Grafting Fruit Trees | The best grafting techniques for Apples, Pears and other fruit trees

A step by step guide of the two best grafting techniques, that can be used to graft apples, pears and several other types of fruit trees. Learn how to execute these grafting techniques that produce the best results, consistently, every time.
You can use them to graft one year old rootstocks with your neighbor best variety or to produce a multi variety fruit tree, in your own backyard.
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[@pamm8333]

I 💜 how he pauses each step. He speaks w his hands and understands what we need to see. The music seems to tell me its ok to try this at home

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[@pauljohn3230]

I'm a beginner to the art of grafting, pruning and managing fruit trees. I've spent countless hours researching this topic ( I just enjoy gardening and growing my own food) and your videos are far and away the best source of information available. I want to express my gratitude to you. I watch your videos for the expertise provided, but also just purely for entertainment value! Thanks man, you get me through cold winter nights and give me confidence to have a crack at this for myself

[@JSacadura]

You are welcome, Paul. I'm glad you find my videos useful and that they give you reasons to try these procedures for yourself. They are a lot of fun, give us the power to change our trees to our liking and are truly rewarding (when the first grafts take or when we eat the first fruits from them, for instance).

[@pauljohn3230]

@@JSacadura I made my first attempts today, tried the chip-bud method with some avocados... you really make it look easy mate, the precision of your cuts down to just wrapping on the para-film... well, the band aids on my fingers are proof enough that this is something that takes time to perfect ( not to mention my clumsy cuts on the avocados ) hahha, but that was expected... I have plans to try with some plums and apples... I've already cut the scion wood ( dormant ) and whilst I'm eager for the next step, if I've understood you correctly, I should wait until the root stock is showing signs of growth right?... I don't mean to bother you with questions you've already answered, just getting the timing right is the one thing I'm a bit uncertain on

[@darlatidwell6255]

Seeing you perform the grafting techniques many times gives me the confidence to try and master it myself. Keep them coming. Onward to trial and error. 🙂 TYVM.

[@keithashline505]

Such a skilled individual with lots of talent and experience learned to do his craft. Excellent video!

[@briancrispano828]

Thank I’ve made my first two successful grafts thanks to your guidance🙏🏼

[@davidhunt7519]

Mr. Sacadura, I just want to let you know I have now used several of the grafts you demonstrate to graft pears, at least one apple, one cherimoya and a few experiments. I was able to select the best graft for each situation: Whip and tongue, modified cleft graft, side graft/modified whip and tongue, and bark grafts. I have had success with each of these, learned mostly from your videos.

[@royolstad8532]

I've never grafted before, but I have two espalier trees, and apple and a pear. The pear needs a lot of work. Thanks for your very good instructional material. I got the last of my equipment today. I feel equipped to make a good, informed effort.

[@maozedung7270]

Best crafting teacher on net!

[@alexfriesen7869]

Haha, released on my birthday, thats awesome. Great video!

[@leahwatola3218]

Beautifully done and beautiful music! Love it, thanks.

[@chlouis4487]

Merci beaucoup pour ces précieuses explications .

[@burtlade1705]

Nice work video. I'm attempting to graft some eating apple to a crab apple tree. Thank you so much.

[@antiLeixo]

Just one word, "Amazing!"

[@JSacadura]

Thanks. Filming clearly is not always compatible with executing right and the video has some things i would do differently, now that i see the end result. When trying to show something, is not always good to worry more about allowing a good view, in detriment of executing the cuts right (like the one on the rootstock in the first example). But, some of the other ones are not too bad (but not as good as when i am not filming them :-).

[@antiLeixo]

@@JSacadura Still the end result is pretty dam good. Living and learning, with time you will figure it out a way to keep improving the quality of your creations, but setting the bar high, it will be hard for you because, this is already is close to perfection haha

[@alancall5113]

This guy handles and knife like a ninja🧐

[@vicentegallegos9109]

Gracias excelente demostración de los injerto frutales saludos des Ecuador Guayaquil

[@linuxjcajca7806]

Sempre um prazer ver seus enxertos, obrigado pelos vídeos. Always a pleasure to see your grafts, thanks for the videos.

[@donaldardell5742]

That is absolutely masterful work! Thank you for the video, I'll be using your techniques in my own pear orchard soon!

[@JSacadura]

Thanks and good luck with your grafts.

[@andrewyek]

@@JSacadura Hii, i don't understand why need to store scion wood for spring grafting, why not just get the scion wood from the dormant breaking tree and graft it on ? i saw many ppl who keep the scion wood in the fridge waiting for spring .. can explain ? thx andrew

[@JSacadura]

People rarely graft varieties they already have. So, they tend to exchange scions with other farmers. The scions are cut during dormancy and sent by mail. Then stored in the fridge, wrapped in kitchen film, waiting the rootstocks to break dormancy. Also, if you are grafting a variety that breaks dormancy ahead of the rootstock, the graft will most likely fail, as the rootstock is not moving sap yet and the scion is already awake. That's the main reason to store it in cold temperatures.

[@AbuRufaid]

We do grafting in۔ a different way here in Kashmir but ur technique is better nd would like to do the same from now.

[@aangelino5835]

Fantastic and professional done. Thanks

[@JSacadura]

Thanks for the comment.

[@diegocarabali6514]

Gracias maestro por tu sabiduria bendiciones

[@johncarinamartin6716]

Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge with us. It is very informative. It is clear you have mastered the art.

[@JSacadura]

Thanks for the comment and support. I don't know about 'mastering' but after doing several hundred grafts its inevitable that one starts to known your way around a grafting knife ;-)

[@jeil5676]

@@JSacadura I have an old crab apple tree in my yard that I'm going to be cutting down. Should I look into grafting some good apple branches onto the old trunk or would that be pointless for some reason? It must be healthy resistant roots as it has been there for decades.

[@DanielVeillard]

Thanks very informative as usual. This year apple and pears graft seems to have worked well for me, using mostly whip and tongue. One difference is that I wrap first with parafilm and then put a rubber outside to guarantee contact. The good point is that rubber starts to degrade within a couple of months due to direct sunlight so I don't even need to cut or remove it , it becomes weak so don't strangle the graft once its role is not needed :-)

[@JSacadura]

Hi, Daniel. If rubber strips were easily available over here i would use them more. As they are not, I started to use natural raffia a few years ago (as the traditional grafters did, over here) and I got very confortable using it (it has great versatility on the amount of pressure you can apply - rubber is a bit more limited in that department - and you can correct easily some minor cutting mistakes or force a very good contact between larger diameter scions with it), so i tend to use it more. You do have to make a cut in the raffia, on younger branches, after a couple of months (or even less, with vigorous varieties) or you risk strangling the graft area.

[@DanielVeillard]

@@JSacadura I use thick rubber bands from Amazon, and yes wet rafia is more natural, more versatile too, I used it a couple of time when trying tiny graft where my rubbers would have been too large :-)

[@JSacadura]

:-) That's one of the things i like with raffia - being able to go around some lower buds, preserving them. Most times i receive some precious, very small cuttings of some new variety, with only 2-3 buds. I try to preserve them all, when doing the bevel cut. In that situation, I wouldn't dream of covering the lower bud with tape or rubber. And, in some cases, the cutting was in such bad shape that it dried out from the top and the only bud that survived and grew was that last one, I preserved.

[@DanielVeillard]

Well usually growing buds manage to get through the rubber, but now you have to guess if it's rootstock ones to remove or your graft ones to cautiously preserve :-) this life is full of choices !

[@ajones8699]

Daniel I started using bands last year and have produced much better quality trees I would not graft without now.

[@mahergindy1588]

Thank you so much I learned a lot of things from your video

[@marialuisaalvarezcorujo3453]

Gracias x compartir tanto conocimiento y experiencia Muy buen video,👍desde 🇺🇾 Uruguay

[@kimrachea2697]

Very interesting and good to learn from your experience and information thanks you very much . !!!!

[@josealvarado9858]

Great man Excellent video.Easy explanation and easy to perform. Thanks for share your knowledge guys.

[@AlekseyCamodelkin]

I watch and enjoy the skill. I tried and I liked this vaccination. I read that this method is the most effective for all seasons👍🤝

[@RajYadav-jv1nd]

I'm from India very nice information thanks

[@HolyEcoly]

I dont even know what grafting is but i suppose youtube wanted me to learn so here i am.

[@mobsnitchanonymous213]

I think its how u make a tree grow apples and pears on the same tree. Hybrid?

[@F3NOM8041]

I still don't know wtf going on!!😂😂😂

[@1paintergirl]

The usual use is to attach a desirable fruit type on a root stock (the bottom base section with the roots). The root stock may be a wild variety or other that has inferior fruit but has other desirable characteristics like it's cold hardy, disease resistant, won't grow too tall, etc.. Grafting combines the good qualities of the root stock with the superior fruit of the grafted on branch. Growing fruit from seed is an unknown if the tree produced will have fruit that is as good. Taking a scion from a tree that is known for good fruit will guarantee the same fruit on the newly grafted tree. Can also have one tree with multiple varieties.

[@friedrichdostoyevsky491]

Best way to get stitches

[@JSacadura]

Not really, if you know what you are doing. Its only a question of control and experience. Check my video on "How to do safer cuts" to know more - kzbin.info/www/bejne/Y3LWkqulpt-Ibpo

[@ralphhyland676]

You can’t stop learning super techniques hope I can have same results 🇬🇧👍

[@mohankrishnaneupane1651]

seem from nepal🇳🇵🇳🇵👌👏

[@workwillfreeyou]

Thank you.

[@GraftingTactick]

Nice work my friend 👍 Thanks for your support 👍

[@jaredmccutcheon5496]

@JSacadura I know I have told you before but I really do love your videos. They are such a great resource for us newbies to grafting. At the end of February I went to our local chapter of the California Rare Fruit Growers Association annual scion exchange and got a bunch of fruit tree and fig cuttings and several rootstocks and so far almost all of my grafts seem to be taking and figs are rooting. All using techniques I learned from watching your videos. Thank you for sharing these valuable skills with us!

[@JSacadura]

I'm glad my methods are working for you, Jared. I remember when I started and was trying to figure things out by trial and error. It would have been nice to have a few videos to guide me, then.

[@jaredmccutcheon5496]

@@JSacadura Yes they work great and yes, videos are the best way to learn short of having a tutor in person I think. I don't set video notifications for very many KZbin channels but I do have them turned on for your channel, thanks again for the great videos.

[@Кот-ч9м1ж]

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[@KabayangManny]

Very good result godbless

[@raufjaleel8317]

Thank you very much for sharing very informative video. Although I have completed my budding work but I have recorded the video and will use the precious information on my next budding adventure.

[@manvirauppal]

Very nicely explained thank you

[@hatgiongnhapkhaunguyenbaobi]

Thank you very much for sharing very informative video

[@WalkingNice]

i like apple trees

[@tavyfavorite1149]

Wow so professional. Perfect fit, The best grafting channel ever! Thx you for sharing your talent. Since modified cleft grafting is the easiest one and guarantee 100% success, Why need to do whip and Tongue? I live in AZ state at 120 degree heat in may through August month, is it too late to graft citrus? If it is all year around, how long does it take to see result in this hot state?. Do you have to remove the tape after see few shoots. Can I just leave it alone bc I'm worry about the monsoon season knock those grafting.

[@leroyusa935]

Excellent video from the novice to the very experienced. What's amazing is your dexterity and not getting any cuts or injuries to your fingers.Maybe my grafting knife is just way too sharp. Thanks for this excellent tutorial.

[@geologotejano]

These are wonderful videos

[@abc-ed1nr]

Hey! With your help I was able to successfully graft a half dozen or so scions onto my trees this spring. I'm wondering tho, when should I remove the tape and sealant?? Also, any idea if you can graft an edible grape vine ontop an existing wild grapevine?!

[@Кот-ч9м1ж]

Прекрасное видео, большое спасибо!!!

[@hughcourchesne3416]

Truly faciating

[@mohdali9954]

Very nice

[@domenic5136]

Another excellent video.

[@zengrow3098]

Olá! My next project thanks to your videos. I have a dying mandarin tree and a healthy grapefruit tree. I just found out that you can graft between different citrus so I will be taking scions and hopefully getting them grafted onto the grapefruit (which I'm not a big fan of) so I'll have one multi-citrus tree and then I can try something else where the mandarin was once it dies. Very excited!

[@JSacadura]

That's an interesting project. Good luck with it.

[@bodylanguageinurdu]

amazing method

[@СампоСебе-в4ф]

I'm from Russia, thank you for the video!!!

[@СампоСебе-в4ф]

Hello! our climate changed, the winters have become warm!!!

[@porcus123]

The nice thing about grafting on a grown tree is that the worse it can happen is that you fail and need to do it again. Edit: if I knew that overlapping was worse i might have failed a little less

[@alexriddles492]

I have been making whip grafts in my own orchard for a few years now. I agree that the best results are achieved when the scion and parent branch are the same diameter. Sometimes the graft will still work when the scion is a smaller diameter that the parent branch. However, the reverse has never worked for me. The scion must never be larger. EDIT: Just subscribed to your channel.

[@JSacadura]

Sorry, missed your comment the first time around. I know try to avoid using different diameter rootstocks and scions when using whip and tongue. Smaller scion on larger rootstocks work, as you say, but i don't like the results in terms of healing. Thanks for the support.

[@Model_BT-7274]

Thanks for the tutorial! My new Rokakaka is about to be lit!!

[@khaledtrawi7724]

Thank you 🌹

[@robertomarques3529]

Caro amigo o meu muito obrigado por esta maravilhosa técnica

[@gregpaterno1446]

Unbelievable technics this is the best I've seen 🇦🇺👌🏼☝🏼️

[@сіроьжаткач]

Ок

[@mohamedzelali5023]

Bravo les amis.

[@JaiKisanHP]

Good job sir 🙏🙏🏾🍎

[@davidporowski9512]

Jai Kisan HP Pleasing the Lord/Bless You Jai💕✌️🙏🏼

[@toobmes]

Sometimes you cut toward you, sometimes away. Why? And what about your knife--single bevel, but which side is bevel on? Do you use both left and right-handed knives? Switch hands? Thanks--very nice videos.

[@JSacadura]

If you have enough muscle memory control there is no problem in cutting towards you. The reason for using different approaches has to do mainly with filming requirements - its not easy to do it comfortably and avoid obstructing the view point to the camera. I'm experienced enough to use a double beveled knife for all pruning jobs. Nevertheless, a single bevel knife is better, in some cases, as it maintains the same level of cut, easier. When chip-budding, for instance. I only use right-handed knifes (single bevel) - placing the blade up (facing you), the bevel is on the right side of the blade.

[@邵震緯]

好專業的嫁接手法，謝謝分享！

[@begamshahi4785]

Excellent

[@kokaneeflyer9235]

Thank you for another great video Jaime, yesterday I did 17 grafts (plum cherry and apricot) on my old peach tree to join three plum grafts I had done on previous years. I wish I had seen this video first as I would have tried out this technique. Maybe I will find something else to graft onto it just because I want to!

[@kamalmerikhi6042]

Kokanee Flyer

[@saravella3457]

@@kamalmerikhi6042 how to plant a fig tree

[@biabarbosaperoladoatlantic1937]

Essa técnica não é fácil para mim. Mas um dia vou tentar. Muito boas as dicas. Parabéns.

[@JSacadura]

Olá, Bia. É uma das técnicas mais difíceis de aprender mas vale a pena, para quem se quer dedicar à enxertia. Os pontos de contacto de câmbio são muitos e é uma das que produz os melhores resultados, em termos de percentagem, além de permitir uma soldadura perfeita, firme e duradoura. As primeiras tentativas são difíceis e é preciso algum cuidado, mas com o tempo torna-se mais fácil.

[@biabarbosaperoladoatlantic1937]

@@JSacadura, eu vou treinar com galhos de podas, pois assim quando o fizer terei mais chances de acertos. Obrigada por compartilhar. Boa noite.

[@ВладимирКовалев-й7н]

Спасибо товарищь

[@drrahilakurdi5943]

🌷🌷

[@richardpickering2944]

Do you wet your raffia? Your videos are wonderful and I have watched them many times. I have had good success in my home orchard. Thank you so much!

[@vohidermetov1956]

Juda ajoyib

[@california-design98]

أحسنت

[@asmonte.-2226]

Me ha gustadomucho este vídeo. Enhorabuena amigo

[@ntes4025]

thank you!!!

[@marcplomouf193]

thank you so much . best grafting vidéo !

[@cemoceml4738]

Super tank you .

[@nalingosalia7667]

great video, thanks

[@jogta160]

Nice video sir. Please make video on summer grafting, notching and the use of pgr(plant growth regulator) I.e. promolin, perlan etc.

[@JSacadura]

Hi. I might do some summer grafting (mostly budding techniques or patch grafts). I have done some notching in the past, to promote branching. I might do some to illustrate the process and their uses. Thanks for the idea.

[@bodylanguageinurdu]

good idea

[@2brownbraids]

beautifully done ! thank you.

[@kaderlaoudi5178]

i like that.

[@AMJADAli-wk9wc]

Verry good

[@glynrhys68]

great grafting! really good video! thanks!

[@trentwarren8968]

Thanks

[@kearneystephens8019]

Can you please do some avacado grafts please and tips about when to graft them? I am having trouble getting my grafts to take

[@veronicamarin2168]

Exelente tu video quisiera saver a que tiempo retiro los plasticos de los injerto

[@docbouarbimed1574]

Morning dear, Can we use this technique for Apple tree in the summer, on the ,6/7/8th months Many thanks in advance

[@JSacadura]

Yes, if you protect the graft very well against dehydration and sun burn (with a padded envelope for the first 2-3 weeks, for instance).

[@shadeva28]

When should you take off the grafting tape? On my graft it has been a month and buds has not pushed through on all but you can see water inside the grafting tape like its sweating. Should the tape come off?

[@JSacadura]

I don't need to take it off. Its parafilm 8a waxy tape) so the buds have no problem breaking through on their own.

[@JSacadura]

Don't forget that in hot weather you need to protect the grafts with aluminium foil or the parafilm might act as a greenhouse and the graft might die by overheating. In those conditions, I would remove the some of the parafilm...

[@shadeva28]

@@JSacadura When I take the tape off, should I put the foil or just leave it alone?

[@umeshjaiswal4634]

Best grafting time for 100,% sucuess.i m from india

[@JSacadura]

As long as your rootstocks are not in dormancy (that is, are actively growing), and the medium temperatures are not too cold or not to warm, you can graft will good chances of success. In my zone, i only avoid grafting in the pick of summer (too hot) and the winter (too cold, as the plants are dormant and not moving sap). Even so, beware that the percentages of success may vary, depending on the technique used and the time of year, and also depending on the fruit type you are grafting. If i have to choose the best time to graft all around i would choose early spring - sap flow is starting, good day and night temperatures and a good long developing season ahead, before the winter comes and the grafts have to endure cold weather.

[@riotjj]

Great video. A novice here. One question. If you cover the graft completely with plastic wrap, won’t the buds not be able to get through as they grow? I don’t know what to do after wrapping the entire graft. How long do you wait to remove so the buds can grow.

[@JSacadura]

If you cover them with plastic wrap you will have to remove it, roughly 18-21 days after, so the buds can start growing. I am using Parafilm (a wax based pruning tape). The buds have no problem breaking through this material, so don't have to remove it.

[@aportandolealplaneta8970]

Muchas gracias maestro por su sabiduría infinitas bendiciones

[@particular259]

fantastico J. bonito clase, gracias y un saludo!

[@paulitalerios274]

Where can we buy a grafted apple and how much is the price pls..

[@savazaric5042]

Bravo maestro! pozdrav.

[@olddave4833]

very nice thanks

[@landandingo3125]

Plant more trees🌱

[@SuperPathfinder88]

Very very good👍🏻

[@josemariaarraizapagola4159]

Fd Fantastico

[@romeovidal1941]

Very nice demonstration!Where can I buy the different kinds of apple zion to be grafted? I'm from the Philippines, and we were be able to grow apples here. I have already several seedlings growing from the seeds. They are now maybe 6-8 inches tall, and I'm very happy in succeeding to grow apples here. In some parts of the Philippines, they had already fruit bearing trees growing. I watched it in utube. And I don't know in my place, that if I planted it in the ground, I will succeed also like them. That's is why, I ask you on what types of soil will I used. Does it grow also in the pots? And how about the proper care in watering and applying fertilisers? Thank you and God bless!

[@goodmusic3679]

I find that the bare-root rootstocks I receive typically have only a few roots on them. To improve anchorage, should you plant the grafted rootstocks deeper than they were originally buried? I know it's important to keep the graft union at least 6-8 inches above the ground, but there is usually extra slack on the rootstock (in addition to the 6-8 inches) and I've heard the union shouldn't be too high either, since it can affect vigour. Don't want to encourage any type of rot by burying the trunk but I gather apples can root adventitiously which may improve anchorage (?) Thank you!

[@JSacadura]

Most bare-root rootstocks can have a very weak root system. When using dwarf types, for instance, the depth won't affect very much the development of the root system. These rootstocks are developed to produce very early and produce good quality fruits. Usually the drawback is that you have to provide these trees some kind of support. The root system alone won't be able to support the tree, in most cases.

[@prasadkarlekar7856]

Awesome

[@nadinetakei2354]

Instructions are very well done! Can you graft at anytime of year?

[@JSacadura]

Yes, using the right technique, except for winter when the plants are dormant.

[@firstname7769]

Is there a better technique to use when both the stock and scion are not dormant? (Want to graft a Pear, have about 3 month before first frost)

[@joelmoore7081]

It seems so cool.