Grafting Citrus with the Z Grafting Technique

[@stloveufir2071]

It’s an incredible grafting method. Thank you for sharing the new skills. I follow you because I love planting citrus in my yard

[@Fruitmentor]

You're welcome!

[@mohammednazemuddinsiddiqui1071]

Appreciate your efforts for our farming community.

[@Давид-я7х9ъ]

Такой способ прививки я увидел впервые. Спасибо большое, SUPER!

[@ЛарисаСикорская-ю1у]

Можно попробовать тоже))

[@razashah7881]

I seen your all videos about citrus grafting.. looking nice. your videos are rare. and bundle of thanks for providing eBook in other video..

[@richardrosales3039]

Thank you for sharing your knowledge. I ordered budwood from CCPP and will try to turn a 30 year old grapefruit tree into a cocktail tree. I ordered Tarrocco blood orange, Cara Cara, parent Washington Navel, Late Valencia, Algerian Clementine, Murcott, and Improved Meyer lemon. I will try some Z grafting and bark grafting. Hopefully some grafts will take!

[@Fruitmentor]

Good luck with your grafting! Those are all very good choices! You chose many of my favorites.

[@richardrosales3039]

I had a couple of bark grafts take. But none of the Z grafts took. Not sure where I went wrong as some of them bonded but turned brown and dried up. I assume I did a poor job matching the cambium. One question about the bark grafts. The bark graft scion is lemon and it appears to be putting out flowers but has yet to show leaves. Is this common? Should I remove the blossoms or just leave them on the scion?

[@rickbartley9255]

Thanks for the helpful video. I wasn't aware that there were sources for disease-free budwood.

[@Fruitmentor]

You're welcome!

[@anthonyanderson9326]

Definitely a good idea to wrap the Scion beforehand to avoid budging the graft Union

[@Fruitmentor]

I agree. That's a good idea.

[@muhammadmukhtar1292]

ماشاءاللہ بہت اچھا

[@pakgardeningplus]

Very clear great information dear ❤

[@Fruitmentor]

Thank you!

[@GraftingTactick]

Very informative vids , thanks for sharing 👍👌🍃🌱🌿

[@ajones8699]

Interesting grafting technique, it's similar to a side graft, in as much as it's suited to dissimilar sized wood, and offers a large cambium contact. You could add tongues...

[@figsinisrael1043]

Great technique and explanation!

[@Fruitmentor]

Thank you!

[@ddcarautoshop8798]

Great video, useful information, extremely clear and helpful thanks!

[@Fruitmentor]

Thank you!

[@chitrapuramchandrarao5082]

This video is very useful for us in India, particularly in south India where there is excellent potential to improve our lemon and orange gardens. Our tribal areas, will benefit by introducing some disease resistant varieties of Mandarin orange.Thanks for the useful&reductive video.

[@Fruitmentor]

You're welcome! I am glad that you liked the video!

[@SatyaNarayan-wy3jx]

fruitmentor c

[@lekhachauhan9796]

My grafting are not be successful . Plz some tips you tell me for success of grafting . happily answers to me*****

[@danielsusu1553]

melhor enxerto por estaca q já encontrei!! parabéns! congratulation! aqui é brasil!!!!

[@dmunchman]

Thanks Dan , very informative as usual , will be trying very soon .

[@Fruitmentor]

You're welcome! Good luck!

[@unidyn2]

Professional quality video just like your others. Thank you!

[@Fruitmentor]

You're welcome! I am glad that you enjoyed it!

[@sadektako9249]

Likes and Thank you...very good methods

[@cheambunthoeun1748]

Thanks for sharing grafting knowledge...!!!

[@Fruitmentor]

You're welcome!!

[@bernarddeham4787]

Thank you, I did not now this technique, very smart indeed!

[@Fruitmentor]

You're welcome! I hope that you find it useful!

[@qwertikol]

Thanks, did not know before about this method. Thanks for the info. Good luck.

[@Fruitmentor]

You're welcome!

[@FuriousPsyOp]

Great vid brother of Earth, saw an intriguing video from India where a citrus, Tea grower cloned fresh cut branches with cut ends dipped in honey for anti bacteria defense.

[@Fruitmentor]

Thank you! I think better results will be achieved by the use of rooting hormone as shown in this video: Growing Citrus from Cuttings - Rooting and Grafting Citrus in One Step

[@familytv4538]

Bonjour super vos vidéos 👍

[@Fruitmentor]

Merci!

[@celtichongy]

Excellent video once again, thank you.

[@Fruitmentor]

Thank you!

[@ricardoflorentijustiniano8609]

Cacao grafting

[@maximedousset4035]

Hey very nice video, would you please sais is the season for each technics please 🌱

[@Fruitmentor]

Here's an article that I wrote that explains timing and temperature: fruitmentor.com/grafting-citrus-trees-best-time

[@mandacaia3038]

Very good videos and explanation about grafting!

[@Fruitmentor]

Thank you!

[@ericpitar]

Hi. What is the purpose of the small cuts on the longer side of each end?

[@freddo22gold]

Thanks Dan, very good indeed

[@Fruitmentor]

You're welcome! I am glad that you enjoyed the video!

[@OceanSpritePixieBobs]

thank you so much for this Video my friend Joe Real shared it with his friends on Facebook and now i will share it .

[@familytv4538]

Merci pour vos vidéos

[@Fruitmentor]

De rien!

[@tavyfavorite1149]

Wow I'm very please & impress with your growing technique. Do you always use the rootstock smaller than the scion? I live in Arizona state. Most months are very warm here at 112 in the summer. When you do the z graph in February, when do you remove the parafilm off the z graph joint to see if it healed. I meant how many months or how tall the new shoot growth so I can remove the rubber band and parafilm? Is whip toung graphing is the same as z graphing? I want to grow pomelo scion on a eureka lemon rootstock. Is lemon rootstock grow stronger & faster than white grapefruit rootstock? Can I use black electrical tape instead of parafilm? Bc I think black electrical tape sticks better

[@abc_cba]

Hi, I wanted to know which is the best grafting technique for citrus ? There are plenty, what's your opinion?

[@genevagade6795]

THANKS .. VERY INFORMATIVE.. I WANT TO TRY THIS SOON

[@Fruitmentor]

You're welcome! Good luck with your grafting!

[@kevinbailonhdz3413]

not English but I thank you for your videos as I could engraft and two lemon green and one yellow for the clarity of your videos and soon one of kumquat lemon tree will be no problem in that? Salute one good video

[@Fruitmentor]

You're welcome!

[@patrickuy2292]

I love your videos so much

[@TuffleG]

I live in Kentucky where this isn't a problem and I have been using scions from my other citrus trees seed grown and the ones I ordered

[@Fruitmentor]

I believe that this is OK since you live in a state where citrus trees cannot survive the winter outdoors.

[@TuffleG]

Thats correct I have to bring them inside or I have the option of heating and costly stuff to keep it outside. But on this website let's say I wanted a certain variety would they have it?

[@TuffleG]

Like for example pink lemon or blood orange? Both of which I have but I hadn't previously

[@Fruitmentor]

Yes. The CCPP has hundreds of varieties available. You can order budwood of interesting varieties that you would have a hard time finding elsewhere. They have the variegated pink eureka lemon and also many varieties of blood oranges.

[@TuffleG]

Oh okay and that link is in the description got it thanks man

[@johnbrzenksforearm8295]

Do you use a homemade spray to sanitize or do you buy it ready made from the store?

[@cheringly]

Is it only the green branches better choice than the brown branches?

[@vassilischr]

I noticed that even though you recommended steel gloves at the beginning of the video you did not use them. Are they too bulky - uncomfortable for grafting?

[@YuriWhite2251]

Хорошо, когда черенки толстые. А когда они 3-4 мм ? При такой толщине либо окулировка либо в расщеп. Я уже давно использую последний. Но будет толстый черенок буду пробовать ваш способ. Спасибо.

[@vegadeth]

I live in California and it seems impossible to get parafilm. Any tips?

[@rakeshkumarsahu8077]

what a greate ideas.... the newly method of grafting...

[@Fruitmentor]

Thank you!

[@rhodiebloke3406]

very interesting !

[@dennis451]

You have the best grafting videos anywhere , learned to graft from this site and the importance of getting scions from ccpp . I would like to graft Shiranui to Meyer lemon, would lemon rootstock change flavor of mandarin? or should I stick with FD

[@Fruitmentor]

Thank you! I’m glad that the videos have been helpful! Lemon rootstocks can give disappointing results for mandarins. I tried it and was sorry. The mandarins were terrible and I grafted it back to lemons. I would recommend that you go with FD.

[@januszpaulewicz4218]

I have kumquats. Did you manage to reproduce kumquats by rooting, for example, by air layering trees?

[@Fruitmentor]

Air layering and self rooting is a frequently asked question, so I posed this question to Dr. Georgios Vidalakis of the CCPP and made a video about it. Please see here for the answer: kzbin.info/www/bejne/gHKklmuKo7VmnLM

[@oumamouzawa7801]

Good video .Thanks.

[@Elido]

So if you graft a lemon tree branch onto an orange tree, will only that branch produce lemons or will the lemons and orange continue to grow additional branch in concert?

[@Fruitmentor]

The new branch will produce the new fruit and the old branch will continue to produce the old fruit

[@SinatSumAgri-tech]

Do have any suggestions during the healing time, such as temperature consider, hormone supplement? How to get highly successful?

[@Fruitmentor]

I have written an ebook with tips that will help you to succeed. You can download it here: www.fruitmentor.com/GraftingTips Hormones are not needed when grafting citrus.

[@MassacreDLO]

2:44 why not also cut the left and right side of the top and bottom aka scion and rootstock to have the extra z part connected too unless u did which it kinda looks like with the left scion

[@Fruitmentor]

I think I see what you mean, but I’m not 100% sure. The animation shows it very clearly. The graft is already pretty difficult and there is so much cambium contact as I’ve shown that I think the increase in difficulty of any extra cuts would outweigh any benefit. You could try if you like, but I think it would be harder and might even reduce the chance of success by making it more complex.

[@mohanudiavar]

Great upload, thanks a lot

[@Fruitmentor]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@joliamuy2599]

Hello..as I am watching this video got encourage to do the same ti my citrus in the container..my questiob is should I changed the soil in the container because the leaves is going yellow..is it the solution? Pls tell mevif you have other idea I will be happycto follow ..thank you..pls reply

[@Sticky1]

Great video! Will the new growth break through the plastic wrap?

[@Fruitmentor]

Thank you! Buds should be able to grow through a single layer of parafilm easily. If there are too many layers over the bud or if it is some other material like vinyl tape, then the wrapping must be removed.

[@CyberGardens]

*z graft* ? ive never tried it, but i like the principles... i will surely try it. thanks for sharing 👌

[@aryanprivilege9651]

Wonder do they mostly use Meyers, can caviar citrus grow in Florida I wonder, never seen even in botanical gardens.

[@Fruitmentor]

Finger limes should grow well in Florida and are tolerant of HLB.

[@davefromcamp]

Thanks for the great video, do you know anyone that grafts indoor citrus trees in the north? I have a red line and would like to add key lime or mandarins. Thanks

[@Fruitmentor]

Are you in Canada?

[@davefromcamp]

@@Fruitmentor Minnesota zone 4. I have a red lime tree that is doing awesome and a myer lemon that grows a bunch of leaves and then in 2-3 weeks drops them all. Rinses and repeats.

[@Sticky1]

If you had a choice would you use z graft every time for small trees.?

[@Fruitmentor]

It depends upon the size of the scion. If the scion diameter is large and the rootstock is small, the Z-graft works well. If the scion diameter is small, chip budding may be easier. I prefer to use a larger rootstock if I can.

[@barjeetsingh3313]

Is rootstock gives same yeild as of their parent plant?

[@Fruitmentor]

Different rootstocks will give different yields. The roostocks also affect the fruit quality, so this is a very complex topic. Some rootstocks that give higher yields will give lower quality fruit. Here is a book on rootstocks that you may enjoy: citrusvariety.ucr.edu/documents/Bittersrev2.pdf

[@TurboA4]

I have a tree that has been quarantined I can take bud wood from. If it’s solely for my use, is the CCPP necessary? These trees will be used for fruit production for my consumption.

[@Fruitmentor]

I made a FAQ video with the answer to that question: kzbin.info/www/bejne/gHKklmuKo7VmnLM Here is the specific part of the video: kzbin.info/www/bejne/gHKklmuKo7VmnLM

[@lilyoutcalt992]

Can I use the same method as a citrus for guavas, Logan, June plum, mangos, and others tropical fruits as well?

[@Fruitmentor]

I have not tried it yet, but I expect that this method could be useful for those other fruits.

[@ericrosales9722]

At the most, how many weeks should the aluminum foil be wrapped? I'm in vancouver and wrapped aluminum on plum grafts late August. Would keeping the aluminum foil help during the winter?

[@Fruitmentor]

I looked at your weather and it does not appear to be warm enough that the foil would be beneficial now. I would recommend grafting stone fruits in the spring when the buds are starting to break. With citrus it is necessary to graft when the weather is warm for the grafts to heal, but that is not the case with stone fruit. I’d be interested to hear if any of your grafts succeed. If not, try in the spring when it is much easier.

[@ericrosales9722]

​@@Fruitmentor I actually used your bark graft technique to graft 3 different strains of plums to our bing cherry tree end of july to first week of august this year(my bad, i meant late july, not late august as i said previously). It was probably not necessary but the aluminum foil was actually put there to prolong the life of the rubber bands which were breaking down within 2 to 3 weeks when I was grafting in the philippines last year. The plums grafted late july this year in vancouver was an unknown variety....5 out of 6 took. A week after that batch, i grafted a couple of Italian plum strains which got 2 out of 8 taking and leafing. 3 dried up. Another 3 didn't sprout but the scions still look plump and alive up to now. About half of the italains were, i believe, 2 year old scions so that may have been the reason for the fail and slow take. I will try to update you next spring if any of those survive. Thanks so much for your great vids!

[@ericpitar]

What is the purpose of the little cut on the longer end of the rootstock and scion?

[@Fruitmentor]

One thing it does is make the next cut easier. It gives a better angle for the knife at beginning of the next cut. It may also help to avoid the knife slipping.

[@ericpitar]

@@Fruitmentor It wasn't stated specifically in the video, but does the next cut have to be above or below this or either way?

[@subliminallistenernetherla4995]

Do you clean your materials with water after you have bleached them? Is the bleach not bad for the plant?

[@Fruitmentor]

Yes. It is important to get the bleach off of the tools.

[@slick66]

Another well made video. Dan thanks for your time and good instructions. I mirrored a link on my channel :)

[@Fruitmentor]

Thank you, Joe! I am glad that you liked it. Thank you for sharing it on your channel!

[@slick66]

The time you've invested making these and the information in your videos deserve a much larger audience esp on you tube.

[@Fruitmentor]

I hope that I have made it good enough that it will reach many people!

[@armovahermets4285]

vvbv

[@Dads90thbirthday]

When do you remove the layers of plastic tape and the rubber bands or do you just leave them and let them fall off on their own?

[@Fruitmentor]

I normally leave them on a long time until they start deteriorating. Sometimes I will take them off sooner if the graft has healed and I think they could be causing a problem (i.e. mold).

[@easam72]

Thank you sir

[@Fruitmentor]

You're welcome!

[@kervan.s]

Give thanks for the knowledge

[@Pap3rPlanesss]

Do you wrap the scion but leave the Buds unwrapped? Or we cover the buds too?

[@Fruitmentor]

I used to leave them uncovered, but I’ve changed how I do that. Now I wrap over the buds, but I’m careful to only wrap one layer of parafilm over a bud. I make sure that any overlap is between buds.

[@Pap3rPlanesss]

@@Fruitmentor thank you, I tried the wood glue method to seal the whole scion. Let's see how they do in 3-4weeks

[@Fruitmentor]

I hadn’t heard about that? What did you do? Dip the whole scion in wood glue? Where did you hear about that? I’d be interested to hear how it turns out.

[@Pap3rPlanesss]

@Fruitmentor thin layer, rubbed with my finger. So fsr no sign or growth or death. Patiently waiting

[@tylerwerrin41]

Hi, I have a question regarding the Bizzaria - Citrus medica + C. aurantium. I'm trying to find some budwood for this peculiar citrus. I can't seem to find it at the CCPP. Is there another source for this budwood? Have you ever heard of this variety of Citrus?

[@ericrosales9722]

Does it matter if the rootstock and/or scion is dormant for this technique to work?

[@Fruitmentor]

I assume that you mean for types of trees other than citrus. It should work fine for fruit trees that are grafted when dormant. For citrus it needs to be done in warmer weather.

[@jrajendranjayaraman3025]

hi Dan, nice video. I am interested in planting oranges in my orchard but am not sure if it is suitable where I reside. I am in a subtropical zone in South East Asia at an elevation of 1000 m. Avg annual rainfall is 1300mm. We have wet summer and dry winter. Mean hi/low temperature for summer is 30C/20C and winter is 20C/10C for winter. Do you think commercial sweet orange varieties like Valencia or Navel can grow and fruit well here? Hope you could advice. Thanks.

[@Fruitmentor]

Thank you! I do not have experience with your climate, but I suspect that you could grow some good oranges. I have heard of people having success growing oranges in Hawaii. Your climate sounds like it might be in between Hawaii and California in terms of winter temperatures, so perhaps it would be better than Hawaii for oranges. If I lived in your climate, I would try it.

[@jrajendranjayaraman3025]

Appreciate your views. Lemons grow well here. Would try grafting orange buds on them. Will send you a box if they fruit.

[@panpat202]

good video ..for grafting lemon (Meyer lemon) ..any citrus root stock plant will work ? can I use lime plant as root stock? thanks

[@Fruitmentor]

Thank you! I have not tried it, but I expect that a lime tree would work OK for this combination. Here is a good resource on rootstock compatibility: www.citrusvariety.ucr.edu/links/documents/Bitters.pdf

[@karltrepka1627]

hypothetically in the case of the less successful graft in your video instead of culling it could you save it by grafting a small piece of bark etc as a bridge. Assume the is very rare scion or other reason. thanks

[@Fruitmentor]

I think if I had left the second scion on the tree it would have survived but healed more slowly. In this example I had grafted the same variety to both branches with one as a backup so I just cut off the weaker scion.

[@MrXulfo]

Hi I live in Sudan where the sun and climate is unbelievably hot 46c° is our norm most of te year I got an adult Limon tree aged 15 year producing coupoiusly all year long . can I graft orange and grape fruit on the same tree? how soon would the graft produce fruits?

[@berleezysbigassforehead5656]

MrXulfo yes just do the graft around 80f

[@huyhongsath1124]

I like it and try it at home

[@Fruitmentor]

Thank you!

[@mjr3695]

Ótimo vídeo, excelente.

[@Fruitmentor]

Gracias!

[@MyRcGoSlow]

Nice videos man

[@Fruitmentor]

Thank you!

[@HMaktoum]

hi thanks for the good infornation

[@Fruitmentor]

You're welcome! I am glad that you found it helpful.

[@kellyfairbrother9978]

hi fruitmentor, People remove the suckers from the rootstock and yet, fruit trees exist with 1 or more varieties grafted on a rootstock, with the rootstock's foliage and fruit allowed to remain. How does a rootstock not overtake a tree's numerous grafted varieties when a topworked tree is always supposed to have the rootstock suckers removed because the rootstock could overpower the grafted variety. Does it depend on the type of graft or the size of the tree being grafted? Hope this makes sense. Thanks, - Kelly

[@Fruitmentor]

I'm not sure that I understand your question. I had a rootstock with foliage similar to that of an orange tree start to overtake an orange tree. Normally it is easy to tell a rootstock from the grafted variety because the leaves look different. In this case I did not realize it until I got some bad tasting fruit from the rootstock. I pruned it off after I realized it. I'm not sure if this answered your question, but I hope that it is helpful.

[@kellyfairbrother9978]

@@Fruitmentor sorry for the long winded question. I meant if you have a lemon tree you love and want to add grafted varieties to the branches, how the lemon doesn't overpower the others. I read that the rootstock will out compete the grafted varieties if not pruned back. Therefore, I was surprised that nature allows a lemon tree to coexist with other citrus varieties grafted on the same tree.

[@Fruitmentor]

@@kellyfairbrother9978 Actually in the case of a lemon tree I would not recommend grafting other varieties. Lemon grows very vigorously and would tend to grow faster than other varieties, but this could be overcome by pruning the lemon back. The real problem is that other fruit varieties may have poor flavor and texture when grafted to a lemon tree. In this case I would call lemon the interstock. Lemon trees are normally grafted and have their own rootstock. The fruit characteristics will depend upon the lemon tree's roostock. Some could be OK, but many would not be.

[@kellyfairbrother9978]

@@Fruitmentor thank you! You helped me to avoid grafting a finger lime onto a seed grown grocery store lemon since it never fruited (7 years later) P.s. I really appreciate your channel.

[@Euskalega12]

why would you want to remove the sprouts from the root stock and not have a tree with two different fruits?

[@Fruitmentor]

In the case of this video I wanted a tree of Valentine pummelo and did not care about the original variety because I already had one of those trees. For a multi-variety tree I would not recommend grafting to rootstock suckers. Here are some videos where I show multi-variety trees: kzbin.info/www/bejne/roWnoIpjg9h9iqc kzbin.info/www/bejne/laiTZmSwrsaWoa8

[@ericrosales9722]

Is this as effective for plums?

[@Fruitmentor]

I have not tried it, but I expect that it would work well for plums.

[@muhammadmukhtar1292]

آپ مہربانی کرکے مینگو کا بھی بتا دو وہ کس طرح کرنا ہے

[@adharshvishnu]

If you didn't remove the sprout from the root stock would it affect the scion or are there chances that you get two different varieties of citrus fruits, please enlighten me

[@Fruitmentor]

You could get rootstock fruit. It would not affect the quality of the scion fruit, but the rootstocks are so vigorous that they will often overgrow the scion, so it is best to cut off the rootstock suckers.

[@adharshvishnu]

Thank you

[@ericrosales9722]

For this and wedge graft, is it possible to "overtighten" the rubber band? I tend to tighten the rubber as tight as possible in an attempt to maximize cambium contact especially when my cut is not very smooth which is often. I worry though that I may "choke" it.

[@Fruitmentor]

I never thought about this too much. I have always thought that I shouldn't get them too tight, but maybe they will be OK. I think the most important thing to do is to watch them after they heal and start to grow. You might want to intervene at this stage to make sure that the branch does not become girdled by the rubber band. But beware that the graft can still be fragile.

[@Okorokanze2000]

I'm thinking about grafting my own, my question is which rootstocks have you successfully rooted for citrus and have you successfully rooted C-35 and carrizo.

[@Fruitmentor]

You may also enjoy this video: kzbin.info/www/bejne/mJvXo2dqhqicbZo I have been able to root C-35 and carrizo, but at a lower success rate than some other rootstocks. You may want to consider buying seeds of your preferred rootstocks and plant them instead. It is much easier than rooting.

[@waqarkhanhorticulturist]

thanks dann

[@Fruitmentor]

You're welcome!

[@negicraft7700]

Very very most important tackek gardnig

[@Fruitmentor]

Thank you!

[@441rider]

Can you root cuttings with root hormone? My branches are too small to cut and graft.

[@Fruitmentor]

It is possible. Here is a video that I made on it: kzbin.info/www/bejne/nIqTqKahdp58fbs I think the cuttings technique is much more difficult than grafting. Here is a grafting technique that works better with small branches: www.fruitmentor.com/bud-grafting-citrus-trees

[@thangphi9936]

I love the Z graft method. I tried to graft different kumquat to my kumquat tree. I covered it with foil after completed as you did & put a paper envelope on top to protect it from the sun. After a month, I checked, it was still green. I removed the plastic wrapping but the rubber was still there. Under the sun, it is slowly drying out & died. Don’t know what is wrong. I believe when it is still green after a month, it will survive. Please enlighten me. Thanks.

[@Fruitmentor]

Green after a month does not necessarily mean that a graft will survive. I have had grafts that failed after being green for more than a month and when I investigated further I learned that there was some degree of cambium contact that kept them alive, but there was not much growth of callus tissue so there was not much healing. Perhaps that is what happened to your graft.

[@thangphi9936]

@@Fruitmentor Thanks. I did the 2nd time with 6 Z grafts & up to now 4 grow the tiny leaves & 1 with the 6 in new shoot. I am very excited.

[@thangphi9936]

I love this graft method. I did it on my magnolia alba (flower tree). It has the new leaves now. I think about my problem earlier. This time after remove the plastic, I still cover it with an thick envelope. This way the new branch did not get burn from the hot sun. Until the new leaves grow, I increased the time it was under the sun gradually. It works perfect to me. Thanks.

[@hybrid2003]

Is this process just as good if the diameter of the root stock was larger than the diameter of the scion?

[@Fruitmentor]

Sorry for the extremely late response. If the diameter of the rootstock is larger I normally use a bark graft or a cleft graft because they are easier.

[@santomeets82]

Can we grow different variety of mangoes in a single tree?

[@Fruitmentor]

Yes. That should work fine.

[@ddcarautoshop8798]

Yes you can

[@aryanprivilege9651]

Para film m lab tape, that stuff is crazy expensive, where do you purchase it, any alternative? Thanks for source of cuttings, hope have tropicales don’t have, we have the citrus deseases, orchards still infected here.

[@Fruitmentor]

I do not know of an inexpensive source. It does last a long time, though.

[@ajaiyagrawal8193]

can we graft lemon tree and sweet juice lime

[@Fruitmentor]

I think it will likely work. I grafted several varieties of sweet lime to a Persian lime with good results.

[@taimoorshah8142]

Thanks sir

[@Fruitmentor]

You're welcome!

[@taimoorshah8142]

@@Fruitmentor long time goes but i am very happy for your reply .

[@TuffleG]

so should we order the scions only if we live in areas with the disease?

[@Fruitmentor]

The answer to that question is not straightforward because trees do not show symptoms when they first get infected. The disease is not known to be present in Silicon Valley where I live, but it is likely to be here somewhere and it spreads very rapidly. That is why it is so important for Californians to only graft with CCPP scions. I think anyone in the U.S. in a state where citrus trees can survive the winter outside should only be grafting citrus with disease free budwood from CCPP or another registered source.

[@TuffleG]

I see

[@aqua97511]

Thank s

[@kennmit]

Hi Dan can you recommend any dwarfing rootstock that works for most citrus varieties, I am looking at planting flying dragon seeds as an rootstock option.

[@Fruitmentor]

Hi Kenneth, I think flying dragon would be a good option. Here's a good resource on citrus rootstocks: www.citrusvariety.ucr.edu/links/documents/Bitters.pdf I succeeded with Z-grafting on flying dragon, but I thought this one would make a more interesting video.

[@kennmit]

Cool thanks Dan!!!!

[@Fruitmentor]

You're welcome!

[@WIECHAKtv]

can i try it to different tree? like for example mangoe and apple?

[@Fruitmentor]

I think it would work OK for those, but I have not tried it.

[@saadmahmood7884]

Is it any effect of rootstock on fruit quality other than graft??

[@Fruitmentor]

Yes. The rootstock not only impacts the fruit quality but also can have a beneficial effect in giving the tree resistance to certain diseases.

[@taimoorshah8142]

I want ot graft different plants in one plant is it possible. Plzz answer.

[@Fruitmentor]

Please see: kzbin.info/www/bejne/laiTZmSwrsaWoa8