Mango Grafting 101

Grafting is a wonderful way to preserve and propagate mango varieties and it's easier than you think!
First, Chris answers questions including:
What is grafting?
Why graft?
When is the best time to graft?
...and more!
After that, she shows you how to prepare scions (pieces of the mango variety you want to graft).
Finally, see how to graft! Chris demonstrates a top cleft graft, a side cleft graft and a veneer graft.
Links to grafting tools and supplies:
Buddy Tape for Grafting
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Rubber Grafting Strips
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Razor blades
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Chris' Truly Tropical T-shirt
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[@neverbari5695]

Very educative video especially on the choice of scions you have made it so clear that i am now confident on choosing the right scion

[@Marlene5018]

Grafting is now my new hobby. I put two different varieties in my apple tree, one different variety on my peach tree, and o other on my pear tree. Now I’m grafting avocado trees with success and recently I started with mango trees! That’s a lot of fun in it! 🥳🥳🥳

[@derpherpp]

Where do u lives that can grow mango and apple

[@Marlene5018]

@@derpherpp California, San Francisco Bay Area, what about you?

[@anthonyburke5656]

Some good techniques, thanks

[@farrodread1]

I have learnt so much from your tutorials.Did my first veneer graft several months ago with success.Thank you.

[@thegr8stm8m8]

You make it look easy... Many thanks!

[@lorenbush8876]

Thank you.

[@mingjiang2713]

Your video has been very helpful and I am very grateful. Until the year before last, the living area after the my grafting was not enough and the success rate was about 60%, but as a result of using the elastomer etc. as seen from your video, thirty mango grafts succeeded more than 90%. The lowest temperature in my greenhouse is currently as low as 10 ° C, but I'm looking forward to try various grafts when the spring warms up.Thanks

[@TrulyTropical]

That's awesome! We are so glad that we've been able to help you!

[@ahmedlunat1248]

One of the best videos I have seen on mango grafting. Hopefully I will now succeed. Looking forward to seeing the results. Thanks

[@joeruiz12]

Great vid, thank you for sharing the knowledge!

[@aroundthediversedworld2772]

Thanks for great work,mam.

[@OrlandoBackyardGardening]

Love grafting videos..Thank You Chris

[@TrulyTropical]

Thanks!

[@mikeash3294]

Thank you for sharing your knowledge!

[@Adrian-wn2du]

Thank you. I already feel like a professional. Very nice video

[@ardiusfidelis6568]

Great video. Makes it lookso easy.

[@fidelinamagana8688]

great video thank you

[@robertanoc1394]

nice tutorials

[@sheenaramacola1352]

Awesome video...thank u for your knowledge 🙏🙏🇧🇸

[@bp3sfishingchannel518]

Awesome Video

[@TrulyTropical]

Thanks!

[@Skzenhagirl]

I’m planning to put up mango plantation , I learnt a lot from your video, I’m waiting for you to show us the result of your grafting, was it successful, I’ve waiting for you to show us most of your works, good or bad so that we can avoid to do and wasting time.

[@Enoch-Gnosis]

Great idea off center cutting in order to get a proper fit thank you !

[@pabloayala9645]

buen vídeo gracias

[@marcm5006]

Wow (: thanks for showing us Chris !I feel like I might be able to do this now 😬

[@TrulyTropical]

Great!

[@samarendranath9576]

please write when the beat time of grafting.

[@samarendranath9576]

time of grafting

[@nroytv]

@@samarendranath9576 In India Jun/July/August during monsoon after the fruiting season. You will have plenty of rootstocks by then. Do prepare the proper scions in advance.

[@adamb.8854]

I think the shape of the perfect V is very important, the better smoother the surface , the greater the success rate..

[@santhoshkuttan8579]

From 🇮🇳 with ❤....🤝🤝🤝

[@pabloayala9645]

muchas gracias

[@Neha2647]

Question: what happens to the rootstock when one of the lower grafts fails - like the side cleft graft or the veneer graft? Does it damage the rootstock tree such that you have to cut it below the failed graft area?

[@guyveloz4382]

I NOW have bude or buddy tape, have used it once but did not realize that you should envelope tightly the scion BEFORE you join scion and root stalk. Stupid, right? Dang, Chris, you make the VERY difficult seem VERY easy!!!!! When you were squeezing the scion and rootstock with one hand and releasing a buddy tape section from those tight buddy roles with the OTHER, I mean YIKES!!! I am the world's worst grafter.

[@ebrahimmkz2031]

Okay 👍💜

[@HsingSun]

Thank you for your video. Question: With or without grafting, what is the big difference between both cases?

[@shamsgardeningcrafts]

Hi there iv grafted a scion on a mango seedling i had two mango seedling and did two different graft on it one was veneer graft and the other one was clift graft. I did my graft on the 13 December 2017 the clift graft scion became brown but the venear graft is still green how long does it take for the graft to be successful i did the same on a lemon seedling aswel but the lemon graft is in a hydroponic karaky method i did a veneer graft on it and its still green just wondering how long will it take for it to be successful graft?

[@TrulyTropical]

Sometimes grafts can start growing in a week. In other circumstances, grafts can take as long as six months to start growing.

[@victorvelez8159]

Where will I find crafting for my seedlings

[@Lee-Fiz]

Hi i new to grafting and could we used normal tapes and how long should we removed the tape after doing the grafting? Thanks

[@TrulyTropical]

Tapes with adhesive aren't a good choice, but you can use grafting tape, nursery tape, etc.

[@jocan55]

Just found this channel and find it fascinating. Do you guys sell seedlings to use for grafting? If not, how long did it take your seedlings to get to the point of being able to use for grafting purposes? Thanks for sharing your knowledge.

[@ricarcogarcia3983]

Interesting

[@youngderks9499]

Thank you sharing your experience and knowledge. I am learning to graft. When I use paraffin tape, i see the tape became torn after a few days. Is it okay being torn after a few days? Do you recommend any better tape?

[@kushalmbhat]

When do you take out that plastic? How many days after? :)

[@chanhsaephan8413]

Great grafting video. Thank you. I would like to ask if its possible to graft mango onto a guava tree or stone fruit trees? I’ve been advise that it will not be successful unless its within the same family but see youtube videos of people grafting mangos onto guava or other fruit varieties not related to mango. I’m assuming that the videos are fake but still curious to know. Thank you.

[@michaelhenry4988]

Love the video! Where do you get the buddy tape and the elastics? I think they are not easy to find.

[@qugnf5j]

If there’s no swelling buds, would it heal?

[@nicholas8479]

Thank you. I'm surprised you shaved the bottom half of your scions so thin for your cleft grafts. I can see how a thin scion would create a smaller air pocket at the very bottom of the union and create a sleeker less bulky union, but don't you need enough mass (tissue) so the bottom half of your scions remain viable (alive)?

[@TrulyTropical]

The very narrow point has always worked well for me. Early on I had several grafts fail, and a very experienced grafter told me that they failed because the point was not narrow enough.

[@nicholas8479]

Maybe that's why my grafts usually fail. Thank you for the quick reply. I'm top working two old mango trees so I can have several (hopefully 3 or 4) varieties on one tree.

[@TrulyTropical]

Sounds Great... Good Luck!

[@govindthakur2059]

Nicholas

[@fey8350]

Can u graft half of the tree and leave half of the original so that u can get 2 different tasting frujts

[@mike1968442]

How does one decide what gets grafted to what? Can I cut a branch from mango and insert it on a peach? Or a pine tree? What if one plant is drought tolerant and the scion not as much? If the graph is at the top then doesnt that make 2 varieties on one stock (original and the scion)? Rather when done at the base (dirt level) Go ahead say it " Cut your gizzards out". I live in Az, but travel to the East often. One of these trips Im going to come by your area. Tfs I will keep researching and watching your video's.

[@myfloridaoasis1578]

Can you use grafting on old mango trees so you get more variety fruit?

[@HsingSun]

I have two mango trees about 8ft tall, but I did not know about grafting. Will the mango trees get the good result without grafting?

[@adamsolomon8346]

Thank you for the video! Any chance you have any spare avocado scion? PLease please! Happy to compensate any costs

[@TrulyTropical]

yes

[@victorvelez8159]

Do you ship grafting ??? I would like to get some for my seedlings, or if you know anyone else who will ship them by order

[@rovimo608]

Question, what is consider perfect condition to store scions and for how long can they be store?

[@briangookool4543]

can you graft the same scion on the same root stock

[@drifter8567]

How if use natural soil without fertilizers, will grafting mango trees still grow short and bear fruits around 2 to 3 years?

[@edwinlewis9276]

Can a scion grow from side, i am askin because of the videos the scion always grow from the top

[@shantarambhoir1419]

Nice kating

[@SL-ur7vt]

Is December a good time for grafting a mangoes tree.

[@rosemarycividanes8364]

Do you know the best place to by buddy tape.

[@bryankc9644]

you really dont need buddy tape. parafilm works at 1/10 the cost

[@pharmacotherapy]

do you have a follow-up video for this?

[@TrulyTropical]

We will try to get one out ...

[@tadindupak5803]

where can i get your cap

[@thahtran3236]

What soil can I use for potting mango tree?

[@seanogilvie5449]

Ma you are good but you are driving me Krazy watching you with that Razor!!

[@s.samuel8188]

How can I get mango seeds from your farm?

[@johnsonjarrodm]

Who ever is behind the camera with the breathing sounds at peace ☮️

[@edwinlewis9276]

Can a scion without active buds grow

[@MangoAficionado]

when do you start selling scions this year

[@TrulyTropical]

We plan to start selling mango scions in mid to late March this year. We will post on our website and on KZbin when we start.

[@leakhanaduch2741]

@@TrulyTropical are you still selling nam doc mai scion?

[@dominadorco9907]

What will happen if your scion is from a giant mango tree and you graft it on a dwarf rootstock. Will that make a giant tree eventually

[@TrulyTropical]

There hasn't been a lot of research on dwarfing rootstocks for mangos, but there are several varieties of rootstock that dwarf some mango varieties. The dwarfing rootstocks that I know of are not small trees, but varieties that are grafted onto them are dwarfed.

[@dominadorco9907]

Truly Tropical thanks for the reply

[@mikeya9370]

Will buds break through buddy tape?

[@TrulyTropical]

Yes

[@mikeya9370]

Thank you

[@jeannykim9436]

Hello, where can I buy that budding tep?

[@TrulyTropical]

There's a link in the description. For local customers, I sell it by the yard or by the roll.

[@gafoorppponani8222]

Jeanny kim Jeanny Ucan use any tap

[@berleezysbigassforehead5656]

Can I you budwood form a tree that is grafted but has not fruited

[@TrulyTropical]

Absolutely! Even though your tree hasn't fruited, everything above the graft is mature wood

[@shantarambhoir1419]

Bahot slo bolti ho aap.. Thoda fast or cliyar boliye .. Jo samazhme aaye..

[@patricksidere8272]

You camera manque de progeter sur ses pratiques.

[@sammez4486]

D

[@tanotoba]

Sanitize the knife, don’t touch the part you will attached to…

[@ahmedlunat1248]

One of the best videos I have seen on mango grafting. Hopefully I will now succeed. Looking forward to seeing the results. Thanks