Grafting Loquat Trees - Learn How To Graft (Includes 8 Months of Results)

Join me to learn how to graft Loquat trees from start to finish with the goal of getting your fruit trees to produce fruit sooner. In this grafting tutorial I'll teach you how to do a cleft graft or wedge graft, and you'll also learn some of the reasons why grafting is a great thing to do with seedling fruit trees. I grew these loquat trees from seed, and as they can take 7 or more years to fruit from seed, grafting is a good idea to speed up the time it takes for your fruit trees to produce a harvest. This grafting guide takes you through the whole grafting process, close up, and I'll be there with you the whole way to take you through it. I hope this helps you gain confidence with grafting - I'm still in the early stages of learning about grafting, so I have so much more to learn and discover, but I'll no doubt continue sharing my grafting experiments and journey with you as I learn to graft different fruit trees :)
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Things you'll need for grafting loquats:
A loquat seedling to use at the rootstock
Scion wood from a mature loquat tree (make sure you like the loquats that the tree produces as this is the fruit you'll end up with)
Secateurs
Stanley (Box cutter) knife with good blades (or a grafting knife) amzn.to/3SZn9T8
Rubbing alcohol to sterilize blades
Grafting or budding tape
Please ensure care is taken when making the grafting cuts, as a very sharp knife is required. Keep hands and body well clear of the blades and cutting direction.
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0:00 How does grafting work
1:00 How to graft
4:38 10 week update
6:03 Unwrapping grafts (3.5 months)
6:36 Removing rootstock growth
7:24 8.5 month update

[@TheKiwiGrower]

Once you've seen to the end of this video - check out this update to see how long the grafted trees and the seedling tree took to fruit! :) kzbin.info/www/bejne/rJSmfapmnNR1bac

[@JustMyOpinion_1]

I just found your channel. I’ve never enjoyed gardening before, but I’m inspired by what you do. I’m in my 50s and just started gardening…..thanks to you!

[@TheKiwiGrower]

Oh what a cool comment. So glad I could inspire you to get into it :)

[@raffydibansa8458]

Never too late to start :)

[@paulflute]

welcome.. have fun.. you've found a great helpful channel.. ;9)

[@SL-mm8xf]

Lanell, dont feel bad, i too am in my 50's and just started getting interested in gardening, grafting, and other growing pastimes. Dunno why i didnt start when i was younger lol.

[@celiamangrai7015]

Watched a few of your videos and I really appreciate that the time and effort you put in on each. I also appreciate that you put the XX weeks/months update including the overall weeks/months for more clarity. Thank you and keep the great videos coming...

[@TheKiwiGrower]

Thanks for the feedback! :)

[@mapd6831]

I’m lucky to have a loquat tree overhanging into my backyard and every summer I get Atleast 80 fruit just from the small section that overhangs (with permission of course)

[@TheKiwiGrower]

Awesome, that is pretty lucky!

[@happyhour2933]

@@TheKiwiGrower hello, do you know if this tree gogoes by the name of Chinese peach i had 3 huge trees in my backyard then within a week i lost them all to disease i had no idea i could've saves some by grafting thank you for info I'll be grafting from neighbors tree she's a friend 🥰

[@TheKiwiGrower]

@@happyhour2933 nice one. I’ve heard another name for them is Chinese plum, though haven’t heard Chinese peach used

[@happyhour2933]

@@TheKiwiGrower yes here in the rgv rio grande valley we call em peaches and they're prevalent

[@manuele.itriagom.728]

@@happyhour2933 in Venezuela we call it Níspero Chino, which translates to Chinese Medlar.

[@teddymuhumuza5213]

You’re a smart guy. No beating round the bush with delaying tactics. Thank you.

[@johancoetzer6371]

It's always so cool when I see a tree you are working with that is actually in my garden, the birds always love the sweet sour fruit

[@lawntofoodforest]

Just what I needed. I didn’t know seedlings take so long to fruit. I have one store bought grafted loquat and several others grown from seed. I’ve only grafted an orange before, keen to get into this further.

[@Betty-qd8st]

Ooh wow, what a fantastic idea . That may actually work , the branch is Mature so it has the fruiting hormones already. Amazing! ❤️

[@0MrENigma0]

Amazing! A person actually has progress updates for their 'how to' gardening video... and a 2nd video with even further down the road. What do you know.. someone that actually knows what they are doing! 🙂 Thank you for taking the very long time it took to put this together. You are appreciated! 🌱

[@TheKiwiGrower]

Thanks so much :)

[@chel-lalasveganmania]

That looks like something I could do. Thanks never considered doing something so hard core. Just cutting the top off a perfectly good looking tree. All that work could die over the weekend. Thanks for the months of waiting and editing. Nice video.

[@zacelliot8029]

Thank you for putting so much time and effort into putting this video together! 👍

[@TheKiwiGrower]

No worries! 😊

[@ceciliashevlin1152]

I’ve always wanted to learn grafting, thank you for this tutorial, it looks so easy!❤️

[@jamiemiller8850]

I've been binging your videos, I discovered your videos after watching Garden Answer while I was researching perennials for my bee and butterfly garden. It's so cool to see a kiwi doing these kinds of videos, it makes it so much easier to compile accurate information for our area 😀 my partner and I just bought our first home and are lucky enough to have a couple of mature fruit trees, including a loquat, I'm so excited for it to fruit!

[@TheKiwiGrower]

Thanks for the support Jamie. Congrats on your guys first home! A bonus to have some mature fruit trees too :)

[@murky2502]

Well done. I appreciate the follow up on the trees in multiple stages.

[@geneneill530]

Excellent video! I've just recently been infected by the loquat bug. This is the first grafting video I have watched, and already, all my basic questions are answered. Great filming and great narration!

[@patrickkyu7241]

Great video. I did the same way as yours but I covered the whole stem with plastic bag. I think It helps the grafting heal faster. After 4 weeks, I saw 4 or 5 leaves came out.

[@freddy29228]

Great videos, I watched your first one and found your comment about grafting. it looks easy enough but a lot of patience. Waiting for growth. Wonderful, love plants! 🌳🌳🌳

[@lifeofintention4711]

Thanks for the video once again! I always appreciate that you take the time in your planning to show the long term success of your experiments in gardening! It was really nice to see what the graft looked like after that time too, so we can compare (as they sometimes look pretty lumpy and ugly). I have been trying here (South Australia) to graft avocados this year - up to my 6th attempt. It looks like one of my older goes is working after nearly 3 months, finally budding!!! Keep up the great work and enjoying the blessing of time in the garden!

[@olafusiogunibe9435]

This video is really helpful. I learned that I can grow or propagate loquat from the stem.

[@arnovanderschyff4282]

Thank you for showing us the results

[@ZeroFksGvn]

Thanks for posting great descriptive videos on grafting, I have plans to graft some branches this upcoming spring but had no idea how to do it.

[@bramtencate2170]

Planted some seeds outside in the Netherlands (from seed out of fruits from Spain) now 3 years old and doing great. Never expected that they would actually grow over here.

[@mbb3913]

Great video! thanks

[@richardparham1784]

Another great video. Can’t wait to see the growth. 👍

[@Frannie1956]

Thank you for sharing a valuable knowledge

[@mpolanetz]

lots of great information. Thank you

[@mikezinn7212]

Great video, thank you!

[@edstraker8451]

We used to eat them on the way home from school from an overhanging farmers tree. That was in Auckland. I saw one for sale in a garden center a few months ago - we live in the tropics now. Might try my luck to see if it can handle our high humidity and horizontal rain. Love your channel btw.

[@guilhermemachadodasilva692]

This is fascinating stuff!

[@GetInToIt82]

I just found you! So many amazing videos! Thank you for sharing!

[@MontereyPhoto]

Great video! Thank you so much

[@andychapman6397]

Love your videos thank you

[@birdperfect3879]

Great video! 👍🏼

[@bertusmoers2536]

Awesome. Nicely done. Great clear instructions

[@TheKiwiGrower]

Thanks :)

[@nickfilopoulos7428]

Beautiful well done thanks 🙏 🎉

[@claudiob.7528]

Thank you for another great video! This trees remind me of my childhood in the brazilian countryside.

[@TheKiwiGrower]

No worries :). They do look like such tropical trees ay

[@shanghaimuts]

Absolutely love this video. Your videos are so well done. Cheers for sharing:-)

[@TheKiwiGrower]

Thanks man! 😁

[@antonioyasuoka]

Thank you for sharing how to graft a loquat tree.greetings from Japan.

[@markwilliams8538]

Thanks for making this gardening thing look, well not easy, but at least doable. Cheers and keep up the good work

[@TheKiwiGrower]

No worries Mark, thanks for the comment :)

[@naiko4raj]

Well done RESPECT from India 🇮🇳

[@VTboys1220]

Thanks.. I have had no luck with grafting.. I tried peach trees and lemons/limes but no luck.. I am going to give it a shot again with this technique.

[@johnwilliams2711]

Excellent to see the process from start to finish in one vid. Puts other channels to shame. Nice one! 👍👍

[@TheKiwiGrower]

Thanks John! Glad you enjoyed, it definitely does take a long process for one video 😃

[@forest487]

Comparison gets you nowhere but unhappiness

[@johnwilliams2711]

@@forest487 Nope.

[@nikkibaby1406]

I really found your video enjoyable. 👍

[@trilobite-knight7746]

Magic! Science! Nature!

[@cybernerd5739]

Thanks for teaching me))) Maybe I'll try too)))

[@CraigWedd]

love your channel man, learning lots

[@TheKiwiGrower]

Thanks Craig!

[@dvdpastor]

Cool! One of my favourite fruits since kid and the first tree I planted from seed. Now I really enjoy the scent of its flowers in winter, but never thought of grafting... Good luck in spring!

[@TheKiwiGrower]

That’s cool! I forgot the flowers have a nice scent. Will have to remember that for when these flower :)

[@malzmaharaj8619]

Hey the graft you did would it remains short

[@americanrebel413]

This was great, thank you.

[@planterbanter]

Such a good video mate, with awesome results!! Grafting is good fun

[@TheKiwiGrower]

Thanks mate!

[@nbfarmandpets]

You have an awesome talent sir, thanks for sharing

[@src3360]

Im in florida and have a huge loquat tree on my property that I planted in 2010. It was a teeny tiny little thing and now it is absolutely enormous!! I make loquat jelly every year and give out. I pick so much fruit and im probably only getting half of the fruit it produces. The animals and birds enjoy the rest. The only thing I do is water it. Its wet here where I live but I make sure I keep it watered well. No fertilizer. You can use the leaves for tea. Its pretty good. It has a light floral green taste and aroma. I use fresh leaves and dry some too. 😎😎

[@chateaxublue]

This was so informative. My loquat trees just sprouted. This video will be useful when it comes time to grafting it using the mature tree I took the seeds from. Wish I'd seen it earlier to grow it from a cutting 🤣😂🤣

[@TheKiwiGrower]

Haha all good! You'll probably end up with a better root system from seed anyway :)

[@jmichelle216]

Totally binge watching your videos after I just came across your page today. Very informative 👏

[@TheKiwiGrower]

Awesome, glad you like them. Welcome to the channel! :)

[@jaffarsardar3371]

Great job

[@elk-life1868]

Good stuff, keep em coming 🤘

[@fernandorojas2529]

Great video bro, take a lot of time . You did it!

[@TheKiwiGrower]

Thanks bro! 😊

[@lukegrasso6161]

Your videos are great

[@happyhour2933]

Love your channel look forward to your vids🌴🌳🌲🌿🌵🍃🌾

[@TheKiwiGrower]

Thanks so much :)

[@alexandreduarte1798]

My grandmother taught me grafting, this year, and the process was almost exacly the same except we used a kind of black tar to seal the grraft from the water

[@GraftingTactick]

Great vi, thanks for sharing 👌❤

[@glitterende-eenhoorn]

Amazing I tasted a loquat for the first time today and I loved it! So sweet and so much taste. I picked them from a tree in Portugal. I wanna graft my own now but am afraid the Netherlands are to cold for these trees.

[@Cesc8170]

Thanks for this technique. I might try to graft a cork oak on a holly oak. Yes, I have calcareous soils.

[@behau_99]

Great bro😊

[@greenhillsparadise]

Great video - gives me confidence to give this a go!! Thanks :)

[@TheKiwiGrower]

Thanks, it's such an interesting process to experiment with :)

[@laya8409]

wow amazing!

[@frootfarms8124]

Thanks so much for the fantastic video! Tried our first loquat grafts today. Hope they take :)

[@TheKiwiGrower]

Awesome! Hope they grow well for you :)

[@frootfarms8124]

@@TheKiwiGrower Thanks so much! Keep up the great work with your videos :) really enjoy them

[@TurboA4]

It’s nice to see several weeks down the road.

[@cartycartyamplifiersalesrepair]

Great video Sir thanks for sharing I really appreciate it 👍 🙏🏽

[@lukaslambs5780]

Awesome stuff dude! Much love from New York!

[@TheKiwiGrower]

Thanks Lukas! :)

[@agriculturists7574]

Excellent,successful.

[@VCsGARDENINGCHANNEL]

Very nicely grafted sir👍

[@4ll1d0155m0k3w33d]

You make my tree grow.

[@jaceNZ75]

👍Always interesting & informative👍

[@TheKiwiGrower]

Cheers! 😁

[@JohnyGra]

Ur lessons of grafting are awesome. I must try it on my own garden. Greetings from Poland :D

[@TheKiwiGrower]

Thanks heaps! Hi from NZ :)

[@dkleath8697]

I ❤ loquats!

[@belananh]

Thank you ❤❤❤❤❤

[@hundragant]

I had no idea you could do that to plants. Crazy.

[@nospoonfulofmayonnaiseforme]

I'm sprouting some from foraged fruit in my neighborhood!! Hope they germinate!

[@TheKiwiGrower]

Nice, hope they do too! :)

[@olafusiogunibe9435]

This is beautiful I've been trying to get a loquat tree like these ones but those I find were grown from seed.

[@natsellar8982]

Thanks Kiwi grower. Just started getting into your videos. I like your style. I'd like to see a video of grafting compared to air layering. Which would produce better or faster results? If you haven't heard of air layering, it's best started in early spring. Hope you'll look into it. Thanks again.

[@richardorchard8554]

Nice! Maybe I should have a try.

[@TheKiwiGrower]

Nothing to loose, so may as well :). Even if you get one that doesn’t take, the rootstock will survive anyway and can always have another go

[@davidbutton8497]

Nice 😊 🌲💜🌲

[@MinhasPlantasFloresefrutiferas]

Muito legal!!👍👍🙋🏽‍♀️

[@rashekasookdeo9039]

Hi. Very good presentation. God bless

[@TheKiwiGrower]

Thank you!

[@reptonstatistics461]

Awesome

[@isaaculentas]

Very interesting!!

[@TheKiwiGrower]

Thanks, glad you found it interesting 😊

[@yullouw7061]

Cool man

[@gerardoalejandres1377]

I have 2 loquat trees. They give delicious loquats. Nice and big

[@TheKiwiGrower]

Awesome!

[@alirsh9103]

very good

[@anthonyalvarado6465]

OMG!!!! I've been trying to Remember what this Fruit was called for almost a year! I ate some of this delicious Fruit a couple of years ago But I Couldn't remember what they were called and the don't sell them at any Grocery Stores. Thanks for the Video!

[@user-td8tt3jv1k]

Hello. That's Ok. Don't be tired.

[@johanconradie2120]

I grafted very successfully a pear and apple and quince on my loquat tree, dead easy.

[@picklediamond]

thanks youtube algorithm for recommending some actual good interesting content but seriously great videos

[@TheKiwiGrower]

Thanks for watching and glad you're enjoying them :)

[@lauren8627]

Those trees are brilliant. I wish I could grow them at my house, but it's too cold. If I'm in the city in fruiting season it's the best thing walking by a tree on the street and grabbing a snack! A few streets have them on the footpath too (council planted), so it's totally fair game! My Dad used to use electrical tape to graft apple trees when we had an orchard. So if that's all you have lying around at home it's probably fine!

[@TheKiwiGrower]

Hey Lauren, that’s awesome. It’s a bit like that here too, you sometimes find the occasional tree planted along a footpath etc. :)

[@johnwilliams2711]

Hey Lauren! Loquats are pretty cold resistant. They grow well where I am (like weeds) and we get -8 Celsius usually over winter.

[@rudolphaswad8723]

There used to be a tree of this at my grandparent's house back in Lebanon Have never managed to find it outside the middle east, I didn't even know the English name great video

[@josiahkulwa34]

Great

[@AmieFajardoNZ]

Wow that is really looking good?

[@mike718nyc]

Love the video any advice on planting in nyc winter 🤔🤔

[@easyemu1511]

Can't wait to try this with citrus trees and make my own "cocktail tree"

[@nuralamnoor7122]

It will be fascinating an episode on Fox Nut.