The grafts are going well. The tree will be a 4-1

Panache
VdB
Strawberry Verte
Peter's Honey (Mother Tree)

I had better success with Buddy Tape rather than Parafilm.

Nice, so what's the difference between buddy tape and parafilm?

Buddy tape seems to be more flexible, breaths better, and is easier to work with....

There is a thread discussing the two on another forum:

http://tropicalfruitforum.com/index.php?topic=9044.msg115728#msg115728

Most prefer the buddy tape....

i like what you have done.  your tree looks very good! I wish you the best.

Well done!  I predict you won't be able to stop at 4 varieties. . .  

Keep us posted

Nice job!   Your grafts look so clean!  I have that same exact tool for 2 years and have not tired grafting yet.  I like the buddy tape.  I'm gonna try this.  The main question I have is, when is it too late to start grafting?

@ohjustaguy, nice work with grafts. Thanks for sharing that wonderful video clip.
What's the exact name of that grafting tool? Seems to be a nice helper to have around.

Nice job! thank you for sharing .
May I ask what month you did the graphing ?
everytime I try to graph I have no success.

I think its called Omega grafting tool.  The only place I could find it was Austrialia.  I'm gonna try this weekend using Brown Turkey and Celeste as my stock.

Dennis, how much was it?
One can order from Australia, right?

These seem to be the same tool:

http://www.leevalley.com/us/garden/page.aspx?cat=2,47236&p=64798
http://www.amazon.com/Zenport-ZJ67-Grafting-Omega-Style/dp/B008U7ISO0

Andrew

This one appears to be the same/knockoff shipped from China - $16.22 with free shipping.

Unfortunately for me, I need to successfully overwinter my figs before I can think about grafting - disaster i the basement this year.


Andrew

I'm pretty sure you can get the Grafting Tool and Buddy Tape off E-bay or Amazon. I got my Buddy tape from a guy in the forum I linked about (he did a bulk purchase, save a little money that way).

Yes, I will probably do more than 4 varieties. I didn't realize how successful it would be (I've seen a lot of posts about trouble fig grafting) so I did a lot of the same variety to make sure it was successful.

7 panache grafts (4 fully leafed, 2 pushing buds, one idle)
6 Vdb grafts (5 fulling leafed, 1 pushing buds, one I knocked off tree by accident!)

As far was when to graft, I waited until the tree was more than pushing, and actually had put some leaves out, then cut those first leaves off and grafted below them. The scions were dormant from the fridge when I put them on. Then I made sure to pinch off anymore of mother's trees pushing buds/leaves so that all the sap/energy would go to the grafts.

Hope this will encourage others to try. My goal was to have fun with it. People can come over and see a variegated fig, a purple fig, and a green fig all on the same tree! (actually the two green figs have different color centers). Maybe I need to add a yellow or something next year...

Really cool video. If you do this again can you please film yourself using the buddy tape.

But my question is this, do you wrap the entire graft with the tape?

I watched the video like 5 times. Your grafting tool says "patented" on it. Some of the cheaper versions on Ebay from China don't say "patented". I don't know if that makes a difference or not.

That's a neat tool.  

Nice job and a fun tree to have!!

Henry when grafting, make sure there is no dead wood near it, that would create mold.  Grafting indoors is easier to control weather elements. Outdoors you have to factor the weather and avoid frost or extreme heat. I am going to start grafting again in Jan-Feb indoors and March outdoor. Good Luck, I had some graft topics started.

Looking good, really neat.

I love the idea.  If I could shrink my fig collection to 25% of the trees/pots, my wifey would be very very happy.  That much less work to maintain all of the plants as well.  Great idea, wish you the best of luck and thanks for sharing!

hi justaguy
i have tried grafting my figs a couple of times now with no success.
would you be able to tell me when you grafted your figs,
ie.  just before spring starts,,  middle of spring,, or some other time.
was the sap flowing  on the rootstock and the scion dormant?
thanks.  

A fine fig tree and good job with it!  I have nearly bought that tool twice now and keep clicking out lol.

Charlie, 

I have an omega grafting tool as well, mine is a little different, it have interchangeable cutting dies with 2 different shapes and a bud graft cutter.  I can see the tool being great for figs as the Scionwood is usually a larger caliper, however, most other cuttings are to thin for the cutter I have and I use the cleft graft technique. Both work very well for me, but I will say that the omega grafts are almost invisible on the trees other than the change in bark.  There is a couple on my Italian plum, if they weren't tagged, they'd be hard to find. 

I have yet to graft a fig, maybe this spring, or maybe next. 

Though the tool is a bit pricey, I do highly recomend it.

Scott