Grafting fruit trees

[Kier]

always wanted to graft trees mainly for the achievment , but always failed, but bought a pair of grafting pliers now , not easy to use but with a bit of practice on a hazelnut shoot about 30 attemps can now do a decent job of practice graft's , here is some pics if they loaded

update at least the pics loaded
this was the omega cutter which makes a mechanical joint , there are two other cutters which came with the pliers

what I found was that , you must have the wood at 90deg to the pliers when happy with that I rolled the wood about 2 or 3 degrees toward the handles of the pliers and then press hard , to get a central cut, then force the handles open to extract the wood

hope this makes sense , well I can understand it

it can be done but is not easy , I'm sure their not the best pliers but they were cheap

[Kristen]

I've fancied having a go too, and seen the pliers advertised and a couple of YouTubes about them, and I'm tempted! Thanks for the report.

[starloc]

I bought one from Praktis diy store in Bulgaria, great to use compared to cutting by hand but you still need to line up the cambium layer remembering the bark is different thicknesses on different pieces and its the inside of the bark that needs to be on line with the inside of the bark

I do tend now not to use them as much as I find it much easier to bark graft even on small bits as you dont need to line it up in the same way

The most important bit with any graft is to make sure the cambium layer is lined up well and that the joint is made air tight afterwards while it heals

[fishpond]

Kier
Thank you very much for that.
As I am on Warfarin, I tend to steer clear of anything to do with sharp knives.
I have just ordered one of these (didn't even know they existed).

[Kier]

Kier
Thank you very much for that.
As I am on Warfarin, I tend to steer clear of anything to do with sharp knives.
I have just ordered one of these (didn't even know they existed).

No probs, bought mine from this country arrived in two days just had to have it now , will try bark or top grafting though as well

[Kier]

I bought one from Praktis diy store in Bulgaria, great to use compared to cutting by hand but you still need to line up the cambium layer remembering the bark is different thicknesses on different pieces and its the inside of the bark that needs to be on line with the inside of the bark

I do tend now not to use them as much as I find it much easier to bark graft even on small bits as you dont need to line it up in the same way

The most important bit with any graft is to make sure the cambium layer is lined up well and that the joint is made air tight afterwards while it heals

I have reserched bark grafting but how would you do it on to root stock, being so thin