Professional grafting tools are a handheld grafting machine that are now commonly found in the garden tool section of online retailers. But do grafting tools work? In this complete grafting tool DIY video, we test their effectiveness for grafting fruit trees.
In this video, we are grafting fig trees with this tool to test grafting techniques for the best graft possible. While we use figs as the rootstock and scion wood, this graft technique can be used for grafting plants of almost any type.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
0:00 How To Graft Fruit Trees
1:32 Rootstock Grafting VS. Scion Wood
3:06 Introduction To Grafting Tool
4:47 Cutting The Scion Wood
5:53 Cutting The Roostock
7:07 Mating Scion Wood And Rootstock
7:48 Securing The Graft
10:09 Removing Root Stock Buds
10:56 Final Grafting Results
12:20 Adventures With Dale
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0:00 How To Graft Fruit Trees
1:32 Rootstock Grafting VS. Scion Wood
3:06 Introduction To Grafting Tool
4:47 Cutting The Scion Wood
5:53 Cutting The Roostock
7:07 Mating Scion Wood And Rootstock
7:48 Securing The Graft
10:09 Removing Root Stock Buds
10:56 Final Grafting Results
12:20 Adventures With Dale
Great review I just got one for my birthday today.
You showed how to cut the female with the blade but looked like you used the same blade for the male . .
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Awesome grafting video !@@! Well done!
Your botanical nomenclature is amazing: explaining all of the "parts and pieces" of grafting woody stem parts, and also the importance of lining up the cambium layer. I have purchased a similar grafting tool, but have found that the cuts are not as clean as I wanted. I will give it a try again.
Kind regards,
David
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Have you tried all 3 blade shapes? If so then how does the U shape work , and how does the Ω (Omega, horseshoe) shape work? I just got virtually the same exact thing under a different brand name. So far it seems like good quality, and it's certainly better than the last grafting tool that I bought which made a true v shape and sometimes even split the root sock apart in the way it cut. The blade was discontinued too. The new aged type that we bought, the blades that they use are used in way too many brands to not find replacements.
Would a clothespin work to hold a graft together?
Thanks for this. I bought this tool about a year ago to use around this time. Now I know how to use it. Great content!
This grafting tool is only applicable to species with softer wood. As a result, the cutting blades wear out quickly and are easy to fold on harder wood.
Very good demonstration. Thank you sir.
After the tape. would Eletrical cable shrink wrap work better than an elastic band 🤷🏼♂️👍🏼🇬🇬
I have around 300m of sloe berry trees around my field what could I graft to them 👍🏼🇬🇬
Do you have good result with the tool? For eg at apple
Have you tried grafting tomatoes? I am going to do it this year and am just north of you in carteret county.
Wher can i order hraftong tool
Very good video, thanks.
Good explanation of how to use the tool and do the grafting. Thanks for share your video amigo, excellent,
Excellent video. I was about to buy this tool, but was not sure how to use it. Your video solved the problem. I have an apple tree of unknown origin, and I’m thinking of grafting three varieties of apple onto this tree. Can the branches of the apple tree be the root stock ? Again, thanks for your excellent video.
Very cool vid bro… Been very helpful. May God bless you.
I bought the tool to use for apple grafting a couple of years ago. While the "fit" was perfect, it didn't create a strong enough union (no matter how well you taped it up). Between the birds, the squirrels, and the wind, I was left with one successful graft, out of about 30. Now, I just use a pair of hand pruners and a grafting knife, and have much better success.
Excellent and informative video, thanks!!!
Thank you for making this video. Very informative. I bought this tool yesterday because I accidentally cut myself so that was the end of using the razor blade old school grafting technique. 😂