I watched so many grafting videos, This is far the best detailed info. Best of all you’re showing the result after several weeks. Some people may not agree grafting with young tree in container but what not to agree if you have successful result.
This is a great video. I just moved to Florida and have been growing my first avocados trees from seed, but down the road if I get a chance to access a mature avocado tree, I will use this method. Thanks so much! Very detailed and easy to follow!
Great video as usual. Thanks for immediate update on progress. I thought I had to wait a month for an update. I was pleasantly surprised. Thanks again.
Great to watch your video and confirm that I didn't rush it when I grafted onto 1-2-month-old seedlings. I even tried my hand by grafting two thinner scions into a single cleft of a 1-year-old seedling. Holding my breath on that one. One thing I would recommend is to use aluminum foil, shiny side out, around the scion to reflect any unwanted hard light. Might be useful to those of us who can't store the seedling-graft in total shade.
I'm very impressed with your presentation. You're the only person I've seen on UA-cam videos fat tell us what time of the year to do the grafting or budding when their carrying out they task Well done a congratulations for an excellent job
Great videos, thank you. Looking forward to grafting some scion off my grafted mexicola grande avocado onto a couple of young hass seedlings. The hass grew out of a spot in the garden where I buried some food scraps which contained avocado seeds. Thanks again from a beginner in NZ.
Great video! You really hit this video out of the ballpark. Nice job! I was really impressed with this video. Please keep these videos coming! Thanks for sharing.
Beautiful work my friend. Keep it up. Now I have seedling grafts in containers video to send people to lol. I get asked about this all the time. Cheers mate
Thank you "Smiling Ajmal". I see you are a Palmeiras fan. I was the biggest fan of Brasil. Imagine, in 1982, when the greatest Brasil ever, lost in the semi final to the ugliest Italy ever, I didn't eat for two days. I couldn't believe what happened.
Hey man good to see you’re still doing what you love. I went to SD last December and thought about hitting you up. Would love to see your work in person sometime!
Thanks! Here’s the link to my soil video: ua-cam.com/video/DmCz_IOwWgs/v-deo.html Age is not such a good indicator. Trunk thickness is more important. 1/2 inch to an inch trunk thickness is a good sign to go in the ground
Thanks for the great video! I’ve got a few store bought avocado seeds that are about a year old. Can you graft on to store bought avocado seeds? I don’t think the root stock is root resistant. Thanks!!
Yes you can! I’ve done it many times. Very few rootstocks are rot resistant. But if you plant in the right soil (decomposed granite, for example) then rot shouldn’t be an issue
Great video, thanks for posting! What soil mix you have in the pot, how is it amended while the graft is kept in the pot. I assume well train and lightly moist to the touch? Please describe the soil conditions while this graft grows in container.
simple, easy to follow and wonderful demonstration of avocado grafting i have seen so far. Nice Job! Can you provide the link for grafting tape and knife. Thanks.
I stupidly didn't make sure the scion had buds on it -just leaves that I trimmed off. Will this still grow or should I start again? Thanks for the excellent video!
Hi I live in Northern California and you said keep it in the shade for the first month because it to hot where you live right, so my question is what's to hot? The average temp where I live is between 68 to 75 degree so do you think that I can keep mine on the sun or should I also put mine in shade like you did?
I’m glad I found this video. It’s very informative. I’ve had 2 avocado pits in water for a few months and the stems are finally growing. I’ll wait for the stems to grow bigger to try grafting them. I’m going to ask my neighbor for a couple of small branches from her huge avocado tree. Does it matter how old the tree is (where we are getting the branches)? Her tree must be at least 20 years old.
Age of the tree doesn’t matter. As long as you can find good leaf buds on the tree to graft with, it should be fine. I’ve posted some videos on how to find good scion wood on my channel. Good luck!
So you grafted Reed onto another Reed ? I have grown a Reed from seed, it's about 3 feet high. would I need to cut the most of its growth off, then graft?
Great video.!! I’m doing my best to start an avocado farm in the Philippines. I have a few seedlings started. We have an older avocado tree on our land that has very sweet avocados. It is an older tree and easily 25-30’ tall. It produces a good amount of fruit for its age. Is it good to use it for scion? Thanks!!
Hi mate thanks for your video,if i was to take a cutting off a mature tree how long do i have to graft it onto a root stock?i know were there is a tree but i will have to travel to take a cutting,may be a 3 hour round trip? Thanx
Beautifully presented, and well detailed! I’m ready to graft my avocado 🥑 tree. But mine is already planted in the ground. I live in California and now we are almost at the end of spring. Another Month and Summer will be here. Can I graft now or wait until next spring!?! I guess I could put a big patio umbrella ☂ over it to protect from the mid-day sun 🌞 What do you say!?!
Thanks! You can graft now. I’d give it some sun protection, especially if temps go above 90 regularly. The umbrella is a great idea. You can also graft avocado in September
@@AJTheGraftMan whats your email? I cant find it. This will be my 6th avocado plant ive tried growing. The rest have died on me im lucky to have this one survive this long😏
Since you are growing in a pot is there a time that's better to graft than others. I see this was done in August, I have a 5-6 foot tree that I got off of fast-growing trees and have a seeding that's about same size as yours. Thinking about trying my hand this month.
I get most success in early spring and late summer. Basically the transition times of the year when the seasons are changing. If I remember right, I believe you live in Texas? Might be still too hot in august there to do this, unless you keep your containers indoors in temperature controlled areas. Another reason why I grafted that time of year is because good grafting buds form on the trees around that time
Nice video, couple of questions I bought a 4-5 foot grafted cold hardy avocado, but was told by local grower it may not be as cold hardy as advertised due to smell of leaves. If I buy another "cold" hardy avocado can I graft those 2 together. Meaning g can I take a branch from each other and try and graft to the other? 2. If I take a young seedling as you did in this video can I graft 2 different types of avocado to it if I put on at top as you did in video and another on side if bark is big enough?
Yes you can graft the 2 together. Yes you can graft two different types of avocado onto one young seedling tree. I would make sure the seedling's trunk is thick enough to take the side graft. About a 1/2 inch trunk thickness is good.
Hi tell me please, what are the months in which we can graft the avocado? I just did one, but I don't know if it's the right time. knowing that I am in Africa (Mediterranean climate) sorry for my english, I use a translator.
Once every other day because it was in shade and the sun wouldn’t dry it out so fast. If you plant an avocado seed in the right soil, you can water it every day
You can. It won’t kill the tree. However your young grafted tree should be mature enough to produce mature scions. If you graft with immature scions, likely the grafts will fail
Hey AJ. Do you let the seedling push new growth while the graft is taking, e.g. buds lower than the graft on the seedling trunk or actually new trunk combing out of seed (I’ve got both happening with the 3 young seedlings I just grafted). Thanks
Your video is amazing, I learned how to graft from your video mostly. I have questions. Is all the tape for grafts the same or not ? I watched some video they mentioned the graft could fail because of tape. Is it true?
Hi there: Thanks for the useful clip. I have just grafted my first graft and the new buds are showing off beautifully. I hope to grow them in my backyard later. How long do I have to keep the younger leaves in shade before transferring them into the sunshine areas? Thank you from southern Thailand! Happy New Year!
Hey AJ. Does the stub where you remove the leaf stems ever turn black while wrapped and you’re waiting for buds to leaf out? It’s been two weeks for my Gwen graft on seedling and the leaf stem stubs are black. The rest of the graft is bright green. Thanks
I’ve got a question. When you prune an avocado tree, can you then graft that clipping back onto the same tree? I never thought of doing that until I saw the same question being asked, and no one answered.
You don’t have to. If you have a greenhouse with high humidity and heat, you can put your tree in the greenhouse and simply use a rubber band or rope to tie the rootstock and scion together
I watched so many grafting videos, This is far the best detailed info. Best of all you’re showing the result after several weeks. Some people may not agree grafting with young tree in container but what not to agree if you have successful result.
Thank you for your kind words. Much appreciated! 🥑
This is the most clear video I have watched so far. Big up man
Best How-to I've seen for grafting an Avocado tree. Great job!
Big thanks. Much appreciated 🙏
This is a great video. I just moved to Florida and have been growing my first avocados trees from seed, but down the road if I get a chance to access a mature avocado tree, I will use this method. Thanks so much! Very detailed and easy to follow!
Thanks :)
Great video as usual. Thanks for immediate update on progress. I thought I had to wait a month for an update. I was pleasantly surprised. Thanks again.
Thanks!
Great to watch your video and confirm that I didn't rush it when I grafted onto 1-2-month-old seedlings. I even tried my hand by grafting two thinner scions into a single cleft of a 1-year-old seedling. Holding my breath on that one. One thing I would recommend is to use aluminum foil, shiny side out, around the scion to reflect any unwanted hard light. Might be useful to those of us who can't store the seedling-graft in total shade.
I'm very impressed with your presentation. You're the only person I've seen on UA-cam videos fat tell us what time of the year to do the grafting or budding when their carrying out they task Well done a congratulations for an excellent job
Thank you. Comments like yours inspire me to make more videos. Much appreciated.
J'ai coupé une petite branche, mise dans bouteille plastique, le temps que la première feuille apparaisse. Maintenant le plan est en terre.
Getting educated from your videos and getting into grafting more on my seedlings. Thanks
Thanks. Much appreciated 🌴🌱🙂
Very clear description and showing of proper alignment !
Thank you!
Great video, so many grafting videos leave out bits of info like what time of year to do it, light requirements etc
Keep up the good work!
Thanks! I appreciate it
Great videos, thank you. Looking forward to grafting some scion off my grafted mexicola grande avocado onto a couple of young hass seedlings. The hass grew out of a spot in the garden where I buried some food scraps which contained avocado seeds. Thanks again from a beginner in NZ.
Thanks. Good luck with your grafting 🌴🌳🌿
Hi AJ it’s great we’re learning from you. One thing I’d like to ad is, here in Greece when we can’t find shade we use brown paper bag.
That’s a good idea
That’s a really nice graft! I did graft my seedling but I grafted to the side and it looks like a successful graft. Graft doesn’t look brown or dead.
Thanks! Good luck with your graft?
Great Job Ajmal!!! Thank you For Sharing. I am very impressed....
Thank you! Your support is much appreciated
Crystal clear tutorial 👏🏽
Thank you. Much appreciated
This is very informative and helpful. thank you for sharing this.
Glad it was helpful! Thanks for watching............
Great video! You really hit this video out of the ballpark. Nice job! I was really impressed with this video. Please keep these videos coming! Thanks for sharing.
Thank you! I really appreciate your support
What is the name of avocado 🥑 variety of your dp?
Very informative, thanks for sharing. I will definitely try out this method, I love it.
Thanks for the kind comment. Much appreciated.
Very perfect and clean...
Thanks for the update, so important
Thank you for the well simple demonstration.
You are welcome!
Beautiful work my friend. Keep it up. Now I have seedling grafts in containers video to send people to lol. I get asked about this all the time. Cheers mate
Thank you my friend. Always a pleasure to hear from you. Hope everyone’s well out there. Be safe
that looks so easy. thanks for sharing
Thanks for watching :)
You did good I have an idea now on what to do to my seedlings
Wow I'm very impressed good job thank you
Thanks!
Thanks sir, you are a great teacher.
I love this.and going to try it bcoz my avocado I just planted is three weeks old
Thank you "Smiling Ajmal". I see you are a Palmeiras fan. I was the biggest fan of Brasil. Imagine, in 1982, when the greatest Brasil ever, lost in the semi final to the ugliest Italy ever, I didn't eat for two days. I couldn't believe what happened.
Hey man good to see you’re still doing what you love. I went to SD last December and thought about hitting you up. Would love to see your work in person sometime!
Sure next time stop by
I like it very much. Thanks for sharing
thanks for watching
really awesome technic i like the way you explain and very well done you just earn a subscriber
Thank you. I appreciate your support 😀
Yes, you really have earned a subscriber and I'm grateful.
Thanks mate, simple and easy to follow, with results at the end, well done
Thanks for watching. Much appreciated
good Video keep up the good work thank you for sharing
Great and necessary video, is there any additional infirmation on what to add to the soil (and what watering frequency) after grafting?
I feed and water my grafted and ungrafted avocado trees the same. After grafting, a little fertilizer could help boost the growth further
Very well explained..👌
Thanks!
Good job friend 👍
Very good job
This is so helpful
Super beautiful avocado tree
I would love some Scion for my indoor avocado
Nice video buds
Love it ❤
Great tutorial sir
Lotta planes overhead! LAX? Do you have a video showing your soil mix for your pots? What's a good age to go from pot to ground? Excellent detail!
Thanks! Here’s the link to my soil video:
ua-cam.com/video/DmCz_IOwWgs/v-deo.html
Age is not such a good indicator. Trunk thickness is more important. 1/2 inch to an inch trunk thickness is a good sign to go in the ground
@@AJTheGraftMan thank you , perfect! will do exactly that! Avo pit sprouting procedure too.
Thumbs up for Goodfellas and grafting!
Thanks!
Been looking at u work great well done
Thanks for the wonderful tutorial. In your video, it appears that you have 2 stems growing. Do you remove one or let them both grow?
Thank you. I let them both grow out. The more branches growing on a successful graft, the better
Thanks for the video but can I graft on to Reed seeding with a different type of an avocado.
Yes you can
Thanks good knowledge shared what is the best time of the year for grafting
Thank you for this. Can you graft a hass with its own mother tree if she performs well?
You’re welcome. Yes you can do that!
Thanks for the great video! I’ve got a few store bought avocado seeds that are about a year old. Can you graft on to store bought avocado seeds? I don’t think the root stock is root resistant. Thanks!!
Yes you can! I’ve done it many times. Very few rootstocks are rot resistant. But if you plant in the right soil (decomposed granite, for example) then rot shouldn’t be an issue
Thank You for Sharing 🤠
Great job my friend 👍👍👍
Great video, thanks for posting!
What soil mix you have in the pot, how is it amended while the graft is kept in the pot. I assume well train and lightly moist to the touch? Please describe the soil conditions while this graft grows in container.
Thanks! I’ve done a few soil mix videos. Check them out on my channel!
simple, easy to follow and wonderful demonstration of avocado grafting i have seen so far. Nice Job! Can you provide the link for grafting tape and knife. Thanks.
Thank you 😀
Links are in the description
Awesome thanks nicely done where can I get a scion I have a lot of young plants 🪴 but no avocado.
Please let me know
Thanks. Do you live in an area where avocado trees grow?
I stupidly didn't make sure the scion had buds on it -just leaves that I trimmed off. Will this still grow or should I start again? Thanks for the excellent video!
If there are no buds on the scion, I would not expect any growth from it. Might be a good idea to start again. Thanks for watching!
@@AJTheGraftMan Yeah I re-did them, you live and learn!
Nice video thank you.
Thanks for the video; what season is best for Avo grafting?
Hi I live in Northern California and you said keep it in the shade for the first month because it to hot where you live right, so my question is what's to hot?
The average temp where I live is between 68 to 75 degree so do you think that I can keep mine on the sun or should I also put mine in shade like you did?
Thank you once again 😊
Great video, but where do I find Fruiting tree, I only have two seedlings :((( I have to wait for 10 years
Thanks. Depends where you live. If you live in an area where avocados can grow outdoors, there should be trees in the area
Try online
Go see sleepy lizard he sells scions check out his channel
If you have a friend or neighbor that has a good avocado tree. Cut a few scions from that.
Thanks i will try my seedling from my friends avocado
Nice detailed procedure 👍
😀😀😀PINOY GRAFTER 😀😀😀
Enjoy all your avocado videos.
When are you having your scion-grafting party with social distancing of course.
That’s an interesting idea!
I’m glad I found this video. It’s very informative. I’ve had 2 avocado pits in water for a few months and the stems are finally growing. I’ll wait for the stems to grow bigger to try grafting them. I’m going to ask my neighbor for a couple of small branches from her huge avocado tree. Does it matter how old the tree is (where we are getting the branches)? Her tree must be at least 20 years old.
Age of the tree doesn’t matter. As long as you can find good leaf buds on the tree to graft with, it should be fine. I’ve posted some videos on how to find good scion wood on my channel. Good luck!
@@AJTheGraftMan Thank you. I’ll take a look at your other videos.
@@vm1982 Age of tree dosent matters, what if the tree is 7 months old?
Can u use long neck avocado tree , and graft on to a hess avocado tree stock base.
Yes you can. Good luck
Thank you for the video
Good job
Beautiful and very detailed. I love it. Question, how do the buds grow with the grafting tape covering them? Thanks in advance.
Thanks. The buds break through the tape
What is the time of avocado grafting and how much percentage will be successful?
@@AJTheGraftMan mml10
So you grafted Reed onto another Reed ? I have grown a Reed from seed, it's about 3 feet high. would I need to cut the most of its growth off, then graft?
Yes and yes
Great video.!! I’m doing my best to start an avocado farm in the Philippines. I have a few seedlings started. We have an older avocado tree on our land that has very sweet avocados. It is an older tree and easily 25-30’ tall. It produces a good amount of fruit for its age. Is it good to use it for scion?
Thanks!!
Thanks. That sounds like a great tree to take scions from. Good luck with the grafting!
Great videos and very useful info. When grafting a young seeding like this , how long do you wait till you declare an unsuccessful graft?
Thanks. I usually wait about 3 months
Hi mate thanks for your video,if i was to take a cutting off a mature tree how long do i have to graft it onto a root stock?i know were there is a tree but i will have to travel to take a cutting,may be a 3 hour round trip? Thanx
I’d put it in an airtight ziploc bag. If you’ll graft the same day, just leave it in the bag until you’re ready to graft. Good luck
@@AJTheGraftMan what about if the tree is flowering that will be ok to still take cuttings?
@@mrjunior6883 in general I don’t like to take scions from flowering trees, but if you can find good leaf buds on the tree, it should be ok
Beautifully presented, and well detailed! I’m ready to graft my avocado 🥑 tree. But mine is already planted in the ground. I live in California and now we are almost at the end of spring. Another Month and Summer will be here. Can I graft now or wait until next spring!?! I guess I could put a big patio umbrella ☂ over it to protect from the mid-day sun 🌞 What do you say!?!
Thanks! You can graft now. I’d give it some sun protection, especially if temps go above 90 regularly. The umbrella is a great idea. You can also graft avocado in September
Hi there, Can you graft and get avocados from 2 of the same pips or do the pips have to be from different avocados
My avocado tree is 3 years old I think. The leaves are brown crispy. The tree is under another tree for a little bid of shade. Any tips??
could be one of many things. You can email me pictures if you want
@@AJTheGraftMan whats your email? I cant find it. This will be my 6th avocado plant ive tried growing. The rest have died on me im lucky to have this one survive this long😏
Does the root stock need to be the same variety as the grafted branch?
No. Rootstock and the scion should be different
Hi Ajmal. Is it because you are putting the plant in the shade that you don't cover it with a plastic bag??
Hi Allan. No need for a plastic bag because the grafting tape does the same thing
So my plants are 3 years old can I still graft them to make better fruit? Great video. Thanks
Yes you can still graft them. Any branch that’s thicker than a pencil can be grafted on
Since you are growing in a pot is there a time that's better to graft than others. I see this was done in August, I have a 5-6 foot tree that I got off of fast-growing trees and have a seeding that's about same size as yours. Thinking about trying my hand this month.
I get most success in early spring and late summer. Basically the transition times of the year when the seasons are changing. If I remember right, I believe you live in Texas? Might be still too hot in august there to do this, unless you keep your containers indoors in temperature controlled areas. Another reason why I grafted that time of year is because good grafting buds form on the trees around that time
I can definitely keep inside by windows
Nice video, couple of questions
I bought a 4-5 foot grafted cold hardy avocado, but was told by local grower it may not be as cold hardy as advertised due to smell of leaves. If I buy another "cold" hardy avocado can I graft those 2 together. Meaning g can I take a branch from each other and try and graft to the other?
2. If I take a young seedling as you did in this video can I graft 2 different types of avocado to it if I put on at top as you did in video and another on side if bark is big enough?
Yes you can graft the 2 together.
Yes you can graft two different types of avocado onto one young seedling tree. I would make sure the seedling's trunk is thick enough to take the side graft. About a 1/2 inch trunk thickness is good.
You don't put a plastic bag over the scion and graft?
No need. The tape provides the same effect
Nice!! Good info
If you root a cut from a desired tree (hass) do you still need to graft for fast fruiting?
No
@@AJTheGraftMan thank you so much for the reply and video
Good job and video saludos !!
Thanks!
Hi
tell me please, what are the months in which we can graft the avocado? I just did one, but I don't know if it's the right time.
knowing that I am in Africa (Mediterranean climate)
sorry for my english, I use a translator.
In my experience, best time to graft is from August to October or from February to April
How often did you water it? My avocado rootstock dies and I’m unsure if its too much watering or what.
Once every other day because it was in shade and the sun wouldn’t dry it out so fast. If you plant an avocado seed in the right soil, you can water it every day
Also, how do you start you pips off? :) Thanks
Video about this coming... stay tuned
Thank you for sharing
Can you get scions from young grafted trees? Or will it kill the grafted tree you have?
You can. It won’t kill the tree. However your young grafted tree should be mature enough to produce mature scions. If you graft with immature scions, likely the grafts will fail
@@AJTheGraftMan oh I see. So even on mature trees you should never get scions from new growth on the tree right?
Hey AJ. Do you let the seedling push new growth while the graft is taking, e.g. buds lower than the graft on the seedling trunk or actually new trunk combing out of seed (I’ve got both happening with the 3 young seedlings I just grafted). Thanks
I don’t let the seedling push new growth. That new seedling growth is competition with the graft, so I remove it
@@AJTheGraftMan thanks brother
Your video is amazing, I learned how to graft from your video mostly. I have questions. Is all the tape for grafts the same or not ? I watched some video they mentioned the graft could fail because of tape. Is it true?
Thanks!!! Much appreciated. Not all grafting tape is the same. Check the description of this video
Hi there: Thanks for the useful clip. I have just grafted my first graft and the new buds are showing off beautifully. I hope to grow them in my backyard later. How long do I have to keep the younger leaves in shade before transferring them into the sunshine areas? Thank you from southern Thailand! Happy New Year!
Hi! Happy New Year! I would keep it in shade until the first growth of leaves fully mature. After that i would move it to the full sun. Good luck!
Hey AJ. Does the stub where you remove the leaf stems ever turn black while wrapped and you’re waiting for buds to leaf out? It’s been two weeks for my Gwen graft on seedling and the leaf stem stubs are black. The rest of the graft is bright green. Thanks
It can happen yes. As long as the buds don’t turn black, you should be ok
Do buds are to be covered or not? @ 3:31 can not hear clearly
Yes buds are covered
Brilliant, is that peat and perlite mix?
Peat, perlite and decomposed granite
I’ve got a question. When you prune an avocado tree, can you then graft that clipping back onto the same tree? I never thought of doing that until I saw the same question being asked, and no one answered.
Yes you can, it’s certainly possible
Hey thanks for the video, awesome. I really want to grow avos in large containers that will allow the tree to bear fruit? Is this possible? Thanks
Yes certainly possible
Do you have to have this special grafting tape? Is it possible with other kind of some strips?
You don’t have to. If you have a greenhouse with high humidity and heat, you can put your tree in the greenhouse and simply use a rubber band or rope to tie the rootstock and scion together
Hi I like to know its take for how long to blossom after grafting.
Depends when the graft is done. It will bloom on the next bloom cycle. I did this graft in August and it will begin flowering in April