Just love the way you add the animation about how to have cambium contact(its really a secret that expert never teach other ) but you are selfless to help me . Thank yoy so much😍
Thank you! It is so subtle that it would be hard to notice even though I was using that trick in the video. I am glad that you appreciated the animation!
Thank you with loving kindness! I did my lemon tree cleft- grafting, my FIRST EVER! Very informative and easy to follow important stepwise instructions.Will let you in two months.
Super! My dad and I did this. We hard 3 trees in the front yard, lemons, and we grafted different citrus onto those trees. You know, you can graft onto oak trees too!
Already gave you a big thumb up..I have grafting Summer lemon on kaffir lime about 30 days ago. It still green but no new young leaves showing up. The atmosphere here quite cloudy most of the time.
I have seen many of the video in RUclips but non have disclosed the secret of the at least one contact of the cambium layer and explained with animation.thank you for the nice video.
I did my very first ever grafts using this technique about 6 weeks ago. I was very happy to see one of the two take as I didn't do as meticulous a job as I intended.
Congratulations on your success! The technique does not always have to be perfect if fundamental things are done correctly such as aligning the cambium and grafting when the temperatures are optimal.
Thanks for your email. You are doing silent service. Many people like me translate your tutorial into regional language (like Telugu) and send it to local magazines with their names. Thus your idea/discovery becomes popular without your knowledge. That is your greatness.!
It’s 4:30 in the morning and I neither own nor live in an area where it’s feasible to grow a citrus tree. Regardless, I found this video fascinating and informative.
Thank you! Because of your videos I'm going to attempt my first citrus grafting in a couple of days after the rain. I ordered from CCPP and the scions have been chilling in my crisper for about a week. I'm going to download your e-book later tonight. I really appreciate what you do. Thanks again! Greg from Anaheim ☺
am impress,very useful & making translation in different language,& create awareness to citrus farmers for preventing insect & diseases & ensure commercial farming within schedule time
Tip: for a straight-down-the-middle cleft cut, I recommend a dual-bevel knife. For the life of me, I can't make my Victornix single-bevel knives give me any cut that doesn't slant to one side or the other, especially with rose bushes. Everyone recommends single-bevel knives, but dual-bevel has its place, and this cut is it.
Thanks this is very helpful , all my citrus got frozen and they they grew back from below the graft on whatever the rootstock was , I don`t want to dig the trees up , i will try to use this method to fix them .
fruitmentor Excelentes Vídeos !!!Muchas Gracias por estar en RUclips ! y enseñarnos a respetar la naturaleza y a estar en armonía con todo ser vivo!! Que la vida te traiga siempre lo más lindo:SALUD AMOR PAZ LUZ FELICIDAD Y MUCHA PROSPERIDAD!! JUNTO A TODOS TUS SERES QUERIDOS!!! Y QUE DÍA A DÍA SEA LLENO DE MUCHAS BENDICIONES!! UN FUERTE ABRAZO DESDE URUGUAY!!! David.
Thanks for the tips and your booklet. I created 3 cocktail trees, If all goes well I will have 12 varieties of citrus. After 40 days I unwrapped the 68 grafts and found a 72% success rate. It’s possibly the tree would have been better with fewer grafts. The variety with the most failures were the kishu. I remember the budwood was very thin. I most likely didn’t make adequate cambium contact. I noticed many of the failures were done a week after the initial grafts, I kept the CCPP budwood in the fridge, but I may have been hasty in doing the grafts. Five of the grafts had leave growth and one improved Meyer lemon graft has 8 lemon blossoms. I doubt the graft can support the weight. Do I need to remove all the blossoms. I kept apical dominance in mind when picking branches upon which to graft. Also, If a branch jutted out and had three branchlets, I grafted all three branchlets with the same variety. Thanks for the inspiration.
Also had some loss due to mildew. I see in your re-reading your booklet, I might have been able to save some had I checked earlier. If you see this, should my trees now move into full sun?
Thank you! I am glad that you have found these videos to be helpful. I have used this graft on pears with success. I grafted pears earlier in Northern California, but I think you may still have success in LA in March.
@@Fruitmentor thx. One more question. I’m having trouble finding dormant scions for the variety I’m interested in. Do u know of a trustworthy source of dormant pear scions....or can grafting be done w a scion that isn’t dormant? I know it’s not ideal but it seems like it’s worth a try if that’s all I can find. Thx again!
I don’t know anywhere that you could acquire them now. You could try the non-dormant scions now and then try again earlier next year if they fail. I would suggest cutting off any leaves and trying the aluminum foil trick that I show in this video. I would be interested to hear how it goes.
@@Fruitmentor I was able to find a few dormant pear scions thru CRFG (CA Rare Fruit Growers). They seem like a really nice group that I may join. I did 2 cleft grafts & 1 Z graft. I really like the Z but two of the scions were too small to cut like that. Thx again & I’ll let you know how it turns out! 🤞
HI, thank you for kind detailed guide to graft, there was one thing missing for me which most videos don't mention. you can not graft at any time you like please mention the time for grafting for each kind of graft and each kind of fruits. thanks
I included that in one video, but I did not think it made sense to include it in every video so I wrote an article: www.fruitmentor.com/grafting-citrus-trees-best-time
Couldnt you drill out the center and fit the graft to be the perfect size inside? There would be alot of cambian points touching that way, or has it been tried with little success?
Hello from Connecticut my friend, I enjoy your videos of grafting citrus trees, when is a good time of the year to graft this trees, ( but grafting and cleft grafting) I have citrus fruit trees in pots for 25 to 30 years , I do grafting in many other fruit trees, like pears, peach, apricot , apples and so on , I do have a green house and that’s how I protect them from the harsh winters , so please help me on my questions, it will be much appreciated, thanks ,Anthony.
Thanks to your videos and ebook I have successfully grafted Thornless Mexican lime, Frost Washington Navel and Frost Eureka Lemon scions onto what I believe is a way overgrown rough lemon rootstock growing wild in my yard. I’m just about to cut down the rough lemon above the grafted branches. Do you have any tips on nurturing these fruit cocktail trees past grafting? Thanks again for all your valuable free help!
Thank you! I am glad that you have found everything helpful and that you have had some success! Be sure to fertilize your tree as citrus are heavy feeders. One thing that I think I should add to the ebook is a section on rootstocks. I think a common mistake people make is to graft to the wrong rootstock. If your rootstock is indeed rough lemon, your Washington Navel graft may suffer from poor fruit quality. I would expect the lemon and lime to do well, though.
You can, but I would not recommend it. I think it is better to cut suckers off and to graft to a normal branch. In my experience suckers tend to lead to more suckers if they are not cut off.
Can you talk about the different types of knives to use for what techniques? Is there a better knife to use for grafting vs for taking cuttings, buds etc?
Excellent quality and informative video! For grafts to heal well how much of a 24 hr period needs to be in the ideal 70-85 F range. Right now in my area we have 45-75 ranges with only 6 hr per day above 70. Would that work?
Thank you! I have not performed any experiments to quantify the number of hours per day in the ideal range. I have done some grafting with less than ideal weather and have noticed that the grafts sometimes succeed even when the weather is poor, but the success rate is much lower. I have also observed that when grafts like this do succeed, they can be slow to start growing the next season; I'm guessing that they may have healed enough to keep the scion alive, but not as well as they would have in better weather..
It depends upon your weather and if you have a greenhouse. In most places citrus grafting would not work well in winter. Please see this article for more information on timing: www.fruitmentor.com/grafting-citrus-trees-best-time
I converted a lemon tree in my yard into a mandarin orange tree with terrible results. The flavor and texture of the fruit was very poor. I ended up grafting it back to lemons. What I learned is that the rootstock to which the lemon is grafted will have a major impact on other fruits grafted to the lemon tree. The effect will vary depending upon the roostock and the fruit. Some lemon rootstocks will give poor quality oranges while others will give fruit that some people would find acceptable. So beware that the results may not be great depending upon the rootstock of your lemon tree. For time of year to graft I wrote an article that I think you will find helpful. See here: www.fruitmentor.com/grafting-citrus-trees-best-time
I think it is a bit early to graft citrus in California. For the grafts to heal the weather needs to be a certain temperature. When I’ve grafted them in Northern California, the rainy season is already over. You can read my article about it here: fruitmentor.com/grafting-citrus-trees-best-time
I store them in the refrigerator. They can remain viable for many months, but the success rate for grafting will gradually decline over time. I am glad that you have enjoyed the videos!!
This angle idea could be a game changer for me. Tried a few in the last 2 years, and none have taken. Just need the weather to start warming up here in Spain. When is the ideal time of the growing season to do this?
Do you find that certain varieties of citrus make better rootstock for grafting? And is it advantageous to match grapefruit to grapefruit, limes to limes, etc? Thanks!
What I showed in this video is really a bit abnormal -- for example when I grafted the Ponderosa lemon to a mandarin interstock. There might have been an incompatibility issue there, but it would take more testing to figure that out with certainty, but it isn't really a worthwhile test to do. It might have been more likely to succeed if I had grafted it to a lemon branch instead. So if you graft things that are more similar I think you are more likely to succeed. Normally when citrus breeders develop a new rootstock they test it with many different scion varieties to look for compatibility issues. But with so many citrus varieties that could be grafted together you would not know if they are compatible unless you actually try grafting them together. If you're interested in looking into this more, there is a great book on rootstocks available on the UC Riverside Citrus Variety Collection. Here's a link to the book: citrusvariety.ucr.edu/sites/default/files/2022-08/citrus-rootstocks-their-characters-and-reactions-bitters.pdf
thank you so much! because of your video, i will definetely be ordering some bud wood from the ccpp now! quick question, do we keep the graft covered in foil till till it sprouts leaves? or do we remove it after 3-4 weeks?
You're welcome! The foil is only to protect the graft in case of high heat. You can remove it after 3-4 weeks after the graft has healed, but before it begins to grow.
Why did you use parafilm for this graft as opposed to the vinyl tape I've seen in your other videos? Is it because the cleft graft is more sensitive to getting wet than patch/T grafts? Also what is the rate of success of this technique compared to patch-bud grafting and T grafting, etc? How do you determine which grafting method to use for a given graft? Also, why did you prune the cyan to leave just 3-4 buds? Is that because it would have been too heavy for the fragile graft otherwise, or because you wanted to be able to use more of the cyan for other grafts?
T-budding requires the bark to be slipping, but cleft grafting will work even if the bark is not slipping. In general I think cleft grafts tend to grow faster than T-buds. I think T-budding is easier and may be a better technique for a beginner.
Viendo los injertos, veo q indican y horarios apropiados,mi pregunta :que fase lunar es requerida para obtener un injerto .? O puede ser realizado cualquier día del mes. Gracias?
I followed these tips and have my first successful citrus grafts, with 'Cocktail', 'Thong Dee' ,Valentine, and Tarroco all pushing new growth. I tried a few grafts of 'Yosemite' but those all failed. BTW, I take it that if the graft isn't doing much for a few weeks--but the wood remains green--that there's cause for hope?
I grew a lemon tree from a seed out of a lemon from the grocery store. I also grew an orange tree from a seed from the same. Can I graft them together to get a hybrid and is it safe to do.. Will it be disease free? These are my first citrus trees, hope I'm not an idiot. Just a citrus lover! Ty
You may enjoy my video on breeding: ruclips.net/video/f-g6bcX88Eg/видео.html Your seedlings may not necessarily be true-to-type. Whether they have disease or not depends upon the disease status of the mother tree. Most citrus diseases are not transmitted by seeds, but some are. See this video: ruclips.net/video/JAAe8TnP3fQ/видео.html If you would like to grow citrus fruit, I would recommend buying a tree from a reputable nursery rather than trying to grow a tree from seed.
You're welcome. I do not recommend harvesting your own scions. To guarantee a healthy tree I recommend the use of a source such as the CCPP for citrus scions. Scions can be stored in the refrigerator. The fresher they are the better the chances of success, but they are typically still viable for several months if kept in the refrigerator.
That will not help you if those two trees are of the same variety. You might see some improvement if you could graft Asian pears of different varieties to those trees.
I have a Meyer lemon tree I bought from Lowes. It cost me about $15 and came in one of those long skinny containers (4" x 4" x 12"). At the moment, the tree is about 24" tall and has two branches coming off at a Y at the top. Below, I can clearly see where they grafted to the root stock (looks like a whip graft). I want to graft a lime (from CCPP) onto this tree. Which, in your opinion, would be best to do. Whip or cleft graft to one of the two branches at the top essentially making a half-n-half lemon/lime tree? OR T-Bud graft directly to the rootstock below the Meyer graft (meaning the lime would come off the same rootstock as the lemon)? OR T-Bud graft onto the lower trunk of the Meyer graft (the lime would be completely separate graft on the rootstock)? Thanks.
Of those choices I would graft to one of the two branches at the top. The lemon rootstock from the nursery is likely to be a good one for the lime too. The lime need not be grafted directly to the rootstock. I do not expect that the lemon interstem would make a difference.
Thank you! I learned this year that Nepal has the huanglongbing disease also. I would like to better help people in Nepal, but I do not have information about citrus budwood programs in Nepal. If you know about programs in Nepal, please let me know. I would like to add them to my citrus budwood programs web page: www.fruitmentor.com/citrus-budwood-programs
After removing the aluminum foil, is is best to keep the graft inside in a warmer area or in an unheated greenhouse? (where the night temperatures might drop below 9°C around April which is the time we would have to do it here. Is it also needed to mist the graft (both before and after there are buds growing on it) and lastly, watering regime: I intend to graft on either a poncirus seedling or rooted cutting, so I was wondering what the watering requirements are for a graft that is healing and tring to grow buds after.
One thing I've never been able to find info about is this = if you graft successfully with one or two small points of cambium contact, is this enough to support the future branch/ tree? What happens at that union with time - does it remain a 'bottleneck', or does the cambium reconnect all the way around? Do you know?
The cambium get reconnected at 4:38 in this video you can see how the tree starts to heal even on the back side where there was no cambium contact. In my newest video at the 1:05 point you can see a nice example of what happens to a graft union after there has been more time for the new branch to grow: ruclips.net/video/hD8ePt6KV-Y/видео.html
@Fruitmentor so if I understand this correctly, the small contact between RS and scion cambium as grafting keeps the scion alive until it takes and then slowly the cambiums reconnect around the entire circumference of RS and scion??
That’s my understanding. The plant first fills in the area with a tissue called callus tissue, kind of like the scar tissue that forms when we get cut.
This was the clearest explanation of how the cambium layers must touch each other.
Thank you! I am glad to hear that you appreciated that!
Great video
Thanks a lot !!
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Just love the way you add the animation about how to have cambium contact(its really a secret that expert never teach other ) but you are selfless to help me . Thank yoy so much😍
Thank you! It is so subtle that it would be hard to notice even though I was using that trick in the video. I am glad that you appreciated the animation!
Fantastic tutorial it seems terrifying at you first attempt but your step by step approach makes all the difference in facing my fears of grafting
Thank you! I am glad that this makes it more approachable!
Thank you for sharing. Your videos are very easy to understand n easy to follow.
Glad you like them!
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Hey Dan, Thanks very much , the foil will be a plus in helping with my graft in the tropical heat of Trinidad & Tobago .
+Trevor James You're welcome! I hope that this tip helps you to succeed.
Awesome I'm also trying this and I'm in Trinidad
Thank you with loving kindness! I did my lemon tree cleft- grafting, my FIRST EVER! Very informative and easy to follow important stepwise instructions.Will let you in two months.
in video 4:10 how long we should keep inside plastic wrapper after grafting ?
did it work?
The animation is fantastic
Thank you!
Thank you for this video. It's exactly what I needed
Super! My dad and I did this. We hard 3 trees in the front yard, lemons, and we grafted different citrus onto those trees. You know, you can graft onto oak trees too!
so what happened when you did a graft on an oak tree ? what grew ? Seems very unusual .
Already gave you a big thumb up..I have grafting Summer lemon on kaffir lime about 30 days ago. It still green but no new young leaves showing up. The atmosphere here quite cloudy most of the time.
I have seen many of the video in RUclips but non have disclosed the secret of the at least one contact of the cambium layer and explained with animation.thank you for the nice video.
Thank you! I appreciate the feedback!
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Very useful video. I wish I had known this technique years ago.
Excellent demonstration
I did my very first ever grafts using this technique about 6 weeks ago. I was very happy to see one of the two take as I didn't do as meticulous a job as I intended.
Congratulations on your success! The technique does not always have to be perfect if fundamental things are done correctly such as aligning the cambium and grafting when the temperatures are optimal.
@@Fruitmentor and what is considered optimal temps and season
@@knicks252525 Please see this article: fruitmentor.com/grafting-citrus-trees-best-time
This is an excellent tutorial video. It is a great service to planters.
Thank you!
Thanks for your email. You are doing silent service. Many people like me translate your tutorial into regional language (like Telugu) and send it to local magazines with their names. Thus your idea/discovery becomes popular without your knowledge. That is your greatness.!
Amazing video very very well explained.
This is very helpful, I had no idea about the diseases.
Thank you!
Thanks for this timely tutoring/ made simple
You're very welcome!
Best site I've encountered for grafting-period! I've subscribed and look forward to future video's!
Thank you! A new video is coming soon!
It’s 4:30 in the morning and I neither own nor live in an area where it’s feasible to grow a citrus tree. Regardless, I found this video fascinating and informative.
Rheah Thank You! I’m glad that you enjoyed the video!
thank you from Kabylia
Always loved your videos. Beautiful content
Thank you!
great information my co worker suggesting to watch this video and learn from this.
very interesting
Glad it was helpful!
Thank you! Because of your videos I'm going to attempt my first citrus grafting in a couple of days after the rain. I ordered from CCPP and the scions have been chilling in my crisper for about a week. I'm going to download your e-book later tonight. I really appreciate what you do. Thanks again! Greg from Anaheim ☺
+HomeGrownVegans Thank you, Greg! I'm happy to hear your feedback. Please let me know if you have any questions. Dan
Did you have any luck with your grafting?
@@caseG80 I had great luck. Had about a 50% take my first time attempting bud grafting with small material.
am impress,very useful & making translation in different language,& create awareness to citrus farmers for preventing insect & diseases & ensure commercial farming within schedule time
+Md Nazrul Thank you!
Took me a few tries but I grafted my cocktail grapefruit onto a Yuzu tree. Now I am trying it on a strong lemon tree with mandrin as well.
You always have the best videos! Thanks
Thank you! I'm glad that you like them!
Nice tutorial video for the new learners.
Thank you!
Dan , I tried grafting some Sapodillas that dried out and will be trying the foil on my next graft , Thanks again .
i tried lime on to mandarin and it too dried out. it was in the heat of summer so that wouldn't have helped either. i too will try the foil.
Good teaching and motivating. I will try the tips given
Thank you! Good luck!
Nice information dear
I like it
I am from india
And. I follow your instructions
Thank you!
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Thanks for these important info - best video you are a PROFessional
Glad it was helpful!
Best chanell about citrus tress... thank you. SUBSCRIBED !!!!
+Cheese Pants Thank you! I have several more of these videos in the works.
+fruitmentor Great... can't wait!
Thank you for this great info!
You are so welcome!
Tip: for a straight-down-the-middle cleft cut, I recommend a dual-bevel knife. For the life of me, I can't make my Victornix single-bevel knives give me any cut that doesn't slant to one side or the other, especially with rose bushes. Everyone recommends single-bevel knives, but dual-bevel has its place, and this cut is it.
Thanks this is very helpful , all my citrus got frozen and they they grew back from below the graft on whatever the rootstock was , I don`t want to dig the trees up , i will try to use this method to fix them .
Good luck! If you have any branches with a larger diameter, you may find this method useful:
ruclips.net/video/hD8ePt6KV-Y/видео.html
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Excelentes Vídeos !!!Muchas Gracias por estar en RUclips ! y enseñarnos a respetar la naturaleza y a estar en armonía con todo ser vivo!! Que la vida te traiga siempre lo más lindo:SALUD AMOR PAZ LUZ FELICIDAD Y MUCHA PROSPERIDAD!! JUNTO A TODOS TUS SERES QUERIDOS!!! Y QUE DÍA A DÍA SEA LLENO DE MUCHAS BENDICIONES!!
UN FUERTE ABRAZO DESDE URUGUAY!!!
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nice informative and easy to understand
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Excellent Demo,Very Useful Information,Thanks a lot
Thank you! I am glad that you enjoyed it!
This chanel brilliant skills... Gud job bro
Thank you so much 😀
Thanks for the tips and your booklet. I created 3 cocktail trees, If all goes well I will have 12 varieties of citrus. After 40 days I unwrapped the 68 grafts and found a 72% success rate. It’s possibly the tree would have been better with fewer grafts. The variety with the most failures were the kishu. I remember the budwood was very thin. I most likely didn’t make adequate cambium contact. I noticed many of the failures were done a week after the initial grafts, I kept the CCPP budwood in the fridge, but I may have been hasty in doing the grafts. Five of the grafts had leave growth and one improved Meyer lemon graft has 8 lemon blossoms. I doubt the graft can support the weight. Do I need to remove all the blossoms. I kept apical dominance in mind when picking branches upon which to graft. Also, If a branch jutted out and had three branchlets, I grafted all three branchlets with the same variety. Thanks for the inspiration.
Also had some loss due to mildew. I see in your re-reading your booklet, I might have been able to save some had I checked earlier. If you see this, should my trees now move into full sun?
Very nicely explained.. Thnks
Thank you. I'm glad that you enjoyed it!
I’ve been watching grafting videos for days & this is the best I’ve seen! Can this same method be used with pears in March? I live in LA.
Thank you! I am glad that you have found these videos to be helpful. I have used this graft on pears with success. I grafted pears earlier in Northern California, but I think you may still have success in LA in March.
@@Fruitmentor thx. One more question. I’m having trouble finding dormant scions for the variety I’m interested in. Do u know of a trustworthy source of dormant pear scions....or can grafting be done w a scion that isn’t dormant? I know it’s not ideal but it seems like it’s worth a try if that’s all I can find. Thx again!
I don’t know anywhere that you could acquire them now. You could try the non-dormant scions now and then try again earlier next year if they fail. I would suggest cutting off any leaves and trying the aluminum foil trick that I show in this video. I would be interested to hear how it goes.
@@Fruitmentor I was able to find a few dormant pear scions thru CRFG (CA Rare Fruit Growers). They seem like a really nice group that I may join. I did 2 cleft grafts & 1 Z graft. I really like the Z but two of the scions were too small to cut like that. Thx again & I’ll let you know how it turns out! 🤞
HI, thank you for kind detailed guide to graft, there was one thing missing for me which most videos don't mention.
you can not graft at any time you like please
mention the time for grafting for each kind of graft and each kind of fruits.
thanks
I included that in one video, but I did not think it made sense to include it in every video so I wrote an article:
www.fruitmentor.com/grafting-citrus-trees-best-time
Couldnt you drill out the center and fit the graft to be the perfect size inside? There would be alot of cambian points touching that way, or has it been tried with little success?
Thank you very much for your help
Nice & smart work 👌🌹
Thank you!
Very nice... Very detailed. Thanks for the vid sir.
You're welcome!
Hello from Connecticut my friend, I enjoy your videos of grafting citrus trees, when is a good time of the year to graft this trees, ( but grafting and cleft grafting) I have citrus fruit trees in pots for 25 to 30 years , I do grafting in many other fruit trees, like pears, peach, apricot , apples and so on , I do have a green house and that’s how I protect them from the harsh winters , so please help me on my questions, it will be much appreciated, thanks ,Anthony.
Thank you! I wrote an article that will help you with timing:
www.fruitmentor.com/grafting-citrus-trees-best-time
Good luck!
in video 4:10 how long we should keep inside plastic wrapper after grafting ?
I left the foil on the graft for three weeks.
Thanks to your videos and ebook I have successfully grafted Thornless Mexican lime, Frost Washington Navel and Frost Eureka Lemon scions onto what I believe is a way overgrown rough lemon rootstock growing wild in my yard. I’m just about to cut down the rough lemon above the grafted branches. Do you have any tips on nurturing these fruit cocktail trees past grafting? Thanks again for all your valuable free help!
Thank you! I am glad that you have found everything helpful and that you have had some success! Be sure to fertilize your tree as citrus are heavy feeders. One thing that I think I should add to the ebook is a section on rootstocks. I think a common mistake people make is to graft to the wrong rootstock. If your rootstock is indeed rough lemon, your Washington Navel graft may suffer from poor fruit quality. I would expect the lemon and lime to do well, though.
can you graft onto suckers ?
You can, but I would not recommend it. I think it is better to cut suckers off and to graft to a normal branch. In my experience suckers tend to lead to more suckers if they are not cut off.
Very helpful to known please send more videos
Thank you! I am working on more!
Is it ok to dip the end of the scion in a rooting hormone before grafting in order to enhance the formation of the callus tissue?
I don’t think that will help the graft to succeed.
Can you talk about the different types of knives to use for what techniques? Is there a better knife to use for grafting vs for taking cuttings, buds etc?
When do you recommend to perform this grafting? winter, late winter , spring or late spring? congratulation for sharing your knowledge
Here’s an article that I wrote on timing:
fruitmentor.com/grafting-citrus-trees-best-time
Una pregunta este injerto también se puede realizar en arboles pequeños de vivero.
Sí.
Good video
Thank you!
Great video. When is the best time of the year to do this kind of graft?
Here's an article that I wrote on timing:
fruitmentor.com/grafting-citrus-trees-best-time
Thanks for an informative video.
You're welcome!
Can you use any citrus root stock for say lemon budwood? If there is more information where can I find it?
They are not all compatible. Here is a great book on citrus rootstocks:
citrusvariety.ucr.edu/links/documents/Bitters.pdf
Excellent quality and informative video!
For grafts to heal well how much of a 24 hr period needs to be in the ideal 70-85 F range. Right now in my area we have 45-75 ranges with only 6 hr per day above 70. Would that work?
Thank you! I have not performed any experiments to quantify the number of hours per day in the ideal range. I have done some grafting with less than ideal weather and have noticed that the grafts sometimes succeed even when the weather is poor, but the success rate is much lower. I have also observed that when grafts like this do succeed, they can be slow to start growing the next season; I'm guessing that they may have healed enough to keep the scion alive, but not as well as they would have in better weather..
wow thats great ideas sir. Thank you so mucj for sharing.Can we derform this procedure in winters successfully?
You want to wait until the tree wakes up in spring
It depends upon your weather and if you have a greenhouse. In most places citrus grafting would not work well in winter. Please see this article for more information on timing:
www.fruitmentor.com/grafting-citrus-trees-best-time
നല്ല വീഡിയോ, very useful... 💜 thanks....
Nice 👌 tutorial with great animation skill Thanks
Thank you!
when can I do this type of graft in zone 10b (Portugal). I intend to put a lemon tree to give oranges and tangerines.
I converted a lemon tree in my yard into a mandarin orange tree with terrible results. The flavor and texture of the fruit was very poor. I ended up grafting it back to lemons. What I learned is that the rootstock to which the lemon is grafted will have a major impact on other fruits grafted to the lemon tree. The effect will vary depending upon the roostock and the fruit. Some lemon rootstocks will give poor quality oranges while others will give fruit that some people would find acceptable. So beware that the results may not be great depending upon the rootstock of your lemon tree. For time of year to graft I wrote an article that I think you will find helpful. See here:
www.fruitmentor.com/grafting-citrus-trees-best-time
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Are you supposed to keep rain off the grafting? I'm in California still winter and rainy
I think it is a bit early to graft citrus in California. For the grafts to heal the weather needs to be a certain temperature. When I’ve grafted them in Northern California, the rainy season is already over. You can read my article about it here:
fruitmentor.com/grafting-citrus-trees-best-time
hello can I use air layered eureka lemon tree as a root stock to graft valencia orange
I would not recommend that:
ruclips.net/video/JAAe8TnP3fQ/видео.html
Even if there were no disease issue, the fruit quality would probably be poor.
How would you store citrus scions and how long will they remain viable? Thanks so much for your videos. I've learned a lot!
I store them in the refrigerator. They can remain viable for many months, but the success rate for grafting will gradually decline over time. I am glad that you have enjoyed the videos!!
Thanks for tips
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Is it beneficial to place a narrow plastic tube bag over the graft overtop of the parafilm in rainy areas or is the grafting tape sufficient?
I think grafting tape should be sufficient if the graft is wrapped well. If you have problems you could try the bag and see if it helps.
Well executed amazing video!!
Thank you!
This angle idea could be a game changer for me. Tried a few in the last 2 years, and none have taken. Just need the weather to start warming up here in Spain. When is the ideal time of the growing season to do this?
I hope that the tip helps! Here's an article that I wrote on timing:
fruitmentor.com/grafting-citrus-trees-best-time
@@Fruitmentor Thanks a lot. Appreciate your help.
Which month is best for grafting
Do you find that certain varieties of citrus make better rootstock for grafting? And is it advantageous to match grapefruit to grapefruit, limes to limes, etc? Thanks!
What I showed in this video is really a bit abnormal -- for example when I grafted the Ponderosa lemon to a mandarin interstock. There might have been an incompatibility issue there, but it would take more testing to figure that out with certainty, but it isn't really a worthwhile test to do. It might have been more likely to succeed if I had grafted it to a lemon branch instead. So if you graft things that are more similar I think you are more likely to succeed. Normally when citrus breeders develop a new rootstock they test it with many different scion varieties to look for compatibility issues. But with so many citrus varieties that could be grafted together you would not know if they are compatible unless you actually try grafting them together. If you're interested in looking into this more, there is a great book on rootstocks available on the UC Riverside Citrus Variety Collection. Here's a link to the book:
citrusvariety.ucr.edu/sites/default/files/2022-08/citrus-rootstocks-their-characters-and-reactions-bitters.pdf
Thank you for the great content.
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thank you so much! because of your video, i will definetely be ordering some bud wood from the ccpp now! quick question, do we keep the graft covered in foil till till it sprouts leaves? or do we remove it after 3-4 weeks?
You're welcome! The foil is only to protect the graft in case of high heat. You can remove it after 3-4 weeks after the graft has healed, but before it begins to grow.
Why did you use parafilm for this graft as opposed to the vinyl tape I've seen in your other videos? Is it because the cleft graft is more sensitive to getting wet than patch/T grafts? Also what is the rate of success of this technique compared to patch-bud grafting and T grafting, etc? How do you determine which grafting method to use for a given graft? Also, why did you prune the cyan to leave just 3-4 buds? Is that because it would have been too heavy for the fragile graft otherwise, or because you wanted to be able to use more of the cyan for other grafts?
Are there any advantages to using this over T-budding/another method (or the other way around)?
T-budding requires the bark to be slipping, but cleft grafting will work even if the bark is not slipping. In general I think cleft grafts tend to grow faster than T-buds. I think T-budding is easier and may be a better technique for a beginner.
Hi can you please tell me that is it possible to graft the citrus in pomelo tree.
Viendo los injertos, veo q indican y horarios apropiados,mi pregunta :que fase lunar es requerida para obtener un injerto .? O puede ser realizado cualquier día del mes. Gracias?
Cualquier día del mes está bien.
www.fruitmentor.com/es/injertos-citricos-mejor-epoca
Great tutorial. What's optimum temperature (high/low) for grafting citrus?
Thank you! 70°F and 85°F (21°C to 29°C) works well. I wrote an article about it here:
fruitmentor.com/grafting-citrus-trees-best-time
I followed these tips and have my first successful citrus grafts, with 'Cocktail', 'Thong Dee' ,Valentine, and Tarroco all pushing new growth. I tried a few grafts of 'Yosemite' but those all failed. BTW, I take it that if the graft isn't doing much for a few weeks--but the wood remains green--that there's cause for hope?
I grew a lemon tree from a seed out of a lemon from the grocery store. I also grew an orange tree from a seed from the same. Can I graft them together to get a hybrid and is it safe to do.. Will it be disease free? These are my first citrus trees, hope I'm not an idiot. Just a citrus lover! Ty
You may enjoy my video on breeding:
ruclips.net/video/f-g6bcX88Eg/видео.html
Your seedlings may not necessarily be true-to-type.
Whether they have disease or not depends upon the disease status of the mother tree. Most citrus diseases are not transmitted by seeds, but some are. See this video:
ruclips.net/video/JAAe8TnP3fQ/видео.html
If you would like to grow citrus fruit, I would recommend buying a tree from a reputable nursery rather than trying to grow a tree from seed.
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Thank you!
Can you leave the grafted piece long? Or does it have to be short?
It can be longer, but it it is too long it is more likely to dry out and die before healing.
Thank you sir very informative video. please guide me when to take scion cutting and how to store them for long time.
You're welcome. I do not recommend harvesting your own scions. To guarantee a healthy tree I recommend the use of a source such as the CCPP for citrus scions. Scions can be stored in the refrigerator. The fresher they are the better the chances of success, but they are typically still viable for several months if kept in the refrigerator.
I planted 2 Shinseki ( self-fertile ) too far from each other. Can I graft one to other, so I'll get more fruit or not ?
That will not help you if those two trees are of the same variety. You might see some improvement if you could graft Asian pears of different varieties to those trees.
Do you recommend a certain time of year/ season for grafting citrus?
I like to graft in the spring after it has gotten warm enough:
fruitmentor.com/grafting-citrus-trees-best-time
Will this grafting technique work for Parkia roxburghii? It's a leguminous tree species for a research.
It works with many types of trees, but I am not sure about Parkia roxburghii.
Thanks Cleveland.
I have a Meyer lemon tree I bought from Lowes. It cost me about $15 and came in one of those long skinny containers (4" x 4" x 12"). At the moment, the tree is about 24" tall and has two branches coming off at a Y at the top. Below, I can clearly see where they grafted to the root stock (looks like a whip graft). I want to graft a lime (from CCPP) onto this tree. Which, in your opinion, would be best to do. Whip or cleft graft to one of the two branches at the top essentially making a half-n-half lemon/lime tree? OR T-Bud graft directly to the rootstock below the Meyer graft (meaning the lime would come off the same rootstock as the lemon)? OR T-Bud graft onto the lower trunk of the Meyer graft (the lime would be completely separate graft on the rootstock)? Thanks.
Of those choices I would graft to one of the two branches at the top. The lemon rootstock from the nursery is likely to be a good one for the lime too. The lime need not be grafted directly to the rootstock. I do not expect that the lemon interstem would make a difference.
Thank you very much. I'll be grafting on Wednesday; the ETA of lime budwood.
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I'm from Nepal !
Thank you! I learned this year that Nepal has the huanglongbing disease also. I would like to better help people in Nepal, but I do not have information about citrus budwood programs in Nepal. If you know about programs in Nepal, please let me know. I would like to add them to my citrus budwood programs web page:
www.fruitmentor.com/citrus-budwood-programs
fruitmentor,
Thanks!
I will be in touch. All the best!
After removing the aluminum foil, is is best to keep the graft inside in a warmer area or in an unheated greenhouse? (where the night temperatures might drop below 9°C around April which is the time we would have to do it here.
Is it also needed to mist the graft (both before and after there are buds growing on it)
and lastly, watering regime: I intend to graft on either a poncirus seedling or rooted cutting, so I was wondering what the watering requirements are for a graft that is healing and tring to grow buds after.
One thing I've never been able to find info about is this = if you graft successfully with one or two small points of cambium contact, is this enough to support the future branch/ tree? What happens at that union with time - does it remain a 'bottleneck', or does the cambium reconnect all the way around? Do you know?
The cambium get reconnected at 4:38 in this video you can see how the tree starts to heal even on the back side where there was no cambium contact. In my newest video at the 1:05 point you can see a nice example of what happens to a graft union after there has been more time for the new branch to grow:
ruclips.net/video/hD8ePt6KV-Y/видео.html
@Fruitmentor so if I understand this correctly, the small contact between RS and scion cambium as grafting keeps the scion alive until it takes and then slowly the cambiums reconnect around the entire circumference of RS and scion??
That’s my understanding. The plant first fills in the area with a tissue called callus tissue, kind of like the scar tissue that forms when we get cut.