I would like to point out that the purpose of this video is to show that you can add different citrus varieties to a tree. I used my favorite Mandarin tree for demonstration purposes. For a serious fruit cocktail tree, a gardener would cut the tree wayyyy back and then graft onto shoots close to the stump. Any comments or questions, feel free leave them below. I tried to answer all questions. Help this channel grow, Please click the SUBSCRIBE button!
Thanks for te vid. I just grafted a cocktail grapefruit to my less than tasty yuzu and it quickly became dominant. I have Delfino blood orange on it now and mandrin for next year. Great way to preserve your diversity.
My 209 amigo... I've been busy grafting my avocados I never thought of grafting my citrus trees....I have a lemon, lime, grapefruit, and mandarin tree. I'll definitely gonna experiment now lol
My buddhas hand citron has some humongous fruit this year, easily 4lbs. Its a standalone tree, but I also grafted a branch to my orange tree that took. We should do a fruit trade :)
Hi Jeff! Great example video, thank you for showing the grafting method. I was wondering if you have particular advice on how to trim these multiple grafted trees to encourage all grafts growth but keep the tree size manageable. Thanks!
Thanks for the great information and firsthand experiences...I also live in California and was under the impression that it is against the law in California to graft with cuttings taken from backyard citrus trees. I only found out about it when the state came out to my house to put traps in my stonefruit trees and saw I had several citruses growing as well. I want to make a Tangelo, Washington navel, Blood Orange, Mandarinan, Improved Meyer lemon and a Bearss Lime tree. So I have more room in the ground for more avocado trees but I'm worried I'd be forced to remove it if the state came out again.
I don’t know for sure , but I live in NorCal . , I think there are strong restrictions in SoCal where there is a citrus quarantine. Though even there I doubt that there’s an issue if you own all the trees that get the budwood from. All of my budwood comes from my own trees in my yard and I’m just making room in my garden by taking budwood from trees I’m removing. Gardeners should check local Ag rules b4 moving and citrus plant material.
@@TropicalGardenGuy NorCal here as well. thanks for the input. I was thinking along the same lines as you with respect to owning all of the trees the scion wood/budwood comes from.
Thanks for bringing the issue to light. Ive done some research and it appears that the restrictions are on moving plants or materials from one region to another as they dont want to spread citrus pests. Here is a link to a informative video. ruclips.net/video/ISFc558B-yQ/видео.html
Can it be that green stretchy tape you get at nursery? I hope so cuz that's all I had. Thanks for simplified instructions. The other videos I found were WAY too technical for my modest intellectual capacity. Subscribed
Like the video , grafting has been a nightmare for me , tried these methods but all failed , it’s spring here now so I’ll try again , I was told spring is the time to graft but no one ever mentions that .
Great video, I have a citrus tree that is growing oranges on two branches only, the rest of the branches were cut because of the freezing weather. Question: where can I get citrus buds from the two branches that are producing oranges and graft the trunk of the tree. Thanks and God Bless.
Sir, Wonderful effort but kindly let me know whether this practice of fruit cocktail is economically viable commercially and that it has significant effect on the quality of certain citrus grafts so worked please? Thanks
Lol, Odd for sure. Im not a botanist, but a lot of fruits do not come true to seed meaning that the resulting offspring are a combination of parents. Your orange tree could have been a hybrid cross that had lemon dna . Then it got fertilized with a lemon tree. This said I could completely wrong so if someone with a botany background wants to chime in with a better explanation , it would be cool.
Wonderful and informative demonstration. I'm in the north, all my citrus are in containers and come inside in the winter. How small of a tree could o graft?
I want to graft several citrus buds onto a rootstock. Can i graft them all at the same time(day) or do them at different days? Can a citrus rootstock take having multiple grafts done at the same time?
Great video, I was gonna tear down my flying dragon tree, can I graft a Valencia orange or a grapefruit that will make it more cold tolerant? I heard it was only a 3 degree difference unless it was a cold tolerant already. Thanks again
If you let suckers grow on a grafted root stock it will take over the graft. My question is: what's to keep your tree from taking over the new graft? Genuinely curious....want to do this.....
Good day, I have dwarf lemon and orange trees but they have no fruits until now because they are too young. I like to prune the trees and want to know if I can use the cutted branches already for new craftings or do I have to wait until they have fruits? Thank you
In California (Zone 10a), when is the ideal time to take scion wood for citrus, and when is the best time to then graft with this scion wood? Thankyou.
@@TropicalGardenGuy Thankyou for the fast response. Does that mean scion wood can also be taken in Spring, and then grafted immediately? Does it make more sense to take scion wood in late Winter, store it, and then graft in Spring?
Once the graft has 100% success, is it necessary to cut the plastic tape off. Can you leave it alone? Bc the storm can break the graft branch off during the monsoon season. Thanks for sharing but how do you eat finger lime?
@@TropicalGardenGuy I use seram wrap to grafting my pomelo scion onto a sour grape fruit but I wrap them really tight. Yes it 100% success last year and I never remove the tape.
if you were to design a cocktail tree, what would be the ideal type of citrus as your base? which citrus trees develop the best roots to feed the grafts?
@@TropicalGardenGuy my experience is to start with something like a brown select or Washington Navel (both fairly frost tolerant). Start with something that has an upright growth habit and graft the “weeping” like the Owari etc.. to the lower branches. Otherwise you have branches crossing when the tree is full of fruit. Ask me how I know...haha
@@itsasickness4939 The problem with using washington navel is that it's very hard to root from a cutting. I'd prefer to graft washington naval on to a lime or lemon cutting in order to propagate.
@@ragnaraxelson59 if you never see temps below freezing that may be a better option, but it imparts absolutely no frost protection as a rootstock or anything you may graft to it. And with a little bottom heat and a moisture dome WN roots just as easily as any other. I’ve even rooted flying dragon citrus with that method.
Isn't the majority of commercial citrus grafted onto flying dragon? I think the chances of the WN foliage being damaged by cold temperatures would be equal to or greater than rootstock of lime or lemon. I have a lime cutting that has done quite well with exposure to sub 30F temperatures with no protection.
With parafilm M, I dont remove the wrap. It stretches until it falls off. If using Buddy tape, I generally wait til scion has regrown 2 sets of leaves.
I don't know what I did wrong but all the grafts I put on my citrus tree turned brown and died. Any ideas what to do? Help please. Thank you in advance
Going to try this, i would love to have a lemon and lime tree, luckily i have both of these trees and a knife, thanks. Also would this be ok to do with a small tree, and could i do it with different varieties of guava trees?
I tried air grafting on a Mexican Lime and at first it stayed alive. I thought I did not take off enough off the outer layer and took off more. Then that branch died. So far no luck.
I did a video on grafting Buddha’s hand citron onto it, but graft failed. I plan on doing another update soon. Btw, the lime graft really took off and was loaded with fruit. I did have to prune it back a bit as lime branches tend to overload with fruit and look scraggly. I got a lot of limes last year. Keep an eye out for the update!… Jeff
Thank you, Jeff. You made it look so easy, that encouraged me to try it out myself today 👍
If I had known it was this simple I would've added oranges and limes to my lemon tree ages ago!
Yup
I would like to point out that the purpose of this video is to show that you can add different citrus varieties to a tree. I used my favorite Mandarin tree for demonstration purposes. For a serious fruit cocktail tree, a gardener would cut the tree wayyyy back and then graft onto shoots close to the stump.
Any comments or questions, feel free leave them below. I tried to answer all questions. Help this channel grow, Please click the SUBSCRIBE button!
You are a real life wizard 🧙♀️
lol
Thanks for te vid. I just grafted a cocktail grapefruit to my less than tasty yuzu and it quickly became dominant. I have Delfino blood orange on it now and mandrin for next year. Great way to preserve your diversity.
Sounds good!
My 209 amigo... I've been busy grafting my avocados I never thought of grafting my citrus trees....I have a lemon, lime, grapefruit, and mandarin tree. I'll definitely gonna experiment now lol
Give it a go !
Hi Jeff ...what a Beautiful grafting technique, very informative.
I did similar grafting a Meyer lemon on to my lime tree just took off nicely 🍃🌴🌿🌱🌲☘🌱
Sounds great!
Nice clear demonstration as usual thanks Jeff 👍
Thanks!
Good info! Better be enjoying those cocktails, subscribed! Yuzu grower here.
I really dig yuzu dressing on seafood salad!
It's interesting and I like to try it. Thanks.
Very easy!
Nice video. The tree that you’re grafting onto is the rootstock or host tree. The bud stick is also called a scion.
Thanks Larry!
Brilliant 👏
Thanks!
Good info , thanks for sharing!
Glad it was helpful!
My buddhas hand citron has some humongous fruit this year, easily 4lbs. Its a standalone tree, but I also grafted a branch to my orange tree that took. We should do a fruit trade :)
Sure!
Hi Jeff! Great example video, thank you for showing the grafting method. I was wondering if you have particular advice on how to trim these multiple grafted trees to encourage all grafts growth but keep the tree size manageable. Thanks!
You just have to be careful to prune so that all the grafts grow equally. Its a challenge but can be done!
Wha that's cool
Thanks!
Thanks for the great information and firsthand experiences...I also live in California and was under the impression that it is against the law in California to graft with cuttings taken from backyard citrus trees. I only found out about it when the state came out to my house to put traps in my stonefruit trees and saw I had several citruses growing as well. I want to make a Tangelo, Washington navel, Blood Orange, Mandarinan, Improved Meyer lemon and a Bearss Lime tree. So I have more room in the ground for more avocado trees but I'm worried I'd be forced to remove it if the state came out again.
I don’t know for sure , but I live in NorCal .
, I think there are strong restrictions in SoCal where there is a citrus quarantine. Though even there I doubt that there’s an issue if you own all the trees that get the budwood from. All of my budwood comes from my own trees in my yard and I’m just making room in my garden by taking budwood from trees I’m removing.
Gardeners should check local Ag rules b4 moving and citrus plant material.
@@TropicalGardenGuy NorCal here as well. thanks for the input. I was thinking along the same lines as you with respect to owning all of the trees the scion wood/budwood comes from.
Thanks for bringing the issue to light. Ive done some research and it appears that the restrictions are on moving plants or materials from one region to another as they dont want to spread citrus pests. Here is a link to a informative video. ruclips.net/video/ISFc558B-yQ/видео.html
Can it be that green stretchy tape you get at nursery? I hope so cuz that's all I had. Thanks for simplified instructions. The other videos I found were WAY too technical for my modest intellectual capacity. Subscribed
You can use tape and rubber bands to keep cut edges from drying out
Like the video , grafting has been a nightmare for me , tried these methods but all failed , it’s spring here now so I’ll try again , I was told spring is the time to graft but no one ever mentions that .
Yes spring is best.
I once did a graft in fall and it did start callus and grow till 6 mo later
Thank you!!!
You're welcome!
Great video, I have a citrus tree that is growing oranges on two branches only, the rest of the branches were cut because of the freezing weather. Question: where can I get citrus buds from the two branches that are producing oranges and graft the trunk of the tree. Thanks and God Bless.
buds are at leaf base,usually in spring
Sir, Wonderful effort but kindly let me know whether this practice of fruit cocktail is economically viable commercially and that it has significant effect on the quality of certain citrus grafts so worked please? Thanks
I’m a home gardener so can’t really offer much on economics
I planted Orange seeds and today I hv five huge tree that are producing Lemons and I'm wondering how is that possible🤷
Lol, Odd for sure.
Im not a botanist, but a lot of fruits do not come true to seed meaning that the resulting offspring are a combination of parents.
Your orange tree could have been a hybrid cross that had lemon dna . Then it got fertilized with a lemon tree.
This said I could completely wrong so if someone with a botany background wants to chime in with a better explanation , it would be cool.
Thanks
You welcome Andy!
Wonderful and informative demonstration. I'm in the north, all my citrus are in containers and come inside in the winter. How small of a tree could o graft?
All depends on the age of the branch. I have grafted 1/4” grafts b4
I want to graft several citrus buds onto a rootstock. Can i graft them all at the same time(day) or do them at different days? Can a citrus rootstock take having multiple grafts done at the same time?
Yes you can
Great video, I was gonna tear down my flying dragon tree, can I graft a Valencia orange or a grapefruit that will make it more cold tolerant? I heard it was only a 3 degree difference unless it was a cold tolerant already. Thanks again
Hmmm, not sure, but worth a try!
If you let suckers grow on a grafted root stock it will take over the graft. My question is: what's to keep your tree from taking over the new graft? Genuinely curious....want to do this.....
Hmmm, you have to prune some of the tree around the grafted area. This way the new graft is dominant
Good day, I have dwarf lemon and orange trees but they have no fruits until now because they are too young. I like to prune the trees and want to know if I can use the cutted branches already for new craftings or do I have to wait until they have fruits? Thank you
The trees don’t need to have fruited they just need to be of a variety you like
Thanks a lot for your reply, so I will do it.
In California (Zone 10a), when is the ideal time to take scion wood for citrus, and when is the best time to then graft with this scion wood? Thankyou.
Spring.
@@TropicalGardenGuy Thankyou for the fast response. Does that mean scion wood can also be taken in Spring, and then grafted immediately? Does it make more sense to take scion wood in late Winter, store it, and then graft in Spring?
Do you ever take the budding tape off when you see growth or does the growth push through it?
Great video, Thanks!
The bud pushes right through!
@@TropicalGardenGuy thanks!
Once the graft has 100% success, is it necessary to cut the plastic tape off. Can you leave it alone? Bc the storm can break the graft branch off during the monsoon season. Thanks for sharing but how do you eat finger lime?
I leave parafilm on. Not sure how you eat finger lime, my lime is standard lime. I love em squeezed on everything !
@@TropicalGardenGuy I use seram wrap to grafting my pomelo scion onto a sour grape fruit but I wrap them really tight. Yes it 100% success last year and I never remove the tape.
I think id remove Saran Wrap once you are sure graft has taken. Plastic doesn’t degrade like para film and could girdle your graft
I cut a stick off my mandarin tree (Spring in Australia), and I want to graft it onto my lemon tree.
Is it fine to have taken the cutting in spring?
Here in Cali spring is best time to graft
if you were to design a cocktail tree, what would be the ideal type of citrus as your base? which citrus trees develop the best roots to feed the grafts?
Hmmm, I know that commercial citrus growers use specific rootstock. But I would think that any fast growing frost hardy Manderin would work.
@@TropicalGardenGuy my experience is to start with something like a brown select or Washington Navel (both fairly frost tolerant). Start with something that has an upright growth habit and graft the “weeping” like the Owari etc.. to the lower branches. Otherwise you have branches crossing when the tree is full of fruit. Ask me how I know...haha
@@itsasickness4939 The problem with using washington navel is that it's very hard to root from a cutting. I'd prefer to graft washington naval on to a lime or lemon cutting in order to propagate.
@@ragnaraxelson59 if you never see temps below freezing that may be a better option, but it imparts absolutely no frost protection as a rootstock or anything you may graft to it. And with a little bottom heat and a moisture dome WN roots just as easily as any other. I’ve even rooted flying dragon citrus with that method.
Isn't the majority of commercial citrus grafted onto flying dragon?
I think the chances of the WN foliage being damaged by cold temperatures would be equal to or greater than rootstock of lime or lemon. I have a lime cutting that has done quite well with exposure to sub 30F temperatures with no protection.
At what point do you remove wrapping around bud stem? Thanks
With parafilm M, I dont remove the wrap. It stretches until it falls off.
If using Buddy tape, I generally wait til scion has regrown 2 sets of leaves.
When is the best time or best month to graft citrus in the San Joaquin valley
I just did a graft this month.
How far apart should citrus trees be planted away from each other ?
In my garden, my front yard trees are doing good, 10ft apart
@@TropicalGardenGuy thanks for the fast reply
I don't know what I did wrong but all the grafts I put on my citrus tree turned brown and died. Any ideas what to do? Help please. Thank you in advance
Could be a number of issues.
Practice makes perfect.
Can you graft using a stick from another tree that is in our yard. If not where can I get bud sticks
Does it matter how old or small the tree is bieng grafted?
i prefer a tree at least as think as a pencil to graft
could you tell me how you deal with leaf miner on your citrus
For some reason it just grew out of the problem… for now
Can we grow a fruit which tastes like orange, lime & lemon all three in one single fruit? This will be the real cocktail.
My main mandarin tree comes close!
So you wrap up the whole scion but not cover the Buds?
Yes, unless the buds are small and firm
Going to try this, i would love to have a lemon and lime tree, luckily i have both of these trees and a knife, thanks. Also would this be ok to do with a small tree, and could i do it with different varieties of guava trees?
Great! Yes, I think guavas will work too, I’m gonna do a guava grafting video soon , so keep an eye out for that!
I tried air grafting on a Mexican Lime and at first it stayed alive. I thought I did not take off enough off the outer layer and took off more. Then that branch died. So far no luck.
Keep trying!
@@TropicalGardenGuy Will do.
Is there an update to this video
I did a video on grafting Buddha’s hand citron onto it, but graft failed. I plan on doing another update soon.
Btw, the lime graft really took off and was loaded with fruit.
I did have to prune it back a bit as lime branches tend to overload with fruit and look scraggly. I got a lot of limes last year. Keep an eye out for the update!… Jeff
Can I use cling wrap instead?
I have seen people use Saran Wrap but if you do, you will have to remove it once the graft starts to grow
Hello, Is there somewhere local here in Modesto to buy the Parafilm?
I bought mine on amazon. But maybe Tractor supply has grafting supply’s?
I bought mine at acklands grainger.
What hardiness zone are you.
USDA 9b
Yeah I live in zone 9a so thats why I'm having trouble with my navel orange.
Well I also live in the high/medium desert.
yea the high desert can get chilly