https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F06DOTh3EwU&feature=youtube_gdata_playerthis old man is cutting the leaf with eye , before he does that he soaks the cutting for a little bit until it swells , this way it will be easier to remove. when he raps on to the new tree , he does not cover the eye. it will take 11 days for the eye to opened. Enjoy

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Hmmm!

What are they discussing when he's pointing the knife at the underside of the first graft?

the lady did not need to be in that video- not with that outfit, kinda distracting from the topic. Perhaps that is the inspiration for those other ones of tyty.


this one is nice: making a triangule cut increases chances of cambium line up.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5F_YG8bM7Yw

The lady is his niece or his daughter LOL!  They all have nieces with fake giggles, but the lesson is good!

It's really warm in Greece, so I understand her outfit.  Not sure what they are saying, and I wish I did, but pictures rule!  Love the video!!

Suzi

can anyone tell what they are using to wrap with?

probably it was hot......
who cares as longs as the figs turn alright :)

Thats a  T bud been around for a long time. There is as well a inverted T bud where the horizontal cut is made at the bottom which is supposed to help with keeping water getting trapped and rotting the inserted bud.

We do t-buds in the vineyard, and we use grafting tape.

Suzi

[QUOTE=Grasa]the lady did not need to be in that video- not with that outfit, kinda distracting from the topic. Perhaps that is the inspiration for those other ones of tyty. <BR><BR><BR>this one is nice: making a triangule cut increases chances of cambium line up. <BR><BR><A href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5F_YG8bM7Yw" rel=nofollow target=_blank>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5F_YG8bM7Yw</A>[/QUOTE]

he was showing the technique to the lady and her boyfriend ( the camera man)

[QUOTE=DesertDance]The lady is his niece or his daughter LOL!  They all have nieces with fake giggles, but the lesson is good!<br><br>It's really warm in Greece, so I understand her outfit.  Not sure what they are saying, and I wish I did, but pictures rule!  Love the video!!<br><br>Suzi[/QUOTE]

Lol , that's why I put it ;)

[QUOTE=rcantor]What are they discussing when he's pointing the knife at the underside of the first graft?[/QUOTE] here's discussing about the bud( the new growth),it must have a bud and when he wrap it around,hi says not to cover over it , so this way it can grow out

[QUOTE=Grasa]the lady did not need to be in that video- not with that outfit, kinda distracting from the topic. Perhaps that is the inspiration for those other ones of tyty. <BR><BR><BR>this one is nice: making a triangule cut increases chances of cambium line up. <BR><BR><A href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5F_YG8bM7Yw" rel=nofollow target=_blank>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5F_YG8bM7Yw</A>[/QUOTE]

great video

Thanks Grasa

It is T-budding and very commonly used in the citrus industry and the stone fruit industry.

The important thing it to do it in the spring when the bark is "slipping". That means that there is active growth of the rootstock/tree, so that the bark is relatively loose (slipping), so that it can be easily peeled back to allow the insertion of the bud in behind bark, where it heals into the cambium of the root stock. 

In citrus, for example, you allow 4-6 weeks for the graft union to form, and then you bend (not fold) over the root stock, so that the new grafted but will have apical dominance (it is the highest bud, or close) which will cause the plant energy to be directed to the grafted but. When the new growth is will established, the rootstock growth above the grafted bud is removed.

When the bark is not "slipping" you would use a chip-bud technique, instead.

One of the advantages of budding is that you get more grafts out of the same amount of scion than you would get if you used wedge grafting or which and tongue, etc. In citrus when scion is sold by the bud, you want to maximize your investment by getting a tree from every bud.