May 14, 2024

VIDEO: 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.

12 thoughts on “VIDEO: Chip Bud Grafting with Bob Andersen

  1. 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.

  2. 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

  3. 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

  4. 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.)

  5. 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!

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