How to Graft Apple Trees with a Grafting Tool in Spring

A step by step guide to grafting apple trees with a grafting tool, the supplies and technique.
The 4 apple cultivars I'm grafting more of this year.
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[@wojciechstrzalkowski3293]

I like your videos very much! A lot ot informations and inspirations. Thank you Mr Sobkowiak (parents from Poland?) Very funny is that your special "deutschland" paste!🤣🤣 Thanks a lot👍

[@StefanSobkowiak]

Yes origins from Poland. Yes German paste.

[@mo59602]

Another great video. Very informative and funny

[@kreggdanuser2963]

Did this last year and worked great!

[@andrewl8524]

Thanks for your work, with these videos!

[@salmasiddiqui7509]

Awesome video! Informative and highly entertaining. Thanks for sharing your knowledge. Looking forward to grafting some apple trees in Michigan!

[@thisorthat7626]

Thank you for the demo. I will be grafting apple scions next year. :)

[@jdvanallen2907]

I love the Formidable Vegetable sound system jam you had going there; they are so good to listen to when you want some feel good jams with good lessons! I'm revisiting this video after checking in on my rootstock that I started last year. Once you have a tree that produces seed for rootstock and have a few varieties of trees for collecting scions from you can get new trees for nothing more than the cost of the tape/elastic and your time!

[@StefanSobkowiak]

I totally agree!

Great!! It's that simple, thanks for this video!

[@GraftingTactick]

Nice work my friend 👍 Thanks for your support 👍

[@talianstallion9386]

Getting really interested in growing apple Trees and want to graft my own. Thanks for teaching so much while still being quite funny. I just have to find a place to get good root stock and scions in Toronto. If anyone has any places they would recommend to order please let me know.

[@marko176schneider5]

Super Video.Danke!

[@Permisiepl]

Stefan, beam me up! :)

[@marie-joseeprince806]

We got it Scotty ! Who's Scotty ?😂

[@ilikeplantsandvideogames8625]

Just Freakin' Lovely! JFL!

[@johngburtonbudzinski7608]

Well done, keep it tight and nature does the rest.

[@poundposh2391]

Great info. We ar ein the process of putting in permaculture orchard. Our goal is 200 trees this year. We have 56 various hazelnuts in so far. Tired but happy! You are hilarious BTW.

[@StefanSobkowiak]

Fantastic the hardest part is done, you started towards your goal.

[@sahmadi1000]

Please make some Videos about Fruit tree insect damage and disease identification.

[@Hatarue]

awww! I wish I worked for you! XD So much fun!

[@StefanSobkowiak]

Maybe one day!

[@Hatarue]

@@StefanSobkowiak I live in New-Brunswick so anytime you need a hand!

[@raincoast9010]

Nice demo, where did you get the grafting tool and what brand is it? Thanks. PS: I like the Star Trek references!

[@hughorourke9537]

Stephan its beginning of november in ireland is now the right time to take scions for grafting later in spring hugh o rourke

[@StefanSobkowiak]

Hugh if you move back from when bud break happens (first green seen as buds begin to grow) I would back up 2 months from that date. Or if you graft in the 2-3 weeks before bud break you can gather the scions fresh and use the same day. If in doubt ask some nursery in your area.

[@ilikeplantsandvideogames8625]

"They're gonna be raptors in the orchard!"

[@uzyszkodnikaplikacji5757]

Widzę polskie korzenie 😊 Pozdrawiam, też się zajmuje sczepiniem drzewek dla siebie

[@jamesnolan9651]

Great video! I have wanted to try grafting my own fruit trees. Just for the sake of knowledge. I like to learn things i dont know. How old is your root stock? Do you grow your root stock yourself? While i realize that i may not be able to produce the best root stock. With my limited experience and the knowledge in your videos giving me over confidence i feel like i can do this lol. Thanks for what you do!

[@StefanSobkowiak]

1-2 year old, suckers from the root.

[@jamesnolan9651]

@@StefanSobkowiak do you mean root the sucker's with rooting compound or willow water(saw your other video)

[@StefanSobkowiak]

No they just come up near certain Apple cultivars that are not so vigorous. When the rootstock wants to grow more than the cultivar grafted above it, the root tries to bypass the graft by sending out suckers from the root.

[@BillyBobBrookTrout]

Super video! 2 questions, 1...when did you remove the root stock from the soil, 2... where did you get the tub of Lac Balsam. Thank you.

[@StefanSobkowiak]

When: before the rootstock leafs out. Lac Balsam from an old school supplier with no web site: C Frensch in Ontario

[@Janderra]

My Dad's Dunny is hilarious

[@StefanSobkowiak]

Yes Charlie McGee does a great job of making learning about Permaculture FUN.

[@iamseely1338]

Question: Could you if the two don’t match could you cut a v cut in the bigger one to bring down the size to match then both cambium would match. Curious if that would make a difference. Would not have one sticking out on one side.

[@StefanSobkowiak]

You can but eventually you’ll be too close to the soil level. Better to have a range of scion sizes.

[@lavrynthos]

Hello! Greetings from Vancouver. I was just reading somwhere that the scion should always have the "male" V of the cut and the rootstock the "female" U, that "receives" the V. "Arrow pointing downwards" sort of thing. You seem to be happily doing it the opposite way. Have you tried both ways? In your experience, does it make a difference? Thanks in advance!

[@StefanSobkowiak]

True if you are using a knife as it's harder to make the rootstock pointy. I usually use the grafting tool now.

[@vincentbarryvadboncoeur9976]

hahaha Lets do some producktion man!

[@kenthegwood2574]

Will low temperatures harm the graft union as it is healing?

[@StefanSobkowiak]

Yes but it depends on what ‘low’ means. Freezing may dry up the scion.

[@Wisconsin_Gardener]

Do you have a link for that cutting tool that cut the graft points?

[@StefanSobkowiak]

Many sellers of the grafting tool.

[@eddiesanchez9095]

Great Video !! Thank You.... May i ask, WHere do you get your Root Stocks? I am located East Side, PA. Thanks...

[@StefanSobkowiak]

We just dig our own from suckers. You can lookup nurseries that sell rootstock.

[@michaelcahill414]

I just ordered all mine from Cummins nursery in NY. Really good nursery and priced well

[@marissaawesome2422]

Does the root stock tree need to be blooming before grafting them together? Or it doesn't matter since it's it has the roots?

[@StefanSobkowiak]

Graft onto a rootstock once it is big enough to receive the scion, ideally when the two match in diameter (for the size) for the time of year it can be done from dormant stage to full leaf stage as long as your scion is dormant (no green showing on it).

[@plakor6133]

How long for the scion to establish and grow leaves?

[@StefanSobkowiak]

a couple of weeks to a month.

[@christiansummers4318]

How big of a graft can an apple take? Could I take a branch from one tree and attach it to another? About half inch dia. ?

[@StefanSobkowiak]

Yes half inch if it’s not older than one year growth.

[@ilikeplantsandvideogames8625]

Is there any research to show how a half cambium graft compares to a full cambium graft? How quickly does it heal over?

[@StefanSobkowiak]

i like plants and video games. That would be such a simple and useful study. Great idea.

[@jeremymassimino1176]

Hi Stefan, if I’m getting a dormant bareroot rootstock in the mail, should I plant and let the rootstock wake up for a few weeks before I attempt to graft a dormant scion to it?

[@StefanSobkowiak]

It depends on your weather in next two weeks. If no freeze predicted you can plant and graft same day. If freeze predicted then graft after freeze. Or you can bench graft the rootstock if you wax the graft point well and keep the grafted stock in a fridge for a couple of weeks or plant out if no freeze.

[@jeremymassimino1176]

@@StefanSobkowiak thanks!

[@davidbonney5557]

Can you use any root stalk to graft apples?

[@StefanSobkowiak]

Any apple or crab apple rootstock yes.

[@opreapetru404]

trans-plant =beyond the plant ( verbal carambole )

[@hughorourke1957]

hi Stefan i have just recieved apples from a fruitrer friend i want to deseed them and plant to make rootstock can you please tell me how i go about this iam asking you from ireland it is now 16th may thank you

[@StefanSobkowiak]

Go for it, in May apples stored from Europe will have been picked last fall and spent the winter in a fridge so they’re stratified and ready to germinate. Realize your rootstock will give you a full sized standard tree of whatever you choose to graft on it.

[@MattyDemello]

I have a santa rosa plum tree and a Methley plum tree. I also have a 4 apple tree combo with a Macintosh branch and it has leaf spots and now I'm starting to see leaf spots on my plum trees. Looks like when I added the apple tree it introduced fungi to the other trees and nothing is working. No neem oil or fungi spray is helping. Not sure what to do.

[@StefanSobkowiak]

No it’s different species of fungus. But they both start because of the same conditions, drops of water on a leaf.

[@MattyDemello]

@StefanSobkowiak do you think my water might have fungi in it? And sometimes water hits the leaves. Not often, but it does get hit with my water

[@Gazzaloddi-ml9ej]

Foliar feed with a microbe inoculated fertiliser that has seaweed and humates in it. Give it potassium to help with necrosis of the leaf. Remove any dead branches. Remove all prunings and sterilise pruners. Ensure tree is well mulched in summer. Foliar feed underside of leaves too as this is where stomata are.

[@MattyDemello]

@@Gazzaloddi-ml9ej is there a brand or bottle name you'd suggest? Thanks for the tips. I appreciate it

[@Gazzaloddi-ml9ej]

@@MattyDemello USA is not my country of origin but Down to Earth fertiliser seems closest to what I use after some digging around on overseas sites. Mix their soluble root zone product (mycorrhizal fungi) with a liquid fish kelp product of theirs and apply to leaves and allow runoff into soil.

[@unionse7en]

anyone know what the rootstock is for various kentucky coffee trees? is it other coffee trees?

[@StefanSobkowiak]

Likely seedling coffee trees not grafted.

[@ChannnelTiny]

Stefan, excellent video, actually the best i could find on KZbin!! Just one note on grammar, the word Cambium is pronounced like CAM in camshaft, not CAME as in came!! But before i put my foot in my mouth, that is the countrywide pronunciation and you may be speaking in a local dialect with a different pronunciation....good luck and keep up the good work!

[@MattyDemello]

I bought an apple tree that has 4 different apples. Fuji, Gala, Honeycrisp, and Macintosh. The Macintosh already looks like it has a few fungi and diseases. Should I just cut the Macintosh off before it infects the other grafts and trees in my yard?? I'm thinking about cutting the Macintosh branch off and graft a different one on that one instead. Good idea or no?

[@StefanSobkowiak]

You can but wait until mid August to bud graft onto the macintosh and remove the branch in winter above the new graft.

[@MattyDemello]

@StefanSobkowiak ohh got it. Makes more sense. All my other trees were doing amazing and suddenly I bring in the Macintosh branch tree and now every fruit tree has a fungis now 😔

[@sergeytyagay6027]

HI CAN WE DO A BUD GRAFTING IN THE SPING,,,,,,,,,,,,,,????

[@StefanSobkowiak]

You can use CHIP budding, bud is for late summer.

[@bw7057]

Do you have much luck with that grafting took?

[@StefanSobkowiak]

Yes

[@bw7057]

⁠Thank-you @@StefanSobkowiak The reason I ask is I just bought one. A video came out a couple days back and the fellow said it was no good. He gave reasons that sounded plausible. Then I remembered you used one. Thanks again! I will try it out 👍🏻

[@tannenbaumgirl3100]

Could we use Parafin Wax to seal top of Zion?

[@StefanSobkowiak]

Yes

[@tannenbaumgirl3100]

@@StefanSobkowiak thank you!

[@ilikeplantsandvideogames8625]

What grafting tool do you recommend? Most of the ones on Amazon have poor reviews. I've already tried grafting with a nice knife and had good success with apples.

[@StefanSobkowiak]

i like plants and video games. The ones sold all have crap sécateurs on the Roland are the main reason for poor reviews. I grind off the top smooth. Just use the grafting part they work great.

[@frysteve57]

@@StefanSobkowiak will that make it so the grafting part will work ? mine wont make a cut at all.

[@chaparra71]

@@StefanSobkowiak I’m not quite understanding what you are saying in your reply.

[@charlesblair6650]

@@StefanSobkowiak Enjoy your videos; Thanks. So you are saying that you grind off the pruning shear blades as they are basically useless, correct? But what are you grinding off on the grafting blades? I have sharpened mine with a Dremel tool but the cuts are still not always clean and crisp. Most of the time my cuts dont "snap" through the wood. Sometimes I have to squeeze really hard to finish the cut. Any suggestions?

[@michelvaillant7208]

Merci pour cette vidéo très intéressante ! Merci aussi de « donner votre sang » pour ceux qui vous suivent sur votre chaîne KZbin 👍🤕😊

[@StefanSobkowiak]

Merci Michel, tu comprends que ça n’est pas sans effort.

[@sourabhverma1991]

Sir how can I get those scions here to India. I want to grow these variety in Himalaya region

[@StefanSobkowiak]

Ask your agricultural ministry for import regulations. Then you can just ask a supplier of scions to ship them.

[@sourabhverma1991]

@@StefanSobkowiak sir do you know any supplier

[@opreapetru404]

grafting = transplant

[@Mary-vf4yr]

Sr .Wich month should be graft

[@StefanSobkowiak]

Spring and late summer are best. Graft and bud graft.

[@StefanSobkowiak]

Spring and late summer are best. Graft and bud graft.

[@Mary-vf4yr]

@@StefanSobkowiak Thank you sr.

[@crgaillee]

That huge amount of grafting film, would that not strangle the tree as it grows?

[@StefanSobkowiak]

If it hold tight just cut it in the spring.

[@crgaillee]

@@StefanSobkowiak Thank you, that was my next question. when to take it off.

[@ajones8699]

Labels you forgot the labels..

[@Okorokanze2000]

Lmao funny guy

[@steevebaillard9109]

En français please !!!

[@StefanSobkowiak]

Ca s’en vient il y’en a deux dans la pipeline.

[@erdalsalih50]

result?

[@StefanSobkowiak]

The interns did the grafts, I just showed them how. In the end they got about 50% take which is great for first time.

[@toddbarnert3515]

Just get cutting off of trees that you would like and put them in the ground and they will grow roots. Don’t worry about doing the other part you don’t have to graft everything onto another. Your tree will last twice as long if you don’t buy grafted trees, your tree will be able to create its own route system, and then the routes will pop up every so often and created exact duplicate of that tree this grafting thing that everybody’s doing is going way to far I thought the primary reason why you buy trees is to grow trees that are going to produce food. You’re only going to get a few apples off of a tree that’s been grafted yes but if you let the tree produce its natural roots and you can get an orchard and don’t be afraid to grow fruit from seeds, one seed will produce a tree that’s about as size of a sign wood with roots on it about 3 feet tall just don’t grow it in a tiny pot put the seed in a 5 gallon pot so it has plenty of room to expand right away and bury the whole plastic pot about halfway in the dirt and then cover everything around it was wood shavings I grew 25,000 trees this year, all different ways, but primarily from cuttings and from seeds

[@StefanSobkowiak]

Wow what trees did you get good success from cuttings and what exactly did you do and when.

[@chaparra71]

I’d like to know as well?

[@theonetruepatriot6101]

Me too. I'm excited to see the instructional videos.

[@neclark08]

...the thinking behind your post is quite flawed... There are several benefits to being able to choose the best stem/root stock for your particular soil conditions, to better-resist endemic nematodes/soil diseases -- and to predetermined the size of tree (Full-Size, Semi-Dwarf, Dwarf) for space & anesthetic reasons. Grafting allows me in SoCal to get / produce semi-dwarf trees with root/stem stocks which survive our high-clay soil, while having 2-, 3- or mrore DIFFERENT Low-Chill fruiting branches producing 2-1/2 'Seasons' of all the apples we can eat from just 3 trees.