Chip Bud Grafting with Bob Andersen

Professor Emeritus of Cornell University, fruit tree expert and pomologist, Bob Andersen gives us his seasoned instruction on effective chip bud grafting of fruit trees. Learn how to chip bud graft for maximum vitality and success. Gain insight on orcharding and pro grafting tips from his many years of experience.

[@AnnaM0906]

Great presentation! I’ll definitely try this this summer.

[@amberlambert7040]

Thanks for the tutorial

[@longarmsupplies]

Wonderful tutorial, thank you so much. I can't wait to try it.

[@IrinaSol66]

Awesome informative video, really appreciated. Thank you!
Because of my inexperience, I overwatered my avocado tree and it died ( or so I thought) from root rot. Months after I stopped watering it I realized that it was actually alive and had started growing up from the very bottom, since the rest of the tree (graft included) is dried. The new branch is about a foot below the grafting. Do I need to graft it again?
Thank you!

[@jaxforrest4151]

instablaster

[@brackle644]

Look at all that Green! Missing summer right now

[@blerinakorbelova2454]

Thank you for the video Mr.Andersen. May I ask you, if is possible to show us how
to graft a normal mulberry tree to an overhanging tree. Thank you very
much for your help.

[@neil1261]

I’d work hard on Jamie Davies’s farm 😅

[@adeeljadoon4877]

I want to ask about family grafting trees, I have loquat tree in my backyard may i graft Apple & Pear on this tree (louqat) or not and it will be successful also or not . This year i have graft two varieties of apple on loquate & they have grown

[@tchiang3491]

When will be the best time to bud grafting my pear tree in SF Bay Area? If I don't use grafting tape, how long should I take the plastic tape off? Thank you so much.

[@mytech6779]

The time of year is based on stage of growth, you need some mature wood but also some growing season remaining. Do not peal the tape if it is adhering, only slice it to release pressure and allow the tape to fall naturally.
For initial healing generally 20 days of warm weather is about enough, add a week or three longer if weather gets very cool. Warm is over 70f, daily average not just afternoon peak, 75-80 is ideal for the healing and then 15 days could be enough. If the plastic is clear you can often see some callus formation near the flap. Also it is common for the bud to heal but stay idle until the upper part of the stock has been pruned or notched because of hormones from the active upper growth, this is actually a good thing because the bud can heal and plastic sliced or weather-weakened before the bud expands. The healing will not be fully structural at 20 days but it will be enough to supply sap and be self supporting.

[@tchiang3491]

@@mytech6779 Thank you so much!

[@mytech6779]

@@tchiang3491 I was only 2 years late. To be clear, you don't take the tape off, only slice the tape so the tree can swell and let the tape fall naturally. Pealing the tape may pull the new graft apart.

[@tchiang3491]

@@mytech6779 Never too late, many thanks.

[@mytech6779]

I paused the video about 1:10 and went out to my tangle of grape vines to give this a try. Good to get practice with spare prunings from an old overgrown mess, no pressure and lots of spares for extra experience, you may need to test a few knives to fine what blade and handle suits you,(thick edged blades don't work very well as they cause more splitting, also straight edges tend to better than highly curved) also each species' wood will cut different. Get confident before trying to save that rare heirloom tree with only one good scion.
25 years ago I got paid 13 to 25 cents per tree to plant seedlings on a christmas tree farm. (13 cents until you proved to do a reliable job. Most were high school kids and would just screw around tossing horse turds at each other and barely get any trees in, or get them crooked or the roots placed curled up so the tree wouldn't take, etc.)

[@mytech6779]

Also that was one of the best explanations of T-budding even though the example was rough. The T flap is pretty standard stuff but the way of collecting the bud really cleared up my uncertainty.

[@GardenGrafting]

Sir what is the best time of chip budding in India ?

[@nileshkalantinoo]

Monsoon season

[@oneministries4878]

I thought abscisic acid caused leaf petiole drop? Not ethylene gas.

[@mytech6779]

Its both, ethylene can initiate the process. Varies substantially with species too so yeah.

[@radj4719]

Great video thanks for sharing grafting is addictive and fun I grafted many trees I just can't stop I recently grafted eggplant onto a huge tree that lives for over twenty years check it out if you get a chance tell me what you think

[@olsonlr]

I think I’ll skip the spit

[@andrewmeadors936]

LMAO...