Just placed the ordered on CCPP thanks to your information. I also found some old time variety that I used enjoyed long ago that is no longer available commercially.
Now that I have a few years of grafting under my belt I have to say that I find the inverted T bud graft to have a lower success rate with citrus compared with the normal T bud graft. When trying to understand why this might be the case I remembered that apple and peach T bud grafters often cut a notch in the bark above the T to interrupt the downward flow of auxins so that the bud will sprout more quickly. This made me wonder if, by cutting the bark (and maybe cambium?) below an inverted T I was impeding the flow of... something? Or if the horizontal cut of an upright T similarly reduced auxin flow and somehow promoted callus growth? All I know is that last year I switched to inverted T and had a much higher failure rate. Food for thought... I'd love to read some science comparing the two methods.
I must admit that my sample size is quite small but the difference in success rates was large. However there could be other reasons why the year I switched to using inverted T I had a lot of failures.
Great videos, very clear instructions. I have an old potted lemon tree I rescued from a garage sale. The trunk has a 2” diameter and grows off to the side, and only grows leaves at the very top. I’d love to graft one or two different varieties onto it, would that be possible?
thanks for the video! I have a question re breaking apical dominance, is there an advantage to breaking the stem and bending it over rather than just removing the stem above the graft completely? Cheers! :)
The top part of the plant continues photosynthesis and continues to benefit the plant. The one disadvantage of retaining it is that there is an extra step to remove it later. That is not much of an issue for a hobbyist, but big nurseries sometimes cut off the top at grafting time to eliminate the step and save on labor costs.
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Hey Fruitmentor. What happens if new branches develop from the original rootstock after the drafting has been completed? Do I need to prune those off or let them grow?
Thanks for your videos! I just rewatched a couple of them and refreshed my memory about grafting from the CCPP program. I have a question about rootstock since I'm very new to grafting. What rootstock would be best for desert soil with possibly high salinity zone 9a/b?
You’re welcome! Here’s a short paper about rootstocks that you may find helpful: ucanr.edu/sites/ucceventura/files/57694.pdf If you’d be interested in reading a book about rootstocks, here is an interesting one: citrusvariety.ucr.edu/sites/default/files/2022-08/citrus-rootstocks-their-characters-and-reactions-bitters.pdf
Great footage and very clear. I had no idea about diseases. I'm interested in grafting an old Cara Cara tree (from my grandmother's garden) onto an even older orange tree in my backyard. Both in southern CA. Do I need to be concerned if both trees are old and domestically grown without any insecticides? Thanks in advance!
That wouldn’t be a good idea. HLB is spreading in Southern California and because of the Asian citrus psyllids, you have to make the assumption that any tree out in the open might be infected. If you were to do that you might spread HLB into your yard and then it would spread further from there. It is easy to avoid that by ordering certified disease-free budwood from the CCPP.
my naval orange tree is around 2 now and is making large buds - but it’s mulch is full of insects and little white lumps. Please advise me on what to do!
In this particular video I replaced the original variety with a new variety, so this tree had only one variety. Grafting can also be used to add multiple varieties to a tree. This video shows an example of that: ruclips.net/video/_w051zyackM/видео.html
Here is an article on pesticides applied at citrus production nurseries: faculty.ucr.edu/~mattd/assets/files/Byrne%20et%20al.%202020%20-citrograph.pdf There are graphs that show how the pesticides decline over time.
I live in LV. It's not the right time of year right now; but is it possible when I prune my Meyer Lemon tree next year, that I could grow some of those branches into new trees?
Hi which season should grafting citrus trees? I plant citrus tree by seed , they are 5-6 years old but that haven’t got fruit yet., which age they have fruit.
The important thing is being able to break apical dominance to get the bud to actually grow. If you graft to the trunk and you want the bud to actually grow you need to be willing to remove the part of the tree above the graft. Likewise if you are grafting to a branch you need to be willing to remove the part of the branch above the graft. So you can graft to either. One thing to keep in mind when grafting to a larger tree: If you graft at the end of a small branch you aren't going to get as much growth of the variety as you would if you grafted lower down.
I've tried all the different methods with no success. So I decided to try the chip budding method and got 100% success on 7 different citrus grafts. So I would say see what method works best for you and stick to it.
I have a large Citrus tree that really is a hardy, cold tolerant root stock that survived (it's graft did not). The tree is 12 feet tall. I was wondering if I could graft to branches using the same technique? (Instead of a small potted tree). I imagine the apical dominance might work the same on a branch. So after grafting I would cut the distal tip of the branch off? Any comments greatly appreciated.
Here is a budding technique that I have found works well in this scenario: ruclips.net/video/_w051zyackM/видео.html T budding could also be used, but if the bud does not grow at first it may be quickly swallowed up by growth of the rootstock. Since you are grafting to a rootstock, a bark graft might be a better option: ruclips.net/video/bEsgiOspZhA/видео.html
hi sir, I am Algerian, I still love your video and I always subscribe to your channel and you deserve it to encourage you even more to teach us the techniques of arboriculture and a question for you that it is us period by grafting on badge for citrus fruits and at what temperature thank you
Hi, I have 480 Cara cara navels. They are good producers, but they fruit too late to be commercially viable. Is it possible to cut off the cara cara top back to the root stock (rough lemon) and graft on an earlier producing variety? The trees are about 8 years old.
It is possible to top work them to another navel variety, but I don’t know if that would make the trees commercially viable. Although the yield of navels would be high on rough lemon rootstock, the quality of the fruit would be poor.
I notice that you have not left the bud uncovered.Shouldn't you have left the bud free to grow out ?Otherwise the bud will die beneath the vinyl tape?Pls answer.
I left the buds covered while healing. I unwrapped them three weeks later after they healed but before they started to grow. If the buds are not wrapped tightly they will not have enough contact with the rootstock to heal and will die.
i have some questions I have a decorativre orange tree which puts out small bitter oranges that i would like to attach 3 or 4 varieties of edible fruit to , is this possible? The tree is 30 years old and well established so main goal is to have a tree that produces 3 or 4 varieties. Is this a good choice to use or should i choose a younger tree
I expect that would work. It sounds like the branches would be big, so you might consider using this technique: ruclips.net/video/hD8ePt6KV-Y/видео.html Also keep in mind that the original rootstock affects the quality of the fruit: ruclips.net/video/w11KkSzxyos/видео.html
Wrapping with the vinyl tape as in this video forces the cambium tissue of the bud into close contact with the cambium tissue of the rootstock. The cambium tissue must be in contact for the graft to heal. Also wrapping the bud keeps it from drying out from the air.
I have trifoliata rootstock shoots forming below the graft on a Mandarin tree. Is it a good idea to take cuttings and later graft other citrus varieties onto it?
I would not recommend rooting suckers. They would have any disease that the source tree might be infected with. Also it is pretty difficult, will take longer, and will give a less vigorous rootstock than if you bought an inexpensive tree for your grafting.
Thanks for showing me I might have a new video if my friend comes over on Saturday other then that you can watch more you can ask other people if you want 🌿🌱🍑
I have tried it and would not recommend it for T-buds. The problem is that the bark flaps can lift up and break it and then the graft dies. It may depend upon the product. This problem does not happen with vinyl tape.
Not only do I enjoy your video, it refreshes my memory and gives me the opportunity to have a closer observation of grafting procedures. Thank you!
Just placed the ordered on CCPP thanks to your information. I also found some old time variety that I used enjoyed long ago that is no longer available commercially.
All information given by you are highly appreciated for guidance by latest successful methods
Thank you!
Thanks for sharing your ideas on grafting orange tree
You're welcome!
Now that I know how to do crafting I will start right away in my farm am so happy thank you
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Thank you so much I grafted last year now my tree is growing very well...🍊
You're welcome! Congratulations!
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Nice to see someone on youtube that actually knows how to grow fruit trees. Well done
Thank you!!
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Very interesting @4:00 that bud growth is encouraged simply by lowering the main, partially severed stem below the buds.
Now that I have a few years of grafting under my belt I have to say that I find the inverted T bud graft to have a lower success rate with citrus compared with the normal T bud graft. When trying to understand why this might be the case I remembered that apple and peach T bud grafters often cut a notch in the bark above the T to interrupt the downward flow of auxins so that the bud will sprout more quickly. This made me wonder if, by cutting the bark (and maybe cambium?) below an inverted T I was impeding the flow of... something? Or if the horizontal cut of an upright T similarly reduced auxin flow and somehow promoted callus growth? All I know is that last year I switched to inverted T and had a much higher failure rate. Food for thought... I'd love to read some science comparing the two methods.
I must admit that my sample size is quite small but the difference in success rates was large. However there could be other reasons why the year I switched to using inverted T I had a lot of failures.
This was the best Video on the subject I have found!!!
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Very good grifting technology.
Great demonstration
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Awesome thanks for the techniques work really appreciate
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I am watching this for my exam, this type of on-field(practical) knowledge helps a lot.
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God bless you!! Good info,
Nice video. I will try to apply your your technique to graph some of my citrus on to Poncirus trifoliata rootstock in the UK.
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Thank you for easy information 👍
You’re welcome! I’m glad that you enjoyed it!
That was good, i will try this with mango tree. With different varieties of mangoes in one Tree and another shot with jackfruit also...
Thank you! Good luck with your mango grafting!
Thank you for wonderful information shared ..about t graft
You are welcome! I am glad that you enjoyed it!
Thanks for the video. very informative
You're welcome!
Great videos, very clear instructions. I have an old potted lemon tree I rescued from a garage sale. The trunk has a 2” diameter and grows off to the side, and only grows leaves at the very top. I’d love to graft one or two different varieties onto it, would that be possible?
Thanks Mate, very good idea.
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Thank you for sharing
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Very good grafting 👌💚🙏
Great. Will geatly save costs in my farm
thanks for the video! I have a question re breaking apical dominance, is there an advantage to breaking the stem and bending it over rather than just removing the stem above the graft completely? Cheers! :)
The top part of the plant continues photosynthesis and continues to benefit the plant. The one disadvantage of retaining it is that there is an extra step to remove it later. That is not much of an issue for a hobbyist, but big nurseries sometimes cut off the top at grafting time to eliminate the step and save on labor costs.
@@Fruitmentor Great, thanks for the explanation.
Video you very much friend thank you 👍
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A very well detailed video. Thanks!
Glad you enjoyed it!
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Thanks Sir for sharing your thoughts👍👍👍
Ok now teach us how to graft chilis :D! Great video :)
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Hey Fruitmentor. What happens if new branches develop from the original rootstock after the drafting has been completed? Do I need to prune those off or let them grow?
Yes. Be sure to prune them off. If left to grow they could outgrow your graft and take over the tree!
Very nice information goodluck from Pakistan
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Thanks for your videos! I just rewatched a couple of them and refreshed my memory about grafting from the CCPP program. I have a question about rootstock since I'm very new to grafting. What rootstock would be best for desert soil with possibly high salinity zone 9a/b?
You’re welcome!
Here’s a short paper about rootstocks that you may find helpful:
ucanr.edu/sites/ucceventura/files/57694.pdf
If you’d be interested in reading a book about rootstocks, here is an interesting one:
citrusvariety.ucr.edu/sites/default/files/2022-08/citrus-rootstocks-their-characters-and-reactions-bitters.pdf
@@Fruitmentor Thank you! I'll take a look at that.
Great footage and very clear. I had no idea about diseases. I'm interested in grafting an old Cara Cara tree (from my grandmother's garden) onto an even older orange tree in my backyard. Both in southern CA. Do I need to be concerned if both trees are old and domestically grown without any insecticides? Thanks in advance!
That wouldn’t be a good idea. HLB is spreading in Southern California and because of the Asian citrus psyllids, you have to make the assumption that any tree out in the open might be infected. If you were to do that you might spread HLB into your yard and then it would spread further from there. It is easy to avoid that by ordering certified disease-free budwood from the CCPP.
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You are great teacher
Thank you!
I am grafting a lemon bud onto an mature well developed/fruiting orange tree.
How long will the lemon graft take to fruit?
It depends on the conditions, but you can get fruit as soon as your graft grows out and produces a flower.
@@Fruitmentor Oh ok nice. Because want to graft a lot of different varieties onto the one tree.
Thanks
my naval orange tree is around 2 now and is making large buds - but it’s mulch is full of insects and little white lumps. Please advise me on what to do!
Nice video 👌 sir it's useful to me
Thank you!
Super! You make it seem so easy. Thank you. How is your tree doing??
Thank you! The tree continued to grow well.
Great video
Can i use already fruit bearing stem as scion??
Excellent
Thank you so much 😀
Question: i have grown 3 orange trees from seed and found out and they need to be grafted. Would this work if the trees are around 10 years old?
Grafting should work fine. If they are growing outside and getting tall, they may eventually flower and fruit; at 10 years you could be getting close.
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im new to this will grafting make 2 differnt oranges or change the orginal tree to the new piece its being grafted with
In this particular video I replaced the original variety with a new variety, so this tree had only one variety. Grafting can also be used to add multiple varieties to a tree. This video shows an example of that: ruclips.net/video/_w051zyackM/видео.html
Thanks for the information.
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What pesticides are used that you say are washed away by home citrus growers?
Here is an article on pesticides applied at citrus production nurseries:
faculty.ucr.edu/~mattd/assets/files/Byrne%20et%20al.%202020%20-citrograph.pdf
There are graphs that show how the pesticides decline over time.
@@Fruitmentor Thank you!
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I live in LV. It's not the right time of year right now; but is it possible when I prune my Meyer Lemon tree next year, that I could grow some of those branches into new trees?
Hi which season should grafting citrus trees?
I plant citrus tree by seed , they are 5-6 years old but that haven’t got fruit yet., which age they have fruit.
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Tanks alot we can grafting pestishio in amond tree
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Does it matter where on the tree you graft to? Like say the trunk vs the branch?
The important thing is being able to break apical dominance to get the bud to actually grow. If you graft to the trunk and you want the bud to actually grow you need to be willing to remove the part of the tree above the graft. Likewise if you are grafting to a branch you need to be willing to remove the part of the branch above the graft. So you can graft to either. One thing to keep in mind when grafting to a larger tree: If you graft at the end of a small branch you aren't going to get as much growth of the variety as you would if you grafted lower down.
@@Fruitmentor Gotcha thanks!
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Thanks for the vedio, how many days to remove cellophane to stem?
You’re welcome! I remove it after 21 days.
Nice information
Thank you!
Great video style and information. Well done! Best regards
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Thanks watching to your prog.
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can we use lemon as rootstock in place of pomelo during orange grafting
Orange grafted on lemon may produce poor quality fruit, so I would not recommend it.
great video
Thank you!
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Is this orange variety good tasting in your opinion?
I like it, but if I could only plant a few, I'd choose some others first.
Good job
Thank you!
very nice info thanks for this video
You're welcome!
I've tried all the different methods with no success. So I decided to try the chip budding method and got 100% success on 7 different citrus grafts. So I would say see what method works best for you and stick to it.
ruclips.net/channel/UCJAi4gnLUSdigoAecK6zyzA
Thank you so much for making videos...
You're welcome! I am glad that you like them!
I have a large Citrus tree that really is a hardy, cold tolerant root stock that survived (it's graft did not). The tree is 12 feet tall. I was wondering if I could graft to branches using the same technique? (Instead of a small potted tree). I imagine the apical dominance might work the same on a branch. So after grafting I would cut the distal tip of the branch off? Any comments greatly appreciated.
Here is a budding technique that I have found works well in this scenario:
ruclips.net/video/_w051zyackM/видео.html
T budding could also be used, but if the bud does not grow at first it may be quickly swallowed up by growth of the rootstock. Since you are grafting to a rootstock, a bark graft might be a better option:
ruclips.net/video/bEsgiOspZhA/видео.html
Thank you so much
You're welcome!
How about graft an orange buds on lemon tree stock?
hi sir, I am Algerian, I still love your video and I always subscribe to your channel and you deserve it to encourage you even more to teach us the techniques of arboriculture and a question for you that it is us period by grafting on badge for citrus fruits and at what temperature thank you
Very. Good. Video.. hi. FIRENDS. Hi
Thank you!
Hi, I have 480 Cara cara navels. They are good producers, but they fruit too late to be commercially viable. Is it possible to cut off the cara cara top back to the root stock (rough lemon) and graft on an earlier producing variety? The trees are about 8 years old.
It is possible to top work them to another navel variety, but I don’t know if that would make the trees commercially viable. Although the yield of navels would be high on rough lemon rootstock, the quality of the fruit would be poor.
I’m also interested this type of grafting sir
I notice that you have not left the bud uncovered.Shouldn't you have left the bud free to grow out ?Otherwise the bud will die beneath the vinyl tape?Pls answer.
I left the buds covered while healing. I unwrapped them three weeks later after they healed but before they started to grow. If the buds are not wrapped tightly they will not have enough contact with the rootstock to heal and will die.
Good work too much informative.
Kindly clear the depth of T budding on rootstock and also mention the the thickness of scion stock???
i have some questions I have a decorativre orange tree which puts out small bitter oranges that i would like to attach 3 or 4 varieties of edible fruit to , is this possible? The tree is 30 years old and well established so main goal is to have a tree that produces 3 or 4 varieties. Is this a good choice to use or should i choose a younger tree
I expect that would work. It sounds like the branches would be big, so you might consider using this technique:
ruclips.net/video/hD8ePt6KV-Y/видео.html
Also keep in mind that the original rootstock affects the quality of the fruit:
ruclips.net/video/w11KkSzxyos/видео.html
My question is why do tie or cover the bud part after budding and grafting?
Wrapping with the vinyl tape as in this video forces the cambium tissue of the bud into close contact with the cambium tissue of the rootstock. The cambium tissue must be in contact for the graft to heal. Also wrapping the bud keeps it from drying out from the air.
I have trifoliata rootstock shoots forming below the graft on a Mandarin tree. Is it a good idea to take cuttings and later graft other citrus varieties onto it?
I would not recommend rooting suckers. They would have any disease that the source tree might be infected with. Also it is pretty difficult, will take longer, and will give a less vigorous rootstock than if you bought an inexpensive tree for your grafting.
@@Fruitmentor Thanks for the valued advise!
@@MegaPoxie You're welcome!
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Amazing sir
How big should be the plant to do bud grafting. Can this grafting be done to a 6 months old plant?
For a very young plant, chip budding will be easier. See here:
ruclips.net/video/l1HSOy-3JGU/видео.html
very useful
Thanks for showing me I might have a new video if my friend comes over on Saturday other then that you can watch more you can ask other people if you want 🌿🌱🍑
I will be sure to watch it!
Sir please tell which month is best for orange grafting???
I wrote an article on timing here:
www.fruitmentor.com/grafting-citrus-trees-best-time
buy the wax grafting tape its tough enough to secure the graft but soft enough for it to grow through
I have tried it and would not recommend it for T-buds. The problem is that the bark flaps can lift up and break it and then the graft dies. It may depend upon the product. This problem does not happen with vinyl tape.
Can I graft limes or lemon on my orange tree?
It will probably work OK.
@@Fruitmentor Thank you.