Bark grafts using Electrical tape and toilet bowl wax. Left scion may not have taken. Middle stick is a decoy bird perch. Jack Kertesz photo.
Below are some of the many sources we’ve discovered that cover the subject. Also be sure to attend the grafting classes given at MTCA’s Scion Exchange each March and talk to some of the folks there about grafting.
JSacadura’s YouTube channel on Grafting . The main subjects and techniques the channel covers are Grafting, Rooting, Layering, Pruning and Growing. Since 2021 with more than 71K subscribers. Closeups of work with detailed descriptions.
Scionwood and Fruit Trees , MOFGA’s resource page with many links and photos.
Top-working: A Way to Change to New Cultivars , a pdf of a Powerpoint presentation nicely detailing the steps and considerations for making a successful graft. From Univ. of Vermont Cooperative Extension.
A Spring Grafting Primer by Roberta Bailey. From the MOFGA’s Spring 2011 MOF&G newspaper.
Notes on Grafting Seals, comments on what we use to seal grafts with, from an email thread from early March 2020.
Grafting page at Skill Cult Low budget basic grafting using mostly household materials. “All Things related to grafting are filed here. Learning to graft is essential for any backyard orchardist or homesteader, because of the amazing versatility it allows.” I kinda like this guy as he is homesteader and he does try and teach people and he tends to be very practical. Though a bit wordy at times he doesn’t BS and tells it as he sees it.—Jack
Here is a SkillCult video on grafting that goes into great detail about selecting and storing scions rather than actual grafting procedures; excellent for the newbies who want to get their feet wet with grafting.
Practical Grafting (pdf) and MegaChip Grafting (pdf) two 2017 how-to articles by Tom Wahl of Red Fern Farm .
Growing Fruit: Grafting Fruit Trees in the Home Orchard A fact sheet from UNH Extension that includes good photos and descriptions of several kinds of grafting.
Scionwood storage (a procrastinator’s delight; cut now, use later) (pdf) by Greg Giuliani. Tips on how to best keep your scionwood fresh if you do not intend to use it right away.
Newly Grafted Trees A web page by Todd Parlo of Walden Heights Nursery & Orchard in Walden Heights, Vermont, that focuses on care of newly grafted tree seedlings from post-grafting through their first year. This is one of many research-based blog entries at the Walden Heights Nursery & Orchard website .
Grafting A fact sheet from the University of Missouri Extension on grafting, including Q&A about grafting, reasons for failure, detailed descriptions of the types of grafting, and a list of tools needed for each.
Budding A fact sheet from University of Missouri Extension on budding, or bud grafting, and the pros and cons of this type of grafting over other types. Includes detailed info on understock and bud preparation as well as various budding techniques.
Selecting and storing scion wood for grafting A page by Rick Perry from Michigan State University Extension with photos and detailed explanation of how to select and store your scions.
