"TOP STUFF" content like this is gold,,because it's useful. I have grown a ton of Avo trees, even managed a farm of 500 trees, bt never have I grafted one. So got to give this a go now that I know how! Cheers from the mid north coast Marty Ware (small space gardening Australia)
Thanks buddy. Loooove AVOS. Yeh i have wins and i have failures. I think this is the first time ive grafted avos during winter, so i hope they take. cheers mate :)
I did my first graft 3 days ago (August 10), a cold-tolernt Mexican type avocado, "Stewart", which I am growing in Yoakum, Texas, climate zone 9A, and it's approaching it's first year in the ground (2 more months) It has fresh growth, so I got some, about as you've shown, kept it cool a couple of hours as we drove back to Austin, where I have the seedlings on the back patio. I used a fresh #10 blade scalpel to make a careful V, about 3 cm long, into the "Lula" seedling (best rootstock for Texas, by broad consensus, but not cold tolerant much below freezing, being a West-Indian/Guatemalan hybrid). The diameter was the same between scion and seedling, so the whole cambium lined right up, essentially perfectly. I Buddy-Taped it with Japanese label Buddy Tape (cheaper online). I was careful not to touch any cut surface with my (contaminated) fingers, and to rinse the scalpel in tap water after cleaning, then pack it away in a baggie. Nothing is dead yet, here inside the sliding glass door to the back. I'm hopeful. The odds on this are not so good, I read.
I learned a lot! TY. Explained very well! I plan to grow from seed then know to graft when it’s about 1 year old. Again TY for demonstrating the grafting technique. CA 2021
Good explanation, requesting permission to share this video to a small community of durian farmers in malaysia and hopefully they might eventually stumble upon your other videos on soil building , yeh mate
Mine grown in water from seed is now 6 years old, and still in water (changed weekly, adding a little Nutrisol every two weeks). It's roughly 1m high and has around 15 leaves. Compared to a commercial plant mine looks like one that's 3 months old. :( I think now would be a good time to transplant into a bigger pot with soil.
Thank you! This video was much more informative than many of the others I’ve watched. Do you have to graft 2 different kinds of avocado? The only luck I’ve had with growing from seed is with the Hass. I have 3 of them growing now but am wondering if I can graft them to each other or if I need to hunt down a different breed (?) of avocado.
This is so late but there is a guy just below your comment who answers your question with a detailed description of how he grafted two different avocado types and was hoping for success. I think it is possible but would try to get an established tree from a nursery then take a cutting from that to graft onto your homegrown avocado. Jag Singh from Daisy Creek Farm has a great video about growing avocados successfully with his 7 tips. Also: look at the series about everything to do with growing, grafting avocados etc on Sleepy Lizard's UA-cam channel
@@stephennewman3480 Hi there. I tried to answer Nicole's question below your question. If you look at my reply it may answer your question. I hope that helps
Hi, very informative. I have a problem grafting Avo's. I have no issues grafting any other type of fruit tree and have about a 90% success rate. I have now tried about 30 avo grafts with a 100% failure rate. not only are my scions failing but, but it is affecting the root stock by killing off the main stem, forcing the young rootstock to bud lower down. What am I doing wrong do you think? thanks Robert in NZ
Cheers, ok a few things. the scion has to have buds that are swollen. make sure both root stock and scion are active when grafting. DONT over water a newly grafted plant. Spend time to align atleast one side when making the graft. the cambium layer has to meet, if not this will result in the most failures. so scion and rootstook should be as close to the same diameter. Wrap the graft tight. Just keep going with it dont give up
@@eatyourgarden Hi from Zanzibar I do have the same problem as Robert above. The extra thing with me is I have been noticing a lot of moisture collected itself in the plastic tube covering the scions after the procedure. At 1st I was fastening the plastic with the seedling below the union to reduce dehydration of the scion. Seeing water killing the scions, I decided not to tight up the bottom of the plastic below. Still the scions rot. I use tree shed for nursery.
Thanks for the video! Going to make my first graft soon! I've only got four root stalks to try though, so I've just planted a handful more of avocado seeds. Hope to have a lot more stalks to practice on next year! Guess I'll be buying stalks to practice on for now.
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!
I am learning so much from your videos. I see you got a dwarf avocado tree, is it the same plant you grafted in this video? If not, how do you dwarf it? Thanks for the vids!
Good show. Showed all the important steps clear and well done. But cutting towards you with that blade gives me visions of a thumb on the floor. Think I''be trying it (not the thumb on the floor bit) thanks!
How come you grafted so high up? Also isn’t it possible to just root avocado cuttings? If so is it better to graft them or grow them on their own roots?
Really helpful, thankyou! If I bought a semi-mature, already grafted avo tree from a nursery, could I then use that to take scions to graft onto young avo trees grown from seeds myself?
What is the best Season of the year to do this? I live in Eastern Victoria. I have three avocado trees Hass, Fuerte and Wurtz in my back yard all growing and fruiting well but need a lot of care. And would like to graft off these trees to give to family and friends. I have never tried grafting before and would like to give it a go.
Great demo, and very timely - just been thinking about doing the same with mine; it's only about 30cm now so maybe later this year or next year. Had any decent rain up your way?
Give it a go. If the graft fails, the little seedlings usually re shoot. So you get a few goes from 1 plant. Yeh it pi**ed down last night. Looks like we might get a bit more today. Cheers:)
Instead of wrapping the scion could I just after grafting it on to the rooting stock, just bag to whole thing covering the scion & just below the graft union?
My Notes - Summary Grafting the avocado - before: 1. Make sure the buds are swelling - if yes, take a cutting. 2. Keep in a moist bag if you’re not gonna graft immediately. Graft onto a small avocado or other small plant/root stock You’ll also Need: 1. Secateurs or Use a utility knife 2. Grafting tape - important (Like industrial strength cling wrap) Process: 1. On the cutting: Remove the leaves (Keep the buds) 2. to seal in moisture: LOOSLY Wrap the cutting (all except the tip of the base) in grafting tape. 3. Make cut about an inch long (+-2.5cm) (Do it in one slice; Do it on both sides) 4. Chop off the top of your rooted avo (or other root stock plant) 5. Cut a wedge in the top of your root stock plant (Same length as your grafting piece. ) 6. Tape them up together nice and tightly! (NB: keep all air and moisture out.) After 3 weeks: graft should start taking. 7. Slowly remove the tape after the three weeks. 8. Add a label onto your plant, name it & Write the date. Thank you! ”I hope that were ever you are in the world, you’re growing food!”
Hi so...hopefully someone hasn't asked this already.but I have a 6 month old tree I grew from seed, im thinking a hass avocado from an organic market. I want to graft it to hopefully produce fruit for me indoors, and I understand this cuts the time way down for producing fruit. But where should I get my grafts from? More seeds that I sprout? And can I train a hass avocado and dwarf it to grow to 10 ft for indoors? I live in Central VA so it needs to be indoors in cold months I think
What's the reason of grafting avocado tree? I have 4 avocado trees planted from seeds. One was 10, 8 6, & 3 yo. No fruits and or flowers coming out from all of them planted on 20 gallon pots. Any idea why and or what's wrong with my plants?
@@eatyourgarden grafting to the same rootstock will still yield fruit quicker and you know the resulting tree and fruit will be of the same quality as the one you have grafted from. We have a seed grown hass which took 7 years to fruit and still doesnt produce as much fruit or as good quality as our grafted varieties.
I wanted to clarify, is the rootstock grown from a grocery store seed? I am asking because I have a 1 year old tree that I grew from an avocado I got from the store.
Yes, the grocery store avocados all give a seed you can use . If you want a very popular seed that is used for root stock then use Zutano avocado seeds. Zutanos grow vigorously and have a high success rate for grafting onto. Even if your graft/scion dies save the rootstock since it will send up another shoot that you will be able to graft onto again.
Can you please tell me where I can buy or swap some avo tree scions? Can’t for life of me find anyone who will help me out. I don’t want to buy anymore trees cos I have enough and I just want scions. I have bacon and fuerte scions and plenty of other fruit trees. If anyone has lamb hass, wurtz, hass, Pinkerton, any variety really that I don’t have I would love some cuttings please and I am happy to pay postage and either swap you some cuttings or pay for the cuttings. Cheers
A tree from seed will take 8-15 years to bear fruit. The scion is from a tree that has already fruited. So you'd get fruit in about 3-5 years hope that helps
@@juancontreras9725 yes it does help. If you are first time grower, what are the ways that you could get your hands on scion from fruited tree? I live in Australia.
Completely depends on when they are ready. The little tree in this video only pushed buds about 4 weeks ago. Will happen faster in the warmer months. :)
Do at least 10 seedlings, because of survival rates. Otherwise your time is wasted. Then you say to yourself if I bought a 15 gal nursery tree, it would be giving avacados soon
"TOP STUFF" content like this is gold,,because it's useful. I have grown a ton of Avo trees, even managed a farm of 500 trees, bt never have I grafted one. So got to give this a go now that I know how!
Cheers from the mid north coast
Marty Ware (small space gardening Australia)
Thanks buddy. Loooove AVOS. Yeh i have wins and i have failures. I think this is the first time ive grafted avos during winter, so i hope they take. cheers mate :)
All the best with it,,be good to know if she takes..cheers
I don't understand, what is the benifets of gratfing ?
Angela Efferson it will give guaranteed better fruits
how do you plant 3 avocadoes in one pot and make them grow like lianas (aka wrapped around each other)?
This is actually a really good tutorial. Thanks for your time.
Thanks Bud, Weldone and without nonsense. Much appreciated 👍🙏
Very interesting and informative tips on grafting! Thanks!
I didn't know Mel Gibson knew so much about grafting avocados. 👍
Kembo Jones Cheers.....I was trying to figure out who the presenter reminded me of :=)?
Lol...kept thinking the same!!!!
Yep , he's a Lethal Weapon 🔪 with a grafting knife 🤠
Me too
i hope your all talking about the young Mel Gibson
I did my first graft 3 days ago (August 10), a cold-tolernt Mexican type avocado, "Stewart", which I am growing in Yoakum, Texas, climate zone 9A, and it's approaching it's first year in the ground (2 more months) It has fresh growth, so I got some, about as you've shown, kept it cool a couple of hours as we drove back to Austin, where I have the seedlings on the back patio. I used a fresh #10 blade scalpel to make a careful V, about 3 cm long, into the "Lula" seedling (best rootstock for Texas, by broad consensus, but not cold tolerant much below freezing, being a West-Indian/Guatemalan hybrid). The diameter was the same between scion and seedling, so the whole cambium lined right up, essentially perfectly. I Buddy-Taped it with Japanese label Buddy Tape (cheaper online). I was careful not to touch any cut surface with my (contaminated) fingers, and to rinse the scalpel in tap water after cleaning, then pack it away in a baggie.
Nothing is dead yet, here inside the sliding glass door to the back. I'm hopeful.
The odds on this are not so good, I read.
What a great tutorial vid, loved it mate👌💕
I learned a lot! TY. Explained very well! I plan to grow from seed then know to graft when it’s about 1 year old. Again TY for demonstrating the grafting technique. CA 2021
Thanks for sharing, great motivation to start grafting!!
Thank you so so much. I’m going to learn how to graft because I have about 10 avo plants 👏👏👏and try and make money out of it
Great video! I love all you tips! Thanks again.
Thank you sir ,,, you have a new subscriber 👍
Good explanation, requesting permission to share this video to a small community of durian farmers in malaysia and hopefully they might eventually stumble upon your other videos on soil building , yeh mate
Hey champ hows it all going. Of course you can mate. Thankyou very much :) Cheers
been allright mate., its just a matter of time now, let mother nature takes its course ;) wink-wink
A very useful way, friend, thanks for the way
Good stuff! Cheers heaps mate!
The old man's been trying for ages, hopefully I can get one to take for him 🤞
Love the way he says "grafting"
I've finally sprouted an avocado after years of failed attempts and next year I look forward to attempting to graft it.
Enjoy watching your vids. Got my mango seeds growing from them.
Cheers, glad you like them. Good luck with your mangoes
Thanks, super valuable information, much appreciated!
Great video man. I have 6 avocado trees I’ve grown from seed!
Mine grown in water from seed is now 6 years old, and still in water (changed weekly, adding a little Nutrisol every two weeks). It's roughly 1m high and has around 15 leaves. Compared to a commercial plant mine looks like one that's 3 months old. :( I think now would be a good time to transplant into a bigger pot with soil.
Excellent video. Easy to follow 😁
Cheers Carol Ann . Glad you like :)
Very nice
Very good ❤
Thank you😊🇬🇺
Awesome video mate! Love it :)
G’d on yer, m8! Would like yo see a follow-up video on the graft and buds shooting.
Yep, roger that :)
Me too
@@eatyourgarden Did you ever get around to the follow-up for this video? Cheers.
Thank you very good 👍
Thank you! This video was much more informative than many of the others I’ve watched. Do you have to graft 2 different kinds of avocado? The only luck I’ve had with growing from seed is with the Hass. I have 3 of them growing now but am wondering if I can graft them to each other or if I need to hunt down a different breed (?) of avocado.
I would like to no the answer to your questions as I was thinking of doing the same
This is so late but there is a guy just below your comment who answers your question with a detailed description of how he grafted two different avocado types and was hoping for success.
I think it is possible but would try to get an established tree from a nursery then take a cutting from that to graft onto your homegrown avocado.
Jag Singh from Daisy Creek Farm has a great video about growing avocados successfully with his 7 tips.
Also: look at the series about everything to do with growing, grafting avocados etc on Sleepy Lizard's UA-cam channel
@@stephennewman3480 Hi there. I tried to answer Nicole's question below your question.
If you look at my reply it may answer your question.
I hope that helps
Hi, very informative. I have a problem grafting Avo's. I have no issues grafting any other type of fruit tree and have about a 90% success rate. I have now tried about 30 avo grafts with a 100% failure rate. not only are my scions failing but, but it is affecting the root stock by killing off the main stem, forcing the young rootstock to bud lower down. What am I doing wrong do you think? thanks Robert in NZ
Cheers, ok a few things. the scion has to have buds that are swollen. make sure both root stock and scion are active when grafting. DONT over water a newly grafted plant. Spend time to align atleast one side when making the graft. the cambium layer has to meet, if not this will result in the most failures. so scion and rootstook should be as close to the same diameter. Wrap the graft tight. Just keep going with it dont give up
@@eatyourgarden Hi from Zanzibar I do have the same problem as Robert above. The extra thing with me is I have been noticing a lot of moisture collected itself in the plastic tube covering the scions after the procedure. At 1st I was fastening the plastic with the seedling below the union to reduce dehydration of the scion. Seeing water killing the scions, I decided not to tight up the bottom of the plastic below. Still the scions rot. I use tree shed for nursery.
Good on ya mate
Thanks for the video! Going to make my first graft soon! I've only got four root stalks to try though, so I've just planted a handful more of avocado seeds. Hope to have a lot more stalks to practice on next year! Guess I'll be buying stalks to practice on for now.
Thankyou and good luck
prefect! good job
You do a very good show I don't know if you've seen my show but keep up the good work
Cheers, Yeh i watched your latest one this morning. Keep up the good work too. :)
You did loin up the stems pretty good.....and wrapped it up noice and good.
Thank You. Will be done very similar.
Great video champ. I will do this with my 6 seed grown avo's after winter when they should be the perfect size. :)
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!
Any updates on this tree?
I am learning so much from your videos. I see you got a dwarf avocado tree, is it the same plant you grafted in this video? If not, how do you dwarf it? Thanks for the vids!
Its grown on a specially bred rootstock
Looks good :)
Cheers buddy :) Man you got an awesome name, love it.
Clever. I can't wait for the update
Cheers, havent ever done this in winter so it will be interesting :)
@@eatyourgarden It *is* interesting Richo. Did it take? How about a quick follow-up? Cheers and happy new year.
Good show. Showed all the important steps clear and well done. But cutting towards you with that blade gives me visions of a thumb on the floor. Think I''be trying it (not the thumb on the floor bit) thanks!
Thanks for the help. :)
Gorgeous!
lol 2 mins in im like what is this guy talking about lol but I love it ~
Good on you bro .
Thanks for great video. Will Clonex help or hurt the graft? or does it need to stay dryer?
How come you grafted so high up? Also isn’t it possible to just root avocado cuttings? If so is it better to graft them or grow them on their own roots?
Really helpful, thankyou! If I bought a semi-mature, already grafted avo tree from a nursery, could I then use that to take scions to graft onto young avo trees grown from seeds myself?
Yes, you can. Cheers
What is the best Season of the year to do this? I live in Eastern Victoria. I have three avocado trees Hass, Fuerte and Wurtz in my back yard all growing and fruiting well but need a lot of care. And would like to graft off these trees to give to family and friends. I have never tried grafting before and would like to give it a go.
Hi, i'm near bairnsdale....would love to know what area you are in, thanks
Thank you!
Very clear. Thankyou
cheers
Thanks mate, great Vid. Anybody know where I can get my hands on some Scions in Victoria.
plemyk find a random avo tree and cut a branch off. Simple.
Does it matter whether the scion and rootstock are type A or type B varieties?
Great demo, and very timely - just been thinking about doing the same with mine; it's only about 30cm now so maybe later this year or next year. Had any decent rain up your way?
Give it a go. If the graft fails, the little seedlings usually re shoot. So you get a few goes from 1 plant. Yeh it pi**ed down last night. Looks like we might get a bit more today. Cheers:)
So glad you turned off the music. Only then did the video work for me. Otherwise very good info and learnt heaps thanks.
I don't understand. Which plant should on on the soil and which plant should be stick onto the plant on the soil?
Instead of wrapping the scion could I just after grafting it on to the rooting stock, just bag to whole thing covering the scion & just below the graft union?
My Notes - Summary
Grafting the avocado - before:
1. Make sure the buds are swelling - if yes, take a cutting.
2. Keep in a moist bag if you’re not gonna graft immediately.
Graft onto a small avocado or other small plant/root stock
You’ll also Need:
1. Secateurs or Use a utility knife
2. Grafting tape - important
(Like industrial strength cling wrap)
Process:
1. On the cutting: Remove the leaves
(Keep the buds)
2. to seal in moisture: LOOSLY Wrap the cutting (all except the tip of the base) in grafting tape.
3. Make cut about an inch long (+-2.5cm)
(Do it in one slice; Do it on both sides)
4. Chop off the top of your rooted avo (or other root stock plant)
5. Cut a wedge in the top of your root stock plant
(Same length as your grafting piece. )
6. Tape them up together nice and tightly!
(NB: keep all air and moisture out.)
After 3 weeks:
graft should start taking.
7. Slowly remove the tape after the three weeks.
8. Add a label onto your plant,
name it & Write the date.
Thank you!
”I hope that were ever you are in the world, you’re growing food!”
What about sanitizing your hands and fingers before using the grafting tape ?
great video. didnt realise the importance of bud swell. would wrapping the scion up in glad wrap be sufficient?
sure, as long as it is firm
Great video, thank you! I’m new to grafting, where does one go about getting the scion cuttings?
from a big avocado tree
Hi
When is the best time Of the year to graft avocado with this method
Spring here in my place begins March 22 to June 12th literally. Many thanks
when the scion is activly growing
Hi so...hopefully someone hasn't asked this already.but I have a 6 month old tree I grew from seed, im thinking a hass avocado from an organic market. I want to graft it to hopefully produce fruit for me indoors, and I understand this cuts the time way down for producing fruit. But where should I get my grafts from? More seeds that I sprout? And can I train a hass avocado and dwarf it to grow to 10 ft for indoors? I live in Central VA so it needs to be indoors in cold months I think
Can we graft same cutting on same plant?
Thank you that was very educational I'm going to have a go at it my tree is about 4 years 5 years old can I still graft hit
yes absolutely
my scion wood always seems to die before the graft has taken ,can you shead some light on this for me
Where would I get a cutting like that?
What's the reason of grafting avocado tree? I have 4 avocado trees planted from seeds. One was 10, 8 6, & 3 yo. No fruits and or flowers coming out from all of them planted on 20 gallon pots. Any idea why and or what's wrong with my plants?
theyre seed grown, they can take up to 15years to bear fruit
No nonsense Aussie speak !
do you can garft a avocado tree planted from seed on anothor avocado tree cich also planted from seed is that genticaly posible
above is avocado.. which one is bottom tree where u graft?
Can you graft an Avocado onto another type of Fruit tree
Like a Pear or Apple?
Does the seedling need to be the same (or similar) variety as the scion that is grafting onto it?
No, otherwise whats the point of grafting
@@eatyourgarden grafting to the same rootstock will still yield fruit quicker and you know the resulting tree and fruit will be of the same quality as the one you have grafted from. We have a seed grown hass which took 7 years to fruit and still doesnt produce as much fruit or as good quality as our grafted varieties.
Can I do this to a seed / tree a friend gave me - its been growing about 4 years (no fruit)
Good day.
I have several avocado, tree which I have grown from seed. Some will be about 3-4 years old. Am I still able to graft the tree them?
absolutely, older the better
Can you Graph avocado trees of the same kind
The easiest thing I do for cutting while grafting is a quick n simple wax dip to the tip
I wanted to clarify, is the rootstock grown from a grocery store seed? I am asking because I have a 1 year old tree that I grew from an avocado I got from the store.
Yes, the grocery store avocados all give a seed you can use . If you want a very popular seed that is used for root stock then use Zutano avocado seeds. Zutanos grow vigorously and have a high success rate for grafting onto. Even if your graft/scion dies save the rootstock since it will send up another shoot that you will be able to graft onto again.
I cannot get hold of grafting tape. Can I use strips of saran wrap?
amazon for grafting tape
Would normal electrical tape work too
not really, maybe, but hey you never know till u try
Can you please tell me where I can buy or swap some avo tree scions? Can’t for life of me find anyone who will help me out. I don’t want to buy anymore trees cos I have enough and I just want scions. I have bacon and fuerte scions and plenty of other fruit trees. If anyone has lamb hass, wurtz, hass, Pinkerton, any variety really that I don’t have I would love some cuttings please and I am happy to pay postage and either swap you some cuttings or pay for the cuttings. Cheers
What's the purpose of grafting this on to a young avocado tree?
A tree from seed will take 8-15 years to bear fruit. The scion is from a tree that has already fruited. So you'd get fruit in about 3-5 years hope that helps
@@juancontreras9725 yes it does help. If you are first time grower, what are the ways that you could get your hands on scion from fruited tree? I live in Australia.
Maybe try a nursery, or ebay in your area
did it work??
How long does it take for the buds to start pushing open after the graft appears to have taken in about the 3 weeks after grafting.
Completely depends on when they are ready. The little tree in this video only pushed buds about 4 weeks ago. Will happen faster in the warmer months. :)
@@eatyourgarden thanks should I keep it lightly covered with plastic or uncover until it Pop's out leaves?
At 7 weeks mine had an obvious bit of growth, 8 weeks, I have tiny leaves. Yay..
@@eatyourgarden Thanks, I didn't know how long to expect,a month or two, then...
@@Puttin510 Thanks for the useful context.
was your root stock already grafted?
no its grown from seed
I’m currently growing a avocado tree from seed. It has been half a year and I would like assistance growing in making sure it’s growing correctly.
Do at least 10 seedlings, because of survival rates. Otherwise your time is wasted. Then you say to yourself if I bought a 15 gal nursery tree, it would be giving avacados soon
does the scion have to be taken from a fruiting tree??
Yes, from an older tree that has fruited. you are grafting part of an older tree onto a seedling.
what is the name of the rootstock your using?
its simply grown from a seed i got from the fruit
That's not a knife..that's a knife 🔪
Can I see your grafted avocado