Grafting apple trees with Michal Dolan

Grafting fruit trees at home is fun and satisfying! Michael Dolan demonstrates several easy ways of grafting apple trees.

[@misterfixie6003]

I got over 90% take from your scion wood this season. My cider orchard has begun! Hope all is well at Burnt Ridge! - fixie

[@siriuscowking8615]

Im a younger enthusiast about organic farming and orcharding, Ive been learning a lot from videos from many different sources but yours are the best I found so far

[@juliosdiy3206]

Finally found a video from burnt ridge my favorite nursery! Thnks so much.

[@danielmcardle3476]

Great video thanks! Very interesting and delivered in a calm professional way. Focus seemed to be on the background sometimes when it would have been helpful to see more close detail. But in a way, it was perfect!

[@saltriverorchards4190]

Excellent video. Thanks for taking the time to share it with us.

[@BrianJMader-sz7jw]

Great video 👍

[@waynerollack1026]

Thank-you for the lessons, I’m ready to give it a try!

[@j.bumatay8585]

I ordered a Montry Surprise. It has been in the ground since it arrived as soon as it came available. I am in Sacramento Valley of California. I am looking forward to seeing it grow.

[@XXXston3wallXXX]

Thank you

[@howtograft6753]

Nice job sir

[@mikekearsley2407]

Great video. Do you leave the newly grafted apple trees in the green house for a couple mounts to help the graft union heal? Thanks from Woodinville WA

[@burntridgenursery591]

Thanks! They will leaf out faster in a greenhouse, but it is not required for apples. Some trees like mulberries, walnuts, and chestnuts need a higher temperature (around 70 degrees) for the graft to take. We graft these in May or June in the greenhouse, or even July outdoors.

[@mikekearsley2407]

@@burntridgenursery591 Thanks

[@unknownhuman1000]

Years in quarantine till a virus in the wood is eliminated? How does that work?

[@SusanThoresen]

Curious if you root the cut off piece of rootstock? Does the success rate of a whip or whip and tongue differ? Thank you for this excellent video.

[@raydowdy6914]

Would that apple tree grow well on the east coast

[@jodiewhittaker5777]

What soil mixture do you use in the pots?

[@ericrosales9722]

For plums, is it quite common for the rootstock to be crooked 45% to one side instead of being vertical? I recently bought a 3/4" caliper potted plum and just noticed the rootstock was crooked when I dug the soil to see "what's below". This won't make the structure weak, will it?

[@joelmeyer9997]

Thank you so much for sharing your expertise!

[@mastertechnician3372]

Thank you Michael for this very good video. May I ask you for a little help? on my young, 2 year old cherry tree the nylon thread embedded itself deep into the bark. I made 4 vertical cuts in the bark, 90 degrees apart and1 inch tall where the nylon sank into the bark. I sprayed the wound with graft spray, but I noticed that bellow the ring a single branch flowered, while above the ring the green is taking off, but no flowers. Do you think I should bridge graft also, or should I cut the above the ring part off? Thanks in advance.

[@dalestanley6618]

Where do you get the square long planter pots.

[@terryvandervort9362]

Hello sir thanks for a great video. I would like to try to grow my own rootstock, can I take a seed from my Fuji apple tree and grow a root stock and then graft a scion from that same tree onto it with success?

[@newedenfarm]

The seed will not produce true to type, but yes, you could do that.

[@yopeyopan6337]

sir do you have scion for grafting? How much and what variety from philippines

[@johanconradie2120]

JUST CALL IT A BUDSTICK