I tried my hand at creating a Franken-fig. Three weeks ago I saddle grafted a green ischia and lSU purple onto my black mission. Out of 3 of the grafts, only one appears to still be alive. For these, I used snap ties and bees wax (all that I had on hand). However, I just did a chip budding of an lSU purple onto my Italian honey. I'm not sure it will work, but it's fun to try. This time I had grafting tape and sterile tools. I'm just curious what you guys think are the most successful types of grafts for fig trees.

Look up bark grafing. Think it easier. I have not done so yet but it,was suggested to me by a group member

Have chip-budded figs successfully.

Is that the same as bark grafting?

Here is a good reference:
http://www.coopext.colostate.edu/boulder/horticulture/pdf/Grafting%20Manual.pdf

Some time back someone in here posted a video of an old guy in another country grafting.  You couldn't understand what he said, but he had a basket of cuttings, and he matched each one to a fresh cut on a tree, bandaged it up and covered the whole thing with a plastic bag.  I think the bag kept the graft moist.   It was a really cool video.  I wish I could find it again.  He did this when the tree was dormant.  Edit:  I found it!

Hi .. so far "z grafting" was best method for me ..

these are kalaheera and acitunitas negra on matsui dauphine

  Мои прививки 2015 Красные линии.

Thanks for all of the suggestions. I watched all of the videos and read the links. I decided to try a few methods. So far I have chip grafted, bud grafted, saddle grafted, T grafted, Whip and tongue, and 2 other methods that I dont know the names of yet but were mentioned in the videos. I will update you on my progress. It may be a bit too late to do it, as the Black Mission is starting to leaf out. The Z graft and Cleft are maybe out of my skill level at this time. I am going to practice grafting apples and pears come spring. I might have to purchase the grafting tool.

Turns out I also did cleft grafting

I've tried cleft grafting and whip and tongue and I've had some limited success with both; I prefer the
latter because the joint looks cleaner. For figs, at this time, when the bark peels easily, the banana graft is easy to do; I've tried it and so far it seems to be working.   Here's a link:

http://www.instructables.com/id/Grafting-Made-Simple/


In the photo is a whip and tongue graft (rootstock: ornamental Thundercloud plum; scion:
Aprium Flavor Delight). I started this in mid-October and was not sure it was going to work
but here it is. Beginner's luck?

Hey Troy.

I've done quite a few grafts of fig trees with pretty good success.

I've tried several different types of grafts but the one I settled on most consistently has been the Cleft Graft. I actually prefer Saddle Graft and Whip & Tongue because they seem to make better, more solid, unions. But I've settled on the cleft graft because it seems to be; 1) Simpler to perform than the other two. 2) This means I can do it quicker than the others. 3) I've also seemed to have greater success with the cleft graft than the others.

It's also important to note that I do all my grafts outside in early to mid spring. About mid April to mid May. I usually do the grafts on bare root or trees in pots. I then set them in the shade until they are growing well before forcing them to grow in full sun. 

This is just my take and the experience I've had with grafting fig trees. I think, in the end, we may all settle on what works best for us personally.

Just keep grafting and you'll learn from your failures as much as your successes. It's a fun and addicting aspect of plant propagation. Beware! Once you've got it you can't un-learn it ;-) . 

I do think cleft grafting is the easiest by far. I will be curious to see what takes. It looks like the saddle graft I did 3 weeks ago is budding. I just used a plastic tie and beeswax. The other 2 dried up- not a surprise as the wax wasn't fully covering the graft.

Try the Whip and Tongue method. It's a really simple and strong graft.

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Rick Lakewood WA zone 8

Growing DK and Olympian

Rooting to many for a newbie

Dave
That was an amazing grafting tool in the 2nd video.  I have heard of them used for grafting grapes and getting over 90% success.
Any idea where they sell them?
Thanks

pino you can buy them on ebay for $10-$15 

http://www.ebay.com/sch/sis.html?_kw=Fruit+Tree+Professional+Grafting+cutting+Tool+With+2+Extra+Blades+Black+HG&_id=271773109508


here is one for about $14
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Garden-Fruit-Tree-Professional-Pruning-Shears-Grafting-cutting-Tools-2-Blades-/261753079706?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_2&hash=item3cf1b3079a

Thanks Andreas!

Thanks Andrea , I got one of them on Amazon. Looks like a pretty neat tool. Should be here sometime med week.