Hello,

I just wanted to show everyone my successful fig grafts! I tried to graft my large Strawbery Verte tree last season but none of the grafts took. Two things that I learned from that are... 1. Don't graft too early, graft when the buds on the mother tree are just starting to swell. 2. Use a plastic bag to increase humidity and minimize the drying out of the scion/ cutting. Check out the pics below. Hope this inspires others to try to graft some of their fig trees!

Thanks,
Little John

Wild, great to see you have the passion to see how far we can push our figs. Nice pics. Be sure to document the process used.

Thanks for the thumbs up, Jose. I'm excited about adding other varieties onto the mother tree as well. The type of graft that I used was a cleft graft. In the past I used a grafting tool called "the omega grafter" and it sucked. Lesson learned.

Thanks,
Little John

The omega grafter is not cheap either.

I got one on ebay for $40. I've seen other styles of grafting tools for BIG BUCKS. Guess I got a deal..... even though the grafts that I did with it (w/ several kinds of fruit trees) didn't take.

-Little John

Interesting, John did you use scion that was older with less pith for your grafts?

No, the standard cuttings for rooting are what I used. Branch tips that were cut in January. They were young but lignified.

Thanks,
John