Thank you for sharing your knowledge. I ordered budwood from CCPP and will try to turn a 30 year old grapefruit tree into a cocktail tree. I ordered Tarrocco blood orange, Cara Cara, parent Washington Navel, Late Valencia, Algerian Clementine, Murcott, and Improved Meyer lemon. I will try some Z grafting and bark grafting. Hopefully some grafts will take!
I had a couple of bark grafts take. But none of the Z grafts took. Not sure where I went wrong as some of them bonded but turned brown and dried up. I assume I did a poor job matching the cambium. One question about the bark grafts. The bark graft scion is lemon and it appears to be putting out flowers but has yet to show leaves. Is this common? Should I remove the blossoms or just leave them on the scion?
Interesting grafting technique, it's similar to a side graft, in as much as it's suited to dissimilar sized wood, and offers a large cambium contact. You could add tongues...
This video is very useful for us in India, particularly in south India where there is excellent potential to improve our lemon and orange gardens. Our tribal areas, will benefit by introducing some disease resistant varieties of Mandarin orange.Thanks for the useful&reductive video.
Great vid brother of Earth, saw an intriguing video from India where a citrus, Tea grower cloned fresh cut branches with cut ends dipped in honey for anti bacteria defense.
Thank you! I think better results will be achieved by the use of rooting hormone as shown in this video: Growing Citrus from Cuttings - Rooting and Grafting Citrus in One Step
Thats correct I have to bring them inside or I have the option of heating and costly stuff to keep it outside. But on this website let's say I wanted a certain variety would they have it?
Yes. The CCPP has hundreds of varieties available. You can order budwood of interesting varieties that you would have a hard time finding elsewhere. They have the variegated pink eureka lemon and also many varieties of blood oranges.
Wow I'm very please & impress with your growing technique. Do you always use the rootstock smaller than the scion? I live in Arizona state. Most months are very warm here at 112 in the summer. When you do the z graph in February, when do you remove the parafilm off the z graph joint to see if it healed. I meant how many months or how tall the new shoot growth so I can remove the rubber band and parafilm? Is whip toung graphing is the same as z graphing? I want to grow pomelo scion on a eureka lemon rootstock. Is lemon rootstock grow stronger & faster than white grapefruit rootstock? Can I use black electrical tape instead of parafilm? Bc I think black electrical tape sticks better
So if you graft a lemon tree branch onto an orange tree, will only that branch produce lemons or will the lemons and orange continue to grow additional branch in concert?
not English but I thank you for your videos as I could engraft and two lemon green and one yellow for the clarity of your videos and soon one of kumquat lemon tree will be no problem in that? Salute one good video
At the most, how many weeks should the aluminum foil be wrapped? I'm in vancouver and wrapped aluminum on plum grafts late August. Would keeping the aluminum foil help during the winter?
I looked at your weather and it does not appear to be warm enough that the foil would be beneficial now. I would recommend grafting stone fruits in the spring when the buds are starting to break. With citrus it is necessary to graft when the weather is warm for the grafts to heal, but that is not the case with stone fruit. I’d be interested to hear if any of your grafts succeed. If not, try in the spring when it is much easier.
@@Fruitmentor I actually used your bark graft technique to graft 3 different strains of plums to our bing cherry tree end of july to first week of august this year(my bad, i meant late july, not late august as i said previously). It was probably not necessary but the aluminum foil was actually put there to prolong the life of the rubber bands which were breaking down within 2 to 3 weeks when I was grafting in the philippines last year. The plums grafted late july this year in vancouver was an unknown variety....5 out of 6 took. A week after that batch, i grafted a couple of Italian plum strains which got 2 out of 8 taking and leafing. 3 dried up. Another 3 didn't sprout but the scions still look plump and alive up to now. About half of the italains were, i believe, 2 year old scions so that may have been the reason for the fail and slow take. I will try to update you next spring if any of those survive. Thanks so much for your great vids!
Air layering and self rooting is a frequently asked question, so I posed this question to Dr. Georgios Vidalakis of the CCPP and made a video about it. Please see here for the answer: ruclips.net/video/JAAe8TnP3fQ/видео.html
I have a tree that has been quarantined I can take bud wood from. If it’s solely for my use, is the CCPP necessary? These trees will be used for fruit production for my consumption.
I made a FAQ video with the answer to that question: ruclips.net/video/JAAe8TnP3fQ/видео.html Here is the specific part of the video: ruclips.net/video/JAAe8TnP3fQ/видео.html
I noticed that even though you recommended steel gloves at the beginning of the video you did not use them. Are they too bulky - uncomfortable for grafting?
Thanks for the great video, do you know anyone that grafts indoor citrus trees in the north? I have a red line and would like to add key lime or mandarins. Thanks
@@Fruitmentor Minnesota zone 4. I have a red lime tree that is doing awesome and a myer lemon that grows a bunch of leaves and then in 2-3 weeks drops them all. Rinses and repeats.
It depends upon the size of the scion. If the scion diameter is large and the rootstock is small, the Z-graft works well. If the scion diameter is small, chip budding may be easier. I prefer to use a larger rootstock if I can.
One thing it does is make the next cut easier. It gives a better angle for the knife at beginning of the next cut. It may also help to avoid the knife slipping.
I assume that you mean for types of trees other than citrus. It should work fine for fruit trees that are grafted when dormant. For citrus it needs to be done in warmer weather.
2:44 why not also cut the left and right side of the top and bottom aka scion and rootstock to have the extra z part connected too unless u did which it kinda looks like with the left scion
I think I see what you mean, but I’m not 100% sure. The animation shows it very clearly. The graft is already pretty difficult and there is so much cambium contact as I’ve shown that I think the increase in difficulty of any extra cuts would outweigh any benefit. You could try if you like, but I think it would be harder and might even reduce the chance of success by making it more complex.
Хорошо, когда черенки толстые. А когда они 3-4 мм ? При такой толщине либо окулировка либо в расщеп. Я уже давно использую последний. Но будет толстый черенок буду пробовать ваш способ. Спасибо.
I used to leave them uncovered, but I’ve changed how I do that. Now I wrap over the buds, but I’m careful to only wrap one layer of parafilm over a bud. I make sure that any overlap is between buds.
I hadn’t heard about that? What did you do? Dip the whole scion in wood glue? Where did you hear about that? I’d be interested to hear how it turns out.
I have written an ebook with tips that will help you to succeed. You can download it here: www.fruitmentor.com/GraftingTips Hormones are not needed when grafting citrus.
Different rootstocks will give different yields. The roostocks also affect the fruit quality, so this is a very complex topic. Some rootstocks that give higher yields will give lower quality fruit. Here is a book on rootstocks that you may enjoy: citrusvariety.ucr.edu/documents/Bittersrev2.pdf
Thank you! Buds should be able to grow through a single layer of parafilm easily. If there are too many layers over the bud or if it is some other material like vinyl tape, then the wrapping must be removed.
I normally leave them on a long time until they start deteriorating. Sometimes I will take them off sooner if the graft has healed and I think they could be causing a problem (i.e. mold).
You have the best grafting videos anywhere , learned to graft from this site and the importance of getting scions from ccpp . I would like to graft Shiranui to Meyer lemon, would lemon rootstock change flavor of mandarin? or should I stick with FD
Thank you! I’m glad that the videos have been helpful! Lemon rootstocks can give disappointing results for mandarins. I tried it and was sorry. The mandarins were terrible and I grafted it back to lemons. I would recommend that you go with FD.
If you didn't remove the sprout from the root stock would it affect the scion or are there chances that you get two different varieties of citrus fruits, please enlighten me
You could get rootstock fruit. It would not affect the quality of the scion fruit, but the rootstocks are so vigorous that they will often overgrow the scion, so it is best to cut off the rootstock suckers.
In the case of this video I wanted a tree of Valentine pummelo and did not care about the original variety because I already had one of those trees. For a multi-variety tree I would not recommend grafting to rootstock suckers. Here are some videos where I show multi-variety trees: ruclips.net/video/xTDoW-NsJTE/видео.html ruclips.net/video/_w051zyackM/видео.html
hi Dan, nice video. I am interested in planting oranges in my orchard but am not sure if it is suitable where I reside. I am in a subtropical zone in South East Asia at an elevation of 1000 m. Avg annual rainfall is 1300mm. We have wet summer and dry winter. Mean hi/low temperature for summer is 30C/20C and winter is 20C/10C for winter. Do you think commercial sweet orange varieties like Valencia or Navel can grow and fruit well here? Hope you could advice. Thanks.
Thank you! I do not have experience with your climate, but I suspect that you could grow some good oranges. I have heard of people having success growing oranges in Hawaii. Your climate sounds like it might be in between Hawaii and California in terms of winter temperatures, so perhaps it would be better than Hawaii for oranges. If I lived in your climate, I would try it.
hi fruitmentor, People remove the suckers from the rootstock and yet, fruit trees exist with 1 or more varieties grafted on a rootstock, with the rootstock's foliage and fruit allowed to remain. How does a rootstock not overtake a tree's numerous grafted varieties when a topworked tree is always supposed to have the rootstock suckers removed because the rootstock could overpower the grafted variety. Does it depend on the type of graft or the size of the tree being grafted? Hope this makes sense. Thanks, - Kelly
I'm not sure that I understand your question. I had a rootstock with foliage similar to that of an orange tree start to overtake an orange tree. Normally it is easy to tell a rootstock from the grafted variety because the leaves look different. In this case I did not realize it until I got some bad tasting fruit from the rootstock. I pruned it off after I realized it. I'm not sure if this answered your question, but I hope that it is helpful.
@@Fruitmentor sorry for the long winded question. I meant if you have a lemon tree you love and want to add grafted varieties to the branches, how the lemon doesn't overpower the others. I read that the rootstock will out compete the grafted varieties if not pruned back. Therefore, I was surprised that nature allows a lemon tree to coexist with other citrus varieties grafted on the same tree.
@@kellyfairbrother9978 Actually in the case of a lemon tree I would not recommend grafting other varieties. Lemon grows very vigorously and would tend to grow faster than other varieties, but this could be overcome by pruning the lemon back. The real problem is that other fruit varieties may have poor flavor and texture when grafted to a lemon tree. In this case I would call lemon the interstock. Lemon trees are normally grafted and have their own rootstock. The fruit characteristics will depend upon the lemon tree's roostock. Some could be OK, but many would not be.
@@Fruitmentor thank you! You helped me to avoid grafting a finger lime onto a seed grown grocery store lemon since it never fruited (7 years later) P.s. I really appreciate your channel.
For this and wedge graft, is it possible to "overtighten" the rubber band? I tend to tighten the rubber as tight as possible in an attempt to maximize cambium contact especially when my cut is not very smooth which is often. I worry though that I may "choke" it.
I never thought about this too much. I have always thought that I shouldn't get them too tight, but maybe they will be OK. I think the most important thing to do is to watch them after they heal and start to grow. You might want to intervene at this stage to make sure that the branch does not become girdled by the rubber band. But beware that the graft can still be fragile.
Thank you! I have not tried it, but I expect that a lime tree would work OK for this combination. Here is a good resource on rootstock compatibility: www.citrusvariety.ucr.edu/links/documents/Bitters.pdf
Hi, I have a question regarding the Bizzaria - Citrus medica + C. aurantium. I'm trying to find some budwood for this peculiar citrus. I can't seem to find it at the CCPP. Is there another source for this budwood? Have you ever heard of this variety of Citrus?
Hello..as I am watching this video got encourage to do the same ti my citrus in the container..my questiob is should I changed the soil in the container because the leaves is going yellow..is it the solution? Pls tell mevif you have other idea I will be happycto follow ..thank you..pls reply
hypothetically in the case of the less successful graft in your video instead of culling it could you save it by grafting a small piece of bark etc as a bridge. Assume the is very rare scion or other reason. thanks
I think if I had left the second scion on the tree it would have survived but healed more slowly. In this example I had grafted the same variety to both branches with one as a backup so I just cut off the weaker scion.
Hi I live in Sudan where the sun and climate is unbelievably hot 46c° is our norm most of te year I got an adult Limon tree aged 15 year producing coupoiusly all year long . can I graft orange and grape fruit on the same tree? how soon would the graft produce fruits?
When grafting citrus the rootstocks age doesnt matter the bud being grafted with its age being fruiting age, with say a one year old root stock should still produce flowers in its first year correct? This is how I see it working from doing other grafts/similar work or how I see it working in general holding its full genetics [flowering age/maturity included] inside of that clone/graft tissue.
Any citrus grown from seed typically takes a long time to flower. This includes rootstocks, but I have seen some flower within just a few years. Sometimes a citrus tree grown from seed will produce a single flower the first year and then take many more years to produce more flowers.
@@Fruitmentor I'm trying to cut that down to 2-2.5yrs my tree (keylime) is in hydro and its growing fast as expected maturity should be faster as well for the flowers and fruit, however my question was focused on the graft itself when I grafted cacti the seedlings get like a years growth within three months on the new rootstock, thats the question here if the seedling goes onto the new bigger rootstock does it mature faster where that seedling will be a year old basically within three months? I assume it does speed maturity to some extent however was seeing if youve done it.
With key lime I think you may see flowering sooner from seed than from some other citrus varieties, but grafting to an established rootstock would definitely produce faster growth and would give fruit sooner. I would not normally propagate a tree like key lime myself because they are readily available from reputable nurseries and a tree from a nursery that is already grafted will give fruit the soonest.
@@Fruitmentor I'm testing seed to hydro and I'm going to be breeding it clone wouldve been a better start it would of needed to be rooted this ones been hydro its entire life pretty much and its growing at extremely fast rates, I have a strawberry that went directly into hydro in its like two weeks in there and like three or four weeks total now looking like others 4-5 month old strawberry plants. So the hydro momentum from its faster root growth and growth period is part of what Im aiming for with the seeds, I seen the cali nursery from you and it made me want to buy some buds to graft onto my hydroponic rootstocks those should flower quickly even if the rootstock is young, and then I can breed indoors and then seed those for fast fruits with grafting on hydro stock, I want a mangrove just have little room. I made a method called shallow water cultures and it would make great indoors mangroves.
Sorry for the extremely late response. If the diameter of the rootstock is larger I normally use a bark graft or a cleft graft because they are easier.
My citrus plant have citrus canker disease. What should i do. I had bought 2 days ago from reputed nursery by paying heavily. That nursery owner told not to worry as this is common. Can be healed in short span of time. Now i knows that he was lied. How can i treat my citrus lemon plant of 2 feet height. Please help me. Thanks
If that tree has canker and the nursery told you that is normal, then the nursery is not reputable. My understanding is that canker cannot be cured and your new tree could infect any other trees that you have if you do not destroy it.
Hi Dan can you recommend any dwarfing rootstock that works for most citrus varieties, I am looking at planting flying dragon seeds as an rootstock option.
Hi Kenneth, I think flying dragon would be a good option. Here's a good resource on citrus rootstocks: www.citrusvariety.ucr.edu/links/documents/Bitters.pdf I succeeded with Z-grafting on flying dragon, but I thought this one would make a more interesting video.
I love the Z graft method. I tried to graft different kumquat to my kumquat tree. I covered it with foil after completed as you did & put a paper envelope on top to protect it from the sun. After a month, I checked, it was still green. I removed the plastic wrapping but the rubber was still there. Under the sun, it is slowly drying out & died. Don’t know what is wrong. I believe when it is still green after a month, it will survive. Please enlighten me. Thanks.
Green after a month does not necessarily mean that a graft will survive. I have had grafts that failed after being green for more than a month and when I investigated further I learned that there was some degree of cambium contact that kept them alive, but there was not much growth of callus tissue so there was not much healing. Perhaps that is what happened to your graft.
I love this graft method. I did it on my magnolia alba (flower tree). It has the new leaves now. I think about my problem earlier. This time after remove the plastic, I still cover it with an thick envelope. This way the new branch did not get burn from the hot sun. Until the new leaves grow, I increased the time it was under the sun gradually. It works perfect to me. Thanks.
I'm thinking about grafting my own, my question is which rootstocks have you successfully rooted for citrus and have you successfully rooted C-35 and carrizo.
You may also enjoy this video: ruclips.net/video/bjtr44QCi78/видео.html I have been able to root C-35 and carrizo, but at a lower success rate than some other rootstocks. You may want to consider buying seeds of your preferred rootstocks and plant them instead. It is much easier than rooting.
The answer to that question is not straightforward because trees do not show symptoms when they first get infected. The disease is not known to be present in Silicon Valley where I live, but it is likely to be here somewhere and it spreads very rapidly. That is why it is so important for Californians to only graft with CCPP scions. I think anyone in the U.S. in a state where citrus trees can survive the winter outside should only be grafting citrus with disease free budwood from CCPP or another registered source.
I find that the bark graft works very well for large diameter branches. It is possible to graft more than one scion per branch. This article explains how to figure out the best time: www.fruitmentor.com/grafting-citrus-trees-best-time
It is possible. Here is a video that I made on it: ruclips.net/video/fY0wskA9IGY/видео.html I think the cuttings technique is much more difficult than grafting. Here is a grafting technique that works better with small branches: www.fruitmentor.com/bud-grafting-citrus-trees
If we Graft a original stem of another orange tree to the normal plant of d same orange tree then wat would b d final result.. We can get a same original plant...
I do not understand the terms "original stem", "normal plant", and "same orange tree". If grafting a bud of a first variety from a first tree to a second tree, the second tree will bear fruit of the first variety from the new branch. The characteristics of the fruit on the new branch will be influenced by the rootstock of the second tree. Does this answer the question?
Hi DAN EXCUSE MY LATE REPLY IWAS VERY ILL AND IN BAD HUMER ANYWAY TIHIS VIDEO IS VERY CLEAR BUT I THINK IT'S COMPLICATE LITTLE BIT HOWEVER I'LL TRY IT AT SUMMER BUT BARK GRAFTING FOR ME IS THE BEST BECAUSE IT SUCCESSES WITH EVERY TREE I TRY CHEERIO
It’s an incredible grafting method. Thank you for sharing the new skills. I follow you because I love planting citrus in my yard
You're welcome!
Appreciate your efforts for our farming community.
Definitely a good idea to wrap the Scion beforehand to avoid budging the graft Union
I agree. That's a good idea.
Такой способ прививки я увидел впервые. Спасибо большое, SUPER!
Можно попробовать тоже))
Thank you for sharing your knowledge. I ordered budwood from CCPP and will try to turn a 30 year old grapefruit tree into a cocktail tree. I ordered Tarrocco blood orange, Cara Cara, parent Washington Navel, Late Valencia, Algerian Clementine, Murcott, and Improved Meyer lemon. I will try some Z grafting and bark grafting. Hopefully some grafts will take!
Good luck with your grafting! Those are all very good choices! You chose many of my favorites.
I had a couple of bark grafts take. But none of the Z grafts took. Not sure where I went wrong as some of them bonded but turned brown and dried up. I assume I did a poor job matching the cambium. One question about the bark grafts. The bark graft scion is lemon and it appears to be putting out flowers but has yet to show leaves. Is this common? Should I remove the blossoms or just leave them on the scion?
Interesting grafting technique, it's similar to a side graft, in as much as it's suited to dissimilar sized wood, and offers a large cambium contact. You could add tongues...
I seen your all videos about citrus grafting.. looking nice. your videos are rare. and bundle of thanks for providing eBook in other video..
Thanks for the helpful video. I wasn't aware that there were sources for disease-free budwood.
You're welcome!
Very clear great information dear ❤
Thank you!
This video is very useful for us in India, particularly in south India where there is excellent potential to improve our lemon and orange
gardens.
Our tribal areas, will benefit by introducing some disease resistant varieties of Mandarin orange.Thanks for the useful&reductive video.
You're welcome! I am glad that you liked the video!
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Hey very nice video, would you please sais is the season for each technics please 🌱
Here's an article that I wrote that explains timing and temperature:
fruitmentor.com/grafting-citrus-trees-best-time
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Thanks Dan , very informative as usual , will be trying very soon .
You're welcome! Good luck!
Great vid brother of Earth, saw an intriguing video from India where a citrus, Tea grower cloned fresh cut branches with cut ends dipped in honey for anti bacteria defense.
Thank you! I think better results will be achieved by the use of rooting hormone as shown in this video:
Growing Citrus from Cuttings - Rooting and Grafting Citrus in One Step
Great technique and explanation!
Thank you!
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Thank you, I did not now this technique, very smart indeed!
You're welcome! I hope that you find it useful!
Professional quality video just like your others. Thank you!
You're welcome! I am glad that you enjoyed it!
I live in Kentucky where this isn't a problem and I have been using scions from my other citrus trees seed grown and the ones I ordered
I believe that this is OK since you live in a state where citrus trees cannot survive the winter outdoors.
Thats correct I have to bring them inside or I have the option of heating and costly stuff to keep it outside. But on this website let's say I wanted a certain variety would they have it?
Like for example pink lemon or blood orange? Both of which I have but I hadn't previously
Yes. The CCPP has hundreds of varieties available. You can order budwood of interesting varieties that you would have a hard time finding elsewhere. They have the variegated pink eureka lemon and also many varieties of blood oranges.
Oh okay and that link is in the description got it thanks man
Thanks, did not know before about this method. Thanks for the info. Good luck.
You're welcome!
Do you use a homemade spray to sanitize or do you buy it ready made from the store?
Great video, useful information, extremely clear and helpful thanks!
Thank you!
Bonjour super vos vidéos 👍
Merci!
Hi. What is the purpose of the small cuts on the longer side of each end?
Thanks for sharing grafting knowledge...!!!
You're welcome!!
Likes and Thank you...very good methods
Wow I'm very please & impress with your growing technique. Do you always use the rootstock smaller than the scion? I live in Arizona state. Most months are very warm here at 112 in the summer. When you do the z graph in February, when do you remove the parafilm off the z graph joint to see if it healed. I meant how many months or how tall the new shoot growth so I can remove the rubber band and parafilm? Is whip toung graphing is the same as z graphing? I want to grow pomelo scion on a eureka lemon rootstock. Is lemon rootstock grow stronger & faster than white grapefruit rootstock? Can I use black electrical tape instead of parafilm? Bc I think black electrical tape sticks better
Excellent video once again, thank you.
Thank you!
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Is it only the green branches better choice than the brown branches?
Hi, I wanted to know which is the best grafting technique for citrus ?
There are plenty, what's your opinion?
Very good videos and explanation about grafting!
Thank you!
So if you graft a lemon tree branch onto an orange tree, will only that branch produce lemons or will the lemons and orange continue to grow additional branch in concert?
The new branch will produce the new fruit and the old branch will continue to produce the old fruit
not English but I thank you for your videos as I could engraft and two lemon green and one yellow for the clarity of your videos and soon one of kumquat lemon tree will be no problem in that? Salute one good video
You're welcome!
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At the most, how many weeks should the aluminum foil be wrapped? I'm in vancouver and wrapped aluminum on plum grafts late August. Would keeping the aluminum foil help during the winter?
I looked at your weather and it does not appear to be warm enough that the foil would be beneficial now. I would recommend grafting stone fruits in the spring when the buds are starting to break. With citrus it is necessary to graft when the weather is warm for the grafts to heal, but that is not the case with stone fruit. I’d be interested to hear if any of your grafts succeed. If not, try in the spring when it is much easier.
@@Fruitmentor I actually used your bark graft technique to graft 3 different strains of plums to our bing cherry tree end of july to first week of august this year(my bad, i meant late july, not late august as i said previously). It was probably not necessary but the aluminum foil was actually put there to prolong the life of the rubber bands which were breaking down within 2 to 3 weeks when I was grafting in the philippines last year.
The plums grafted late july this year in vancouver was an unknown variety....5 out of 6 took. A week after that batch, i grafted a couple of Italian plum strains which got 2 out of 8 taking and leafing. 3 dried up. Another 3 didn't sprout but the scions still look plump and alive up to now. About half of the italains were, i believe, 2 year old scions so that may have been the reason for the fail and slow take. I will try to update you next spring if any of those survive.
Thanks so much for your great vids!
I live in California and it seems impossible to get parafilm. Any tips?
I have kumquats. Did you manage to reproduce kumquats by rooting, for example, by air layering trees?
Air layering and self rooting is a frequently asked question, so I posed this question to Dr. Georgios Vidalakis of the CCPP and made a video about it. Please see here for the answer:
ruclips.net/video/JAAe8TnP3fQ/видео.html
thank you so much for this Video my friend Joe Real shared it with his friends on Facebook and now i will share it .
I have a tree that has been quarantined I can take bud wood from. If it’s solely for my use, is the CCPP necessary? These trees will be used for fruit production for my consumption.
I made a FAQ video with the answer to that question:
ruclips.net/video/JAAe8TnP3fQ/видео.html
Here is the specific part of the video:
ruclips.net/video/JAAe8TnP3fQ/видео.html
Thanks Dan, very good indeed
You're welcome! I am glad that you enjoyed the video!
I noticed that even though you recommended steel gloves at the beginning of the video you did not use them. Are they too bulky - uncomfortable for grafting?
Thanks for the great video, do you know anyone that grafts indoor citrus trees in the north? I have a red line and would like to add key lime or mandarins. Thanks
Are you in Canada?
@@Fruitmentor Minnesota zone 4. I have a red lime tree that is doing awesome and a myer lemon that grows a bunch of leaves and then in 2-3 weeks drops them all. Rinses and repeats.
If you had a choice would you use z graft every time for small trees.?
It depends upon the size of the scion. If the scion diameter is large and the rootstock is small, the Z-graft works well. If the scion diameter is small, chip budding may be easier. I prefer to use a larger rootstock if I can.
Do you clean your materials with water after you have bleached them? Is the bleach not bad for the plant?
Yes. It is important to get the bleach off of the tools.
What is the purpose of the little cut on the longer end of the rootstock and scion?
One thing it does is make the next cut easier. It gives a better angle for the knife at beginning of the next cut. It may also help to avoid the knife slipping.
@@Fruitmentor It wasn't stated specifically in the video, but does the next cut have to be above or below this or either way?
THANKS .. VERY INFORMATIVE.. I WANT TO TRY THIS SOON
You're welcome! Good luck with your grafting!
Does it matter if the rootstock and/or scion is dormant for this technique to work?
I assume that you mean for types of trees other than citrus. It should work fine for fruit trees that are grafted when dormant. For citrus it needs to be done in warmer weather.
2:44 why not also cut the left and right side of the top and bottom aka scion and rootstock to have the extra z part connected too unless u did which it kinda looks like with the left scion
I think I see what you mean, but I’m not 100% sure. The animation shows it very clearly. The graft is already pretty difficult and there is so much cambium contact as I’ve shown that I think the increase in difficulty of any extra cuts would outweigh any benefit. You could try if you like, but I think it would be harder and might even reduce the chance of success by making it more complex.
Хорошо, когда черенки толстые. А когда они 3-4 мм ? При такой толщине либо окулировка либо в расщеп. Я уже давно использую последний. Но будет толстый черенок буду пробовать ваш способ. Спасибо.
Another well made video. Dan thanks for your time and good instructions. I mirrored a link on my channel :)
Thank you, Joe! I am glad that you liked it. Thank you for sharing it on your channel!
The time you've invested making these and the information in your videos deserve a much larger audience esp on you tube.
I hope that I have made it good enough that it will reach many people!
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Do you wrap the scion but leave the Buds unwrapped? Or we cover the buds too?
I used to leave them uncovered, but I’ve changed how I do that. Now I wrap over the buds, but I’m careful to only wrap one layer of parafilm over a bud. I make sure that any overlap is between buds.
@@Fruitmentor thank you, I tried the wood glue method to seal the whole scion. Let's see how they do in 3-4weeks
I hadn’t heard about that? What did you do? Dip the whole scion in wood glue? Where did you hear about that? I’d be interested to hear how it turns out.
@Fruitmentor thin layer, rubbed with my finger. So fsr no sign or growth or death. Patiently waiting
I love your videos so much
Do have any suggestions during the healing time, such as temperature consider, hormone supplement? How to get highly successful?
I have written an ebook with tips that will help you to succeed. You can download it here:
www.fruitmentor.com/GraftingTips
Hormones are not needed when grafting citrus.
Is rootstock gives same yeild as of their parent plant?
Different rootstocks will give different yields. The roostocks also affect the fruit quality, so this is a very complex topic. Some rootstocks that give higher yields will give lower quality fruit. Here is a book on rootstocks that you may enjoy:
citrusvariety.ucr.edu/documents/Bittersrev2.pdf
Can I use the same method as a citrus for guavas, Logan, June plum, mangos, and others tropical fruits as well?
I have not tried it yet, but I expect that this method could be useful for those other fruits.
*z graft* ? ive never tried it, but i like the principles...
i will surely try it. thanks for sharing 👌
Great video! Will the new growth break through the plastic wrap?
Thank you! Buds should be able to grow through a single layer of parafilm easily. If there are too many layers over the bud or if it is some other material like vinyl tape, then the wrapping must be removed.
When do you remove the layers of plastic tape and the rubber bands or do you just leave them and let them fall off on their own?
I normally leave them on a long time until they start deteriorating. Sometimes I will take them off sooner if the graft has healed and I think they could be causing a problem (i.e. mold).
You have the best grafting videos anywhere , learned to graft from this site and the importance of getting scions from ccpp .
I would like to graft Shiranui to Meyer lemon, would lemon rootstock change flavor of mandarin? or should I stick with FD
Thank you! I’m glad that the videos have been helpful! Lemon rootstocks can give disappointing results for mandarins. I tried it and was sorry. The mandarins were terrible and I grafted it back to lemons. I would recommend that you go with FD.
If you didn't remove the sprout from the root stock would it affect the scion or are there chances that you get two different varieties of citrus fruits, please enlighten me
You could get rootstock fruit. It would not affect the quality of the scion fruit, but the rootstocks are so vigorous that they will often overgrow the scion, so it is best to cut off the rootstock suckers.
Thank you
why would you want to remove the sprouts from the root stock and not have a tree with two different fruits?
In the case of this video I wanted a tree of Valentine pummelo and did not care about the original variety because I already had one of those trees. For a multi-variety tree I would not recommend grafting to rootstock suckers. Here are some videos where I show multi-variety trees:
ruclips.net/video/xTDoW-NsJTE/видео.html
ruclips.net/video/_w051zyackM/видео.html
hi Dan, nice video.
I am interested in planting oranges in my orchard but am not sure if it is suitable where I reside.
I am in a subtropical zone in South East Asia at an elevation of 1000 m.
Avg annual rainfall is 1300mm. We have wet summer and dry winter.
Mean hi/low temperature for summer is 30C/20C and winter is 20C/10C for winter.
Do you think commercial sweet orange varieties like Valencia or Navel can grow and fruit well here?
Hope you could advice.
Thanks.
Thank you! I do not have experience with your climate, but I suspect that you could grow some good oranges. I have heard of people having success growing oranges in Hawaii. Your climate sounds like it might be in between Hawaii and California in terms of winter temperatures, so perhaps it would be better than Hawaii for oranges. If I lived in your climate, I would try it.
Appreciate your views. Lemons grow well here. Would try grafting orange buds on them. Will send you a box if they fruit.
can we graft lemon tree and sweet juice lime
I think it will likely work. I grafted several varieties of sweet lime to a Persian lime with good results.
very interesting !
hi fruitmentor,
People remove the suckers from the rootstock and yet, fruit trees exist with 1 or more varieties grafted on a rootstock, with the rootstock's foliage and fruit allowed to remain. How does a rootstock not overtake a tree's numerous grafted varieties when a topworked tree is always supposed to have the rootstock suckers removed because the rootstock could overpower the grafted variety. Does it depend on the type of graft or the size of the tree being grafted? Hope this makes sense.
Thanks,
- Kelly
I'm not sure that I understand your question. I had a rootstock with foliage similar to that of an orange tree start to overtake an orange tree. Normally it is easy to tell a rootstock from the grafted variety because the leaves look different. In this case I did not realize it until I got some bad tasting fruit from the rootstock. I pruned it off after I realized it. I'm not sure if this answered your question, but I hope that it is helpful.
@@Fruitmentor sorry for the long winded question. I meant if you have a lemon tree you love and want to add grafted varieties to the branches, how the lemon doesn't overpower the others. I read that the rootstock will out compete the grafted varieties if not pruned back. Therefore, I was surprised that nature allows a lemon tree to coexist with other citrus varieties grafted on the same tree.
@@kellyfairbrother9978 Actually in the case of a lemon tree I would not recommend grafting other varieties. Lemon grows very vigorously and would tend to grow faster than other varieties, but this could be overcome by pruning the lemon back. The real problem is that other fruit varieties may have poor flavor and texture when grafted to a lemon tree. In this case I would call lemon the interstock. Lemon trees are normally grafted and have their own rootstock. The fruit characteristics will depend upon the lemon tree's roostock. Some could be OK, but many would not be.
@@Fruitmentor thank you! You helped me to avoid grafting a finger lime onto a seed grown grocery store lemon since it never fruited (7 years later) P.s. I really appreciate your channel.
Is this as effective for plums?
I have not tried it, but I expect that it would work well for plums.
For this and wedge graft, is it possible to "overtighten" the rubber band? I tend to tighten the rubber as tight as possible in an attempt to maximize cambium contact especially when my cut is not very smooth which is often. I worry though that I may "choke" it.
I never thought about this too much. I have always thought that I shouldn't get them too tight, but maybe they will be OK. I think the most important thing to do is to watch them after they heal and start to grow. You might want to intervene at this stage to make sure that the branch does not become girdled by the rubber band. But beware that the graft can still be fragile.
Can we grow different variety of mangoes in a single tree?
Yes. That should work fine.
Yes you can
Wonder do they mostly use Meyers, can caviar citrus grow in Florida I wonder, never seen even in botanical gardens.
Finger limes should grow well in Florida and are tolerant of HLB.
what a greate ideas.... the newly method of grafting...
Thank you!
good video ..for grafting lemon (Meyer lemon) ..any citrus root stock plant will work ? can I use lime plant as root stock?
thanks
Thank you!
I have not tried it, but I expect that a lime tree would work OK for this combination. Here is a good resource on rootstock compatibility:
www.citrusvariety.ucr.edu/links/documents/Bitters.pdf
Hi,
I have a question regarding the Bizzaria - Citrus medica + C. aurantium. I'm trying to find some budwood for this peculiar citrus. I can't seem to find it at the CCPP. Is there another source for this budwood? Have you ever heard of this variety of Citrus?
Hello..as I am watching this video got encourage to do the same ti my citrus in the container..my questiob is should I changed the soil in the container because the leaves is going yellow..is it the solution? Pls tell mevif you have other idea I will be happycto follow ..thank you..pls reply
do you think it is possble to graft mango scion at berry tree?
Itried this and noticed that the scion start flushing
Unless the two species are closely related, grafting is not likely to work. Sometimes there can be initial growth, but long term incompatibility.
fruitmentor thanks for the reply
Great upload, thanks a lot
Glad you enjoyed it
hypothetically in the case of the less successful graft in your video instead of culling it could you save it by grafting a small piece of bark etc as a bridge. Assume the is very rare scion or other reason. thanks
I think if I had left the second scion on the tree it would have survived but healed more slowly. In this example I had grafted the same variety to both branches with one as a backup so I just cut off the weaker scion.
Good video .Thanks.
Eliminate disease means longer citrus plant can live.. Thanks for the video
You're welcome!
Hi
I live in Sudan where the sun and climate is unbelievably hot 46c° is our norm most of te year
I got an adult Limon tree aged 15 year producing coupoiusly all year long . can I graft orange and grape fruit on the same tree? how soon would the graft produce fruits?
MrXulfo yes just do the graft around 80f
When grafting citrus the rootstocks age doesnt matter the bud being grafted with its age being fruiting age, with say a one year old root stock should still produce flowers in its first year correct? This is how I see it working from doing other grafts/similar work or how I see it working in general holding its full genetics [flowering age/maturity included] inside of that clone/graft tissue.
Any citrus grown from seed typically takes a long time to flower. This includes rootstocks, but I have seen some flower within just a few years. Sometimes a citrus tree grown from seed will produce a single flower the first year and then take many more years to produce more flowers.
@@Fruitmentor I'm trying to cut that down to 2-2.5yrs my tree (keylime) is in hydro and its growing fast as expected maturity should be faster as well for the flowers and fruit, however my question was focused on the graft itself when I grafted cacti the seedlings get like a years growth within three months on the new rootstock, thats the question here if the seedling goes onto the new bigger rootstock does it mature faster where that seedling will be a year old basically within three months? I assume it does speed maturity to some extent however was seeing if youve done it.
With key lime I think you may see flowering sooner from seed than from some other citrus varieties, but grafting to an established rootstock would definitely produce faster growth and would give fruit sooner. I would not normally propagate a tree like key lime myself because they are readily available from reputable nurseries and a tree from a nursery that is already grafted will give fruit the soonest.
@@Fruitmentor I'm testing seed to hydro and I'm going to be breeding it clone wouldve been a better start it would of needed to be rooted this ones been hydro its entire life pretty much and its growing at extremely fast rates, I have a strawberry that went directly into hydro in its like two weeks in there and like three or four weeks total now looking like others 4-5 month old strawberry plants. So the hydro momentum from its faster root growth and growth period is part of what Im aiming for with the seeds, I seen the cali nursery from you and it made me want to buy some buds to graft onto my hydroponic rootstocks those should flower quickly even if the rootstock is young, and then I can breed indoors and then seed those for fast fruits with grafting on hydro stock, I want a mangrove just have little room. I made a method called shallow water cultures and it would make great indoors mangroves.
Is this process just as good if the diameter of the root stock was larger than the diameter of the scion?
Sorry for the extremely late response. If the diameter of the rootstock is larger I normally use a bark graft or a cleft graft because they are easier.
What if I want to propagate an excellent old tree and grow it commercially
You can contact CCPP to perform the disease removal if they don’t already have the variety. It is most likely that they already have the variety.
My citrus plant have citrus canker disease.
What should i do.
I had bought 2 days ago from reputed nursery by paying heavily.
That nursery owner told not to worry as this is common. Can be healed in short span of time.
Now i knows that he was lied.
How can i treat my citrus lemon plant of 2 feet height.
Please help me.
Thanks
If that tree has canker and the nursery told you that is normal, then the nursery is not reputable. My understanding is that canker cannot be cured and your new tree could infect any other trees that you have if you do not destroy it.
@@Fruitmentor thanks
Hi Dan can you recommend any dwarfing rootstock that works for most citrus
varieties, I am looking at planting flying dragon seeds as an rootstock option.
Hi Kenneth,
I think flying dragon would be a good option. Here's a good resource on citrus rootstocks:
www.citrusvariety.ucr.edu/links/documents/Bitters.pdf
I succeeded with Z-grafting on flying dragon, but I thought this one would make a more interesting video.
Cool thanks Dan!!!!
You're welcome!
I love the Z graft method.
I tried to graft different kumquat to my kumquat tree. I covered it with foil after completed as you did & put a paper envelope on top to protect it from the sun. After a month, I checked, it was still green. I removed the plastic wrapping but the rubber was still there. Under the sun, it is slowly drying out & died.
Don’t know what is wrong. I believe when it is still green after a month, it will survive. Please enlighten me. Thanks.
Green after a month does not necessarily mean that a graft will survive. I have had grafts that failed after being green for more than a month and when I investigated further I learned that there was some degree of cambium contact that kept them alive, but there was not much growth of callus tissue so there was not much healing. Perhaps that is what happened to your graft.
@@Fruitmentor
Thanks. I did the 2nd time with 6 Z grafts & up to now 4 grow the tiny leaves & 1 with the 6 in new shoot. I am very excited.
I love this graft method.
I did it on my magnolia alba (flower tree). It has the new leaves now.
I think about my problem earlier. This time after remove the plastic, I still cover it with an thick envelope. This way the new branch did not get burn from the hot sun. Until the new leaves grow, I increased the time it was under the sun gradually. It works perfect to me. Thanks.
Nice videos man
Thank you!
This guy must really love citrus. I get it. I feel the same way about cherry tree's.
Travis k lol every one and his tree mine is cannabis 😄
I want ot graft different plants in one plant is it possible. Plzz answer.
Please see:
ruclips.net/video/_w051zyackM/видео.html
hi thanks for the good infornation
You're welcome! I am glad that you found it helpful.
I'm thinking about grafting my own, my question is which rootstocks have you successfully rooted for citrus and have you successfully rooted C-35 and carrizo.
You may also enjoy this video:
ruclips.net/video/bjtr44QCi78/видео.html
I have been able to root C-35 and carrizo, but at a lower success rate than some other rootstocks. You may want to consider buying seeds of your preferred rootstocks and plant them instead. It is much easier than rooting.
Is it any effect of rootstock on fruit quality other than graft??
Yes. The rootstock not only impacts the fruit quality but also can have a beneficial effect in giving the tree resistance to certain diseases.
so should we order the scions only if we live in areas with the disease?
The answer to that question is not straightforward because trees do not show symptoms when they first get infected. The disease is not known to be present in Silicon Valley where I live, but it is likely to be here somewhere and it spreads very rapidly. That is why it is so important for Californians to only graft with CCPP scions. I think anyone in the U.S. in a state where citrus trees can survive the winter outside should only be grafting citrus with disease free budwood from CCPP or another registered source.
I see
what graft do you use on a large orange tree that can not be moved and what month do you do this if you live in zone 9
I find that the bark graft works very well for large diameter branches. It is possible to graft more than one scion per branch. This article explains how to figure out the best time:
www.fruitmentor.com/grafting-citrus-trees-best-time
Can you root cuttings with root hormone? My branches are too small to cut and graft.
It is possible. Here is a video that I made on it:
ruclips.net/video/fY0wskA9IGY/видео.html
I think the cuttings technique is much more difficult than grafting. Here is a grafting technique that works better with small branches:
www.fruitmentor.com/bud-grafting-citrus-trees
Give thanks for the knowledge
If we Graft a original stem of another orange tree to the normal plant of d same orange tree then wat would b d final result.. We can get a same original plant...
I do not understand the terms "original stem", "normal plant", and "same orange tree". If grafting a bud of a first variety from a first tree to a second tree, the second tree will bear fruit of the first variety from the new branch. The characteristics of the fruit on the new branch will be influenced by the rootstock of the second tree. Does this answer the question?
Hi DAN
EXCUSE MY LATE REPLY IWAS VERY ILL AND IN BAD HUMER
ANYWAY TIHIS VIDEO IS VERY CLEAR BUT I THINK IT'S COMPLICATE LITTLE BIT
HOWEVER I'LL TRY IT AT SUMMER
BUT BARK GRAFTING FOR ME IS THE BEST BECAUSE IT SUCCESSES WITH EVERY TREE I TRY CHEERIO
I hope that you recover quickly. Good luck with your grafting! This technique is challenging. Bark grafting definitely easier.
When the scion is larger diameter than the stock?
Yes, that is why I chose the Z graft for this tree.