Over the past week or so I have been reading up on pecan grafting, waiting for spring when I could try it out on  several of my trees and came across a youtube videos of  people that had performed grafts on fig trees and it got me thinking.   Has anyone on this site grafted multiple grafts onto rooting stock and if so, What types of varieties would go best together?  What points would you offer?  Why commercially that has not been offered as an option given that the average home lot is now less than a third of an acre  and the many varieties that are  currently out there.

Hi, figs graft well, Look up posts for Grasa he is our best at grafting figs, also Bill has done some.I grafted cuttings and then rooted the cuttings. It worked well. Rex.

Thanks, I'll  pull the posts, just curious as to why there have not been any  commercial varieties and given the limited space most people have and the many choices that are out there, it looks like a good option for getting that fig fix.

Check out this link:

http://figs4funforum.websitetoolbox.com/post/my-frankenfig-6346903?highlight=figenstein

WOW!! That's what I'm talking about.  Think I'll give it a try.  Got the space but if you do that in several locations it's a good way to ensure the  survival of your varieties during uncertain growing environments.  I lost  several    plant varieties during the last drought that we had.  Sure would have been nice had I grown them in different places.

Check out axiers grafting too, he has done a great tutorial as well.

http://figs4funforum.websitetoolbox.com/file?id=1427823

Wow what a trunk!  I think I'd be to afraid to hack up a baby that I have that much love invested in.  Nurturing it from a little cutting and staying up all those nights worrying about it.  :-)

Figs are relatively easy to graft. I've mostly used the cleft and saddle graft with very good success. 

If you have a variety that has been known to be a weak grower, then grafting it onto a more vigorous rootstock may be beneficial. I agree, doing a multiple graft onto one rootstock is a good solution if you have very limited space.

I've heard some express concern that grafting a given fig variety onto a different rootstock can cause changes in the grafted variety. I could see how this might be a concern if you're trying to preserve the uniqueness of a special variety. So far, I haven't experienced any negative changes in the grafted variety to support those concerns. 

If anyone is interested in learning how to graft, this english guy on youtube has a few excellent vids on how to get started. Granted, he grafts mostly apples but the grafting techniques he demonstrates are universal. I learned practically everything I needed to know on how to make successful graft unions from watching his videos.
http://www.youtube.com/user/stephenhayesuk/videos

When you graft, make sure your instruments are sterile and super sharp.  That is some 90% of your success. Also, get some nice grafting tape and wax. Good luck!

I'll check him out.  I also have been viewing videos from the 70's from  a professor @ Oklahoma state that shows several grafts on pecan trees.  I have one variety of fig that seems to grow very vigorously here in North Carolina  that i think would be a good candidate.  Where are some good places to find the tape and prune sealer?

Amazon?

Parafilm and the stronger grafting tape from anywhere. I've got some on Amazon and on eBay. 

http://www.fedcoseeds.com/ogs/search.php?listname=Grafting

I've bought several orders from Fedco. Seem like good people with good prices and service. 

bada_bing - checked their site out, looks good.  Think I might be sending them an order as well.

thanks.

If you are thinking to do a lot of grafting, I found this Craftsman tool very useful:
http://figs4funforum.websitetoolbox.com/post/figfig-bark-graft-6364290

It is super sharp!
This is in addition to a nice knife.

Looks good, How do you think it would perform with the harder types of wood like pecan?