Apple Tree Grafting For Beginners - Learn How To Graft | Includes 6 Months of Updates

Join me as I create a multi variety apple tree from scratch and explain apple tree grafting for beginners. I'll take you through how to graft an apple tree from start to finish so you can learn how to graft a fruit tree at home. I'll be sharing the whole process of grafting including multiple updates of these fruit tree grafts right up until 6 months old.
I'm a beginner grafter myself, but I hope I can explain it in a way where you can follow along and have your own grafting success. It's a really fascinating and useful gardening skill to have which will enable you to graft your own fruit trees and get the satisfaction of creating a fruit tree with multiple varieties on it.
I used the whip and tongue grafting technique on my apple tree rootstock and grafted on scion from a Granny Smith Apple, Monty's Surprise Apple and a Gala apple. I'll be showing you the tools you need for grafting, how to make the whip and tongue grafting cuts and how to line up the cambium layers. I'll show you how to use grafting tape and talk more about other grafting information to answer the question, what is grafting?

Here's a great book all about grafting a wide range of fruit and nut trees:

Grafting and Budding: A Practical Guide for Fruit and Nut Plants and Ornamentals

I seriously do hope this video helps you graft your own tree and I'd love to hear what you thought of the video and if you're going to follow along and have a go yourself. Good luck with your grafting, and no pressure - its a bit of fun and a great way to learn more about plants and fruit trees. If it doesn't work the first time, your rootstock should still survive and you can try again! You don't have to be good at it straight away, so just like any skill, practice and you'll improve your grafting skills overtime! :)

Books I've enjoyed and found helpful:

COME SAY HI

WATCH NEXT:

0:00 Intro
0:37 What is grafting?
1:26 Planting the rootstock
1:53 Tools you need
2:13 How to graft
6:32 3 weeks later
6:59 6 weeks later
7:23 9 weeks later - removing the tape
8.32 2.5 months later
8:51 6 months later
9:05 Close ups of the finished grafts
9:22 Final thoughts and comments

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[abelstropicalfruit]

I love the videos that take long to film because it’s cool to see the project from start to finish. Keep it up.

[kidheadcase]

Best apple graft video on YouTube, mate. You show your errors as well as showing your successes. Excellent, well-paced upload.

[JLFamilySong]

My grandfather was an amazing gardener. He owned two adjoining lakefront properties where one lot sloped down towards the lake. He planted 52-man sized fruit trees each having a 5-foot ring of flowers around them. It was beautiful to see but breathtaking to see from the lake looking back toward the property. Many of his trees were grafted with the technique you showed. I am so glad I found your channel, rather, your channel found me. It brings back so many wonderful memories. Thanks.

[Mowgi]

Love showing the mistakes and problems, that's just as important in the learning process as showing us how to do it 100% correctly 🙌

[eggywuh]

FOREFATHERS ONE AND ALL, BEAR WITNESS 🔥🔥🔥🗣️

[zeshi]

That is actually so cool, the fact it can just grow the specific type of apple like its a memory it has, nature really can be fascinating

[alliboo]

I’m so happy I randomly came across your videos! I live in a cooler climate as well and plan to one day have property I can grow anything and everything I possibly can. I didn’t realize how many plants you can still grow in cooler areas and still be successful. Learning about grafting plants and trees is fascinating too! Thank you for the time you put into your content. I truly appreciate finding plant education content that’s actually easy to learn from!

[stayfresh]

I appreciate your videos, I never knew that this was possible. Learned something new today.

[fourseasonsnorth]

Great video! Supper helpful to actually see the mistakes and then how they're corrected. Looking forward to grafting someday soon. Thanks, from Northern Alberta, Canada!

[CampingforCool]

I’ve always been intimidated by the idea of grafting but this seems easier than I thought. Might give it a try someday

[EdnaSabile]

I like your ways to show us from start, then you show us the result in the next few months. Amazing learning for us. Thank you. I felt more confident now in doing more of my grafting.

I got an orchard for over 200 stone fruits 20 apples and 20 pears for the last years, I do all the pruning and now I’m confident to graft them 3 to 5 kinds of fruits in most of the trees, an experiment I guess. You inspire me more. Keep doing what your doing. Your good.

[TheKiwiGrower]

Thanks so much for watching! If you’ve done grafting before, please feel free to share any further tips/advice/resources etc about grafting in the comments, so we can all grow together 💪 🌱
And if you give it a go, come back and let me know how it went!!
Feel free to share any photos of your plants with me over on Instagram too! 😊

[Coolness]

I never really understood what grafting meant or how it works, so thank you for this. It’s amazing how adaptable nature is

[judahmills]

Great video thank you for the information!

[mtraven]

just fyi: I find videos from people who have just learned a process, better than an expert. Experts can often forget / leave out details a true beginner really needs.

[miltonwelch]

Really nice video, simple and fairly thorough. Thanks!

[crabby]

No idea that this was a thing, so cool!

[fatinalkhafaji]

This is by far the best tree grafting video for beginners. I learned a lot. Thank you

[pamelab]

I loved this video because I study spirituality and it’s always talking about grafting trees and I never knew what it was talking about but now I get it so thanks and God bless!

[zachhatten]

As soon as I heard him say the words, "Grafted" and "Scion" I knew this was in my feed because of Elden Ring. Thanks Algorithm.