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Grafting Series Finally Here! How to Dormant Graft Fruit Trees

Grafting has generally been seen as the domain of experts and super-geek enthusiasts, but it doesn't have to be. It is a skill that many, if not most, fruit tree owners could benefit from having. Without it, you are at the mercy of economic and social trends, nursery owners, growers and distributors. Fruit collecting, testing and breeding are exciting, life affirming, useful and meaningful pursuits which all pretty much require grafting. There are exceptions, but most grafting is not that hard and once you've assimilated the basics, you don't have to really know or remember all that much. You can go find any extra information you require on an as needed basis, or come back and review this stuff later.

I've been meaning to do a basic dormant grafting series for a couple of years. A week or so ago, I decided if I didn't throw my standards under the bus and just shoot the footage, it wasn't going to happen, and all those people out there with scions sitting in the fridge would be all like "WTF do I do with these?" So, I shot enough for the whole series in one day regardless of lighting and other considerations that I prefer to pay more attention to. I actually have to re-shoot the last few segments, but I have 5 of them published now for those of you who don't follow me on YouTube here is the entire playlist, which will be rounded out with segments on why grafts succeed or fail, grafting and grafts, aftercare, and follow up care. Look down the page for the individual videos published so far. If you are grafting this year and not totally sure what you're doing, I'd recommend watching all of them. If not, they'll be here when you need them. The sharpening video stands alone as a good treatment of what is important in sharpening and will be useful to anyone wishing to learn that skill.

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THE FULL PLAYLIST

Grafting Series, Lesson #1, Why you should learn to graft fruit trees and the possibilities. Grafting apples is the focus, but most of the information can be applied to other fruits in some way. All videos in this series available here: https://youtu.be/3uJACcsOmMI?list=PL60FnyEY-eJAWNlofdsx0G81aycmAW1U8 Keep me making Content as a patreon supporter: http://www.patreon.com/skillcult Support me by using this link whenever you shop on Amazon.

3 In Grafting Video Series. A little information about rootstocks and how to approach grafting onto a grown tree. All videos in this series available here: https://youtu.be/3uJACcsOmMI?list=PL60FnyEY-eJAWNlofdsx0G81aycmAW1U8 Keep me making Content as a patreon supporter: http://www.patreon.com/skillcult Support me by using this link whenever you shop on Amazon.

5 in Grafting Video Series, How to Sharpen a Grafting Knife. Actually, most of what you need to know about sharpening anything, salient points. Korin Knives, japanese sharpening techniques, very cool channel: https://youtu.be/9zRNT1v0-7s BushRadical, sharpening with dirt: https://youtu.be/IDRIjaBKRjI Amazon link for the King 250/1000 stone and other tools mentioned in this series:.

Grafting Series, Lesson #2, Collecting and storing scions, the grafting wood, Problems and methods for storing scions and what goes wrong. All videos in this series available here: https://youtu.be/3uJACcsOmMI?list=PL60FnyEY-eJAWNlofdsx0G81aycmAW1U8 Keep me making Content as a patreon supporter: http://www.patreon.com/skillcult Support me by using this link whenever you shop on Amazon.

Part 4 of Grafting Series, Tools and supplies for grafting fruit trees. Playlist for this series: https://youtu.be/3uJACcsOmMI?list=PL60FnyEY-eJAWNlofdsx0G81aycmAW1U8 Korin Knives, Sharpening videos: https://youtu.be/Z9DPlIZct_0 Keep me making Content as a patreon supporter: http://www.patreon.com/skillcult Support me by using this link whenever you shop on Amazon.