locations in San Diego county. The seedlings were probably 2 or three years old. This was about 10 years ago. They are just now beginning to put out some nuts. Each tree is different, with different leaves where some are smooth and some with hooks on the edges, some have dark green leaves where new leaves are bronze and others have pale green leaves where new leaves are light green, some have pink flowers and some have white flowers. So these are a real mix compared to the trees they came from. The nuts are also all unique, in size , flavor, color of the kernals and texture of the shells, and one has a high percentage of split shells which causes the kernal to spoil easily. But they all are making nuts which are delicious. Of the seedlings I dug up only the small seedlings survived, anything over 10" tall did not survive. So if you have a chance to plant a grafted tree, I recommend it. You will be years ahead and guaranteed a high quality nut. But for fun and for landscaping go ahead and plant some fresh seeds. And if the tree really has horrible nuts then chop it down and graft onto the stump.
Thanks,,,where I can find your address , location, and how I can place order of plants please let me know,,, thanks,,
I need this tree😔
Hi how much is the plant price
smeared what it is,?
What’s the root stock you use
H2