Apple Tree Grafting For Beginners - Learn How To Graft | Includes 6 Months of Updates

Join me as I create a multi variety apple tree from scratch and explain apple tree grafting for beginners. I'll take you through how to graft an apple tree from start to finish so you can learn how to graft a fruit tree at home. I'll be sharing the whole process of grafting including multiple updates of these fruit tree grafts right up until 6 months old.
I'm a beginner grafter myself, but I hope I can explain it in a way where you can follow along and have your own grafting success. It's a really fascinating and useful gardening skill to have which will enable you to graft your own fruit trees and get the satisfaction of creating a fruit tree with multiple varieties on it.
I used the whip and tongue grafting technique on my apple tree rootstock and grafted on scion from a Granny Smith Apple, Monty's Surprise Apple and a Gala apple. I'll be showing you the tools you need for grafting, how to make the whip and tongue grafting cuts and how to line up the cambium layers. I'll show you how to use grafting tape and talk more about other grafting information to answer the question, what is grafting?
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I seriously do hope this video helps you graft your own tree and I'd love to hear what you thought of the video and if you're going to follow along and have a go yourself. Good luck with your grafting, and no pressure - its a bit of fun and a great way to learn more about plants and fruit trees. If it doesn't work the first time, your rootstock should still survive and you can try again! You don't have to be good at it straight away, so just like any skill, practice and you'll improve your grafting skills overtime! :)
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0:00 Intro
0:37 What is grafting?
1:26 Planting the rootstock
1:53 Tools you need
2:13 How to graft
6:32 3 weeks later
6:59 6 weeks later
7:23 9 weeks later - removing the tape
8.32 2.5 months later
8:51 6 months later
9:05 Close ups of the finished grafts
9:22 Final thoughts and comments
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[@abelstropicalfruit8647]

I love the videos that take long to film because it’s cool to see the project from start to finish. Keep it up.

[@TheKiwiGrower]

Awesome, thanks for the comment. They obviously take awhile but good to get feedback like this :). Have plenty more in the works

[@kidheadcase]

Best apple graft video on KZbin, mate. You show your errors as well as showing your successes. Excellent, well-paced upload.

[@JLFamilySong]

My grandfather was an amazing gardener. He owned two adjoining lakefront properties where one lot sloped down towards the lake. He planted 52-man sized fruit trees each having a 5-foot ring of flowers around them. It was beautiful to see but breathtaking to see from the lake looking back toward the property. Many of his trees were grafted with the technique you showed. I am so glad I found your channel, rather, your channel found me. It brings back so many wonderful memories. Thanks.

[@TheKiwiGrower]

Hi Joe, that sounds like an awesome place! Glad to have you here on the channel :)

[@CircleWedge]

Thank you for sharing!

[@eggywuh]

FOREFATHERS ONE AND ALL, BEAR WITNESS 🔥🔥🔥🗣️

[@PoisonTick]

Can't believe I thought about that and found this comment lol

[@Mowgi]

Love showing the mistakes and problems, that's just as important in the learning process as showing us how to do it 100% correctly 🙌

[@z0eshi]

That is actually so cool, the fact it can just grow the specific type of apple like its a memory it has, nature really can be fascinating

[@TheKiwiGrower]

Yea nature always amazes me! So cool ay

[@jackfender1975]

Well each leaf has a genetic seed so it's not really memory. The plant is growing as it would and mutalistically getting its resources from another plant

[@edstraker8451]

@@jackfender1975 Thank you, Captain Smart Knackers.

[@Xaddre]

It’s the genetics the tree you graft to basically is just used for nutrient delivery.

[@z0eshi]

@@Xaddre it's just one of those things that never even crossed my mind as being possible tbh

[@alliboo27]

I’m so happy I randomly came across your videos! I live in a cooler climate as well and plan to one day have property I can grow anything and everything I possibly can. I didn’t realize how many plants you can still grow in cooler areas and still be successful. Learning about grafting plants and trees is fascinating too! Thank you for the time you put into your content. I truly appreciate finding plant education content that’s actually easy to learn from!

[@TheKiwiGrower]

Thanks so much Alison! Excited for your journey ahead, something cool to work towards :)

[@EdnaSabile95]

I like your ways to show us from start, then you show us the result in the next few months. Amazing learning for us. Thank you. I felt more confident now in doing more of my grafting. I got an orchard for over 200 stone fruits 20 apples and 20 pears for the last years, I do all the pruning and now I’m confident to graft them 3 to 5 kinds of fruits in most of the trees, an experiment I guess. You inspire me more. Keep doing what your doing. Your good.

[@TheKiwiGrower]

Thanks heaps for the comment. That's a lot of fruit trees! Good luck with the grafting :)

[@jadetatana878]

Hi Edna, where is your orchard and are you looking for outlets? What fruits do you currently grow? Look forward to your reply..

[@stayfresh06]

I appreciate your videos, I never knew that this was possible. Learned something new today.

[@TheKiwiGrower]

Yay, that’s awesome! Glad I could share something new with you :)

[@francescachow612]

Thank you,great video and audio presentation.

[@fourseasonsnorth]

Great video! Supper helpful to actually see the mistakes and then how they're corrected. Looking forward to grafting someday soon. Thanks, from Northern Alberta, Canada!

[@TheKiwiGrower]

Thanks heaps and glad it was helpful. Good luck with the grafting!

[@pearlgirl]

I remember apricot that were successfully grafted onto poplar trees just out of Edmonton. So I know it is possible.

[@CampingforCool41]

I’ve always been intimidated by the idea of grafting but this seems easier than I thought. Might give it a try someday

[@Coolness1160]

I never really understood what grafting meant or how it works, so thank you for this. It’s amazing how adaptable nature is

[@mohamadazam2545]

This is my hobby i love this

[@sarahlouise8449]

I came here to watch growing Avocados and now I find myself grafting my apple tree 😂 really well presented 👍

[@TheKiwiGrower]

Haha awesome! Good luck with it all :)

[@chukwuemerie]

@@TheKiwiGrower how old was the rootstock before grafting?

[@ellienoel8357]

Exactly the same for me

[@TierraMiaOrganicos]

What I love about your videos is that we are learning with you rather than from you. We learn from your successes as well as your failures. Thank you!

[@pamelab5480]

I loved this video because I study spirituality and it’s always talking about grafting trees and I never knew what it was talking about but now I get it so thanks and God bless!

[@googleuser4621]

I'm working on apple orchards and I never understood what they meant when they talked about the grafting. Thankyou so much for showing us! Now I'm not confused😂

[@TheKiwiGrower]

That’s awesome. Glad I could help! 😁

[@BASheppard]

Tremendous video. I was doing a Bible study and it was referencing grafting. I’ve seen it mentioned before but today I thought to KZbin how to graft and found your video. I see the passage of scripture more clearly now and I have gained practical knowledge for gardening. Thank you.

[@TheKiwiGrower]

Thanks so much for watching! If you’ve done grafting before, please feel free to share any further tips/advice/resources etc about grafting in the comments, so we can all grow together 💪 🌱 And if you give it a go, come back and let me know how it went!! Feel free to share any photos of your plants with me over on Instagram too! 😊

[@EdnaSabile95]

I bought a grafting tools that makes my grafting perfectly fit the sion to the root stock because I make sure I got the same size and looking forward to take off in Spring. It makes me very fast grafting because of the grafting tools. I also have young plums and I graft 3 kinds of plum it’s root stock. I’m excited in the next 2 to 3 months to take off.

[@chukwuemerie]

@@EdnaSabile95 pls share the tools make ,cost and wher you bought it.

[@EdnaSabile95]

I bought my tools in eBay and I’m so satisfied it does it’s job as it said. It’s all over Facebook the ads.

[@oscarc2642]

I've always Wanted to try grafting and air layering as I have never attempted them although the urge has grown larger as I Watch videos like this one. I mean it's a shame that having to do gardening literally my whole life since very young age, all thanks to my late granny, as it's a fond bonding memory I have till this day honoring her passion that's inherited in me. My project to do is to graft a multiple variations of hibiscus into one main plant, I can imagine it starts popping with many colors & shapes all in one to give the most breathtaking sight to passersby. I'll let u know when & if that happens.... Hugs from Malaysia!

[@masterklaw4527]

Everyone after watching this video: "A lowly tarnished... Playing as a lord... I command thee kneel!"

[@CBAR]

im so fascinated with the concept of grafting, just putting a part from a whole different tree on another tree and it just...works. amazing

[@mtraven23]

just fyi: I find videos from people who have just learned a process, better than an expert. Experts can often forget / leave out details a true beginner really needs.

[@fatinalkhafaji8037]

This is by far the best tree grafting video for beginners. I learned a lot. Thank you

[@JuanManuelCruzAponte071957]

My Grandfather was an Agricultured, and we had all kinds of fruits and vegetables in our land, thanks for showing us the proper way to do Crafting.

[@richardwolske2015]

Love your honesty, not everyone can grow with such a humble presentation. Thank you 👍

[@anonymeanonyme4473]

Thank you man, I wanted to graft since a while but feared a lot the process, now I have a clear idea of how to do it thanks to you.

[@EdnaSabile95]

I just did 4 apples trees 3 way last week ends, your videos are very informative, it inspire me from doing it more. I have more grafting to do my rootstocks are 2 years old now so I can do 3 ways to all of them.

[@kathrynmauro8673]

Thank you. Now that I saw how you did this I feel more comfortable doing a graft.

[@chelle4419]

This is such an amazing process. That the trees can just.. sustain this new branch. It’s kind of like adoption. I’ve wanted a fruit tree ever since I moved states when I was little. Now that I’m buying my own house, I’m very excited to pick a fruit tree. I may well have a couple varieties on one tree using your method. 🥰🍎🍏🍎🍏

[@lelessucculentsusa8978]

Amazing grafting

[@iamthewelcher]

Respect for letting us know that your new to grafting! This encouraged me big time!!

[@celiamangrai7015]

great video. Appreciate that you take the time to show updates from different time line. That's a lot of effort. Thank you.

[@zachhatten7740]

As soon as I heard him say the words, "Grafted" and "Scion" I knew this was in my feed because of Elden Ring. Thanks Algorithm.

[@terrim.602]

It's nice to see the tree over time after the graft takes!

[@miltonwelch8619]

Really nice video, simple and fairly thorough. Thanks!

[@lukegrasso6161]

I really enjoy your videos, they are very education and helpful. Thank you for being here for us, I hope your gardens, family, and home are well. God bless you.

[@ruthsmith6920]

Hey you beginner! Sir, you've explained this process better than any video I watched in 2 yrs. Thank you!

[@TheKiwiGrower]

Thanks Ruth, glad it was helpful!

[@squange20]

This is great. I always wanted to graft fruit trees, so thank you for a very thorough and informative video. We planted a Braeburn only a few months ago, and already have lots of apples growing. I’ll definitely try to graft it with some other varieties.

[@joshuavazquez5534]

This is the best grafting video I have found on youtube

[@joeygenes]

Wow. The effort and patience waiting 6 months to make this video. 👌

[@Kass._isme]

I watched this video for school and it helped so much!I’m ready to ace my test tomorrow!!Thank you ❤

[@Urolling]

Grafting sounds so fun. I think I might do it to one of my little baby trees to just try it out.

[@thegreatkrimpus6139]

Godrick: I’ll buy your entire stock

[@TimUckun]

Thanks for the very clear instructions.

[@Der_Kleine_Mann]

Thank you for showing and explaining well. I'm pretty sure I can do it now with all the information.

[@neotim5]

Had no idea you can just fuse trees like that, thanks for educating us!

[@cheongyei]

Thanks for sharing the results over time. Good work.

[@jimfoodvideos]

Nice video mate. Thank you from a small city balcony garden in London.

[@jennhoff03]

I LOVE the updates! Thank you for including those!

[@3v317]

Very soon this apple tree is going to have variety of different apples growing on it. The video was really informational. Keep on with the good work. Thank you.

[@Paul-uz9zk]

Very informative. Glad I came across it. Glad we got to see the results and the issues you came across. Well done!

[@anilkumarmoparthi5984]

That's a quiet a good amount of information and tips. Thanks

[@Maximusmaxamin]

Best grafting video I've found so far actually told us what you where doing when you where doing and what you where doing it with

[@jolenemcnaught2513]

that is fascinating..you make me feel that even i with no green fingers could give that a go..

[@TheKiwiGrower]

Thanks! The best way to get green fingers is just get into it. :) And don’t worry, everyone has things that don’t work out in the garden! Let me know how you get on if you give it a go :)

[@brushcrawler8612]

Just found a small apple tree in the road ditch I didn't know about. I'm going to try this is the spring, grafting to a crabapple I already have at the house. 👍

[@ArtsnHomeGarden]

Thank you for the idea I will try it myself😊 for the first time.

[@gerardoalejandres1377]

I have 2 gala apple trees and 2 granny smith apple trees and I am going to try this grafting method you used

[@TheMasterMoto]

My bad, been watching for ages and didn’t realise I hadn’t hit the subscribe button, don’t make the same mistake. Great easy to follow tips.

[@natemorlock2379]

Congratulations on the success and thanks for such an excellent video. Gave me everything I wanted, the close ups, the updates, the techniques--perfect. Thank you

[@TheKiwiGrower]

Glad I could help, thanks for the feedback :)

[@judahmills1731]

Great video thank you for the information!

[@IAmHumanJake]

One of the best results videos out there

[@Ponimancp]

thank you for sharing knowledge about shoot grafting from beginning to end, very useful for me and I am always learning.. thank you

[@kellynbtln8234]

Perfect. I needed to refresh myself on grafting and jumped at your video as your a good teacher and fun to watch! Thinking of you with hard year and also your loss recently🌸🌼

[@theunconventionaltrainingc8554]

Great information! I'm looking forward to grafting a cut from a plum that isn't doing so well, and with this info, I think I might have success!

[@pranavsharma2077]

Iam an ammature grafter from the mountains of India.. I learnt a lot from your video. It will help me a lot with my apple farm. Thanks a lot ❤️❤️

[@sofiejensen3804]

Thank you for your long video and also for showing your mistakes and how to solve them!

[@The-Cutmaster]

Love it! I actually use disposable #11 surgical scalpels for the cuts, they’re super sharp and make clean cuts.

[@thomasnix31]

This is an exceptional video, You were very detailed in your explanations and the fact that you went back and showed the results of removing the over tight wrappings, and how they corrected themselves to a large degree., was very interesting. You spoke clearly, and I both thank you and congratulate you , on an exceptional video. It certainly helped me a lot. I am a new grafter myself here in east central Georgia.

[@01ai01]

Awesome video, it was great to see how the grafts turned out!

[@davidbutton8497]

Nice work well detailed clip to show progress in summer I love 💕 the cleft graft with fig tree thankyou 🤟🍑🍑🍎🍏🍎🍏🍐🍐

[@rebelcounty2078]

Excellent demonstration 😃👍

[@father3566]

You are doing a great job explaining this thank you

[@quandaledingle7526]

i love your videos cause they actually show a lot of the process

[@petrusbronkhorst5135]

Super presentation. You can and know your field. To see the final product is proofe of the pudding. Well done. You do not only talk. You do. Thanks.

[@spriteespritee1237]

Thank you for this video…you live in such a beautiful country and place😍.I❤️🇳🇿

[@TheKiwiGrower]

No worries, and thank you! :)

[@jesusinablackman2675]

Thumbs up for your patience and efforts takes a lot to make this kind of video

[@TheKiwiGrower]

Thank you! :)

[@officialstudiobani5911]

So beautiful

[@rachelmadrone3168]

Great video! Helpful for a beginner grafter

[@Seafariireland]

Super lesson, thanks!

[@johnny5isalive98]

Fantastic videos, no b.s, well presented, easy to understand and follow. Please keep up the good work- much appreciated

[@TheKiwiGrower]

Thanks heaps :)

[@rocknroller912]

Thanks your video is very useful so going to try it this afternoon

[@JustAnOldMan]

Well for a guy who claims to be a newbie, you did a bloody good job mate

[@friscoHub415]

Great job bro I'm going to try myself thanks

[@crabby9154]

No idea that this was a thing, so cool!

[@RedYankee]

Outstanding.. Very inspiring.. Im gong to do this and try to document it.. This spring

[@Rafsangani]

Very nice I have learned a lot from your demonstration. Thank yoi

[@oBseSsIoNPC]

The most valuable videos/demonstrations are those that include mistakes and show them clearly. It helps less, when the "master" does everything perfect and makes it look easy, it is more likely the cause for failure or discouragement. Seeing mistakes puts the skill into perspective and you know what to expect. Great video, nice closeups and spot on tips and tricks. Thank you for taking the time to accumulate the footage and patiently wait 6 months to put the cuts together (pun intended).

[@taratalkstruth3090]

Very cool! I've just planted 3 varieties of apples trees. Haven't tried grafting yet but hopefully in the near future

[@Sieraden1]

So interesting. I'm keen to try this, would be so cool to have so many varieties on one tree!!

[@Tunnelrat6666]

We need to get our hands on some Bravo apple tree scion's. The best tasting apple I have ever tried.

[@paulneilson6117]

Search brought your site right up, cheers. Sharpness is skillfull but danger lurks so keep your wits about you. I'm grafting apple trees, I do it all with ease I'm a grafting amateur that keeps his wits about him. So ask me if I'm a grater and I'll say aye. Some other traditional grafter used some special tree tar to seal up exposed tree flesh. I am gonna try to use some liquid vinyl. It just has solvent and that should evaporate completely within a day or so. The vinyl is easy to apply and will eventually fall off when the bark below regrows.

[@adalwin1875]

Grafting is so cool, so interesting.

[@arieswildchild]

We use a paste when connecting the branches, never seen it works without using one. Thanx for the share!

[@md.biplobmian]

Amazing work

[@CLUHVEL]

Today I learned something new wow!

[@dmitriyp6056]

Thank you sir I remember how a very long ago when I was young I grafted grape vine such way. We grafted good sort of vine in wild vine.

[@justice007willprevail]

Top job and thanks for sharing your knowledge!

[@aggzsancley5546]

Really worth watching your videos....keep upload ...

[@lindarice5783]

Thank you very much, that was very clear and concise. I now have the confidence to have a go myself! I was hoping you would show the progress of the growth and you did not disappoint! Just what I was looking for!😀😀