Tony, thanks for sharing those pictures and that information. That's
Exactly what I'm trying to accomplish here. I'm trying to graft this variety to get rid or at least to diminish the FMV as much as posible in a healthy and strong root stock.

Nice looking grafts, Tony. Quick and robust growth and no signs of FMV.

Curious, tough. I have mixed results regarding FMV in cultivars and grafts. In some cases the graft is free of FMV while is rooted cutting sibling is badly affected and, in other cases, it's the other way around. It seems to depend on the level of stress each scion endures.

I even have cases of the same variety being heavily affected with FMV in one graft and free of it in another (grafts that were taken from the same scion and grafted to different rootstocks of the same variety) which reinforces my belief that FMV is directly related with stress factors that may or may not affect the plant according to the situation. 

The quick growth that some varieties present when grafted to vigorous rootstocks sure helps the new leaves to leave the FMV behind (initial leaves are affected and new ones are free of it).

Thank you all! Am finding grafting very satisfying....

Here it's still quite cold. So I don't worry about the foil. Being a little warmer is desirable here. We still may have frosts. I hope not! I can move everything, so no worries there. My biggest problem is rootstock, i don't have enough, nor room for many more. Luckily I have almost all the figs I want right now. I may add one or two each year, or not. I'm more interested in stone fruit and brambles at the moment. A great year so far for stone fruit. My harvest is going to be huge.

Drew... do you a common root stock or select few root stocks for all / most of your related stone fruit? I noticed that one of the orchards (Englands?) sold root stock for related stone fruit and I think that includes peaches nectarines and even almonds... I was thinking about doing a multi stone fruit variety tree, including almonds and wondered if there was a "best" choice for that....

Not enough rootstocks will not be a problem that i will have in the near future. :-)
This area has lots of fig trees that have grown unattended and that i pruned last fall.
 

 
Now they are reaching a good size to graft.
And that's good because there are still lots of varieties i want to test in my zone. The only drawback is that the area is quite shaded but that will allow me to see how these varieties react will less sun and heat.

I also prefer a grafting knife. Grafting tools are too one dimensional.
This year I've stopped using parafilm altogether, and cover the entire
grafting site with a plastic bag secured tightly to the branch, than I cover
with a paper bag instead of aluminum foil. After  a few weeks, I remove the bag
and usually find the graft has already leafed out. The plastic bag not only keeps
the scion from drying out, but also works as a humidity dome. The whole grafting
process is much quicker and easier to do.
Once you've wrapped the graft, and I use nylon tape, there's no chance of misaliginment
that might happen, when wrapping the scion in parafilm.

Hi also use paper bags to cover my whip and tongue grafts, Ray.
Recently, I've been using micro perforated bread bags (i cover the bag in aluminium foil for the first 2 weeks so it doesn't get soaked with the rain) and, sometimes, I even reuse the old padded envelopes i receive, to that effect (only for the most precious varieties - they assure me the success of the graft, no matter what).

Nevertheless, i still wrap the scion in parafilm, so it stays protected a bit longer (specially from the cold when i do the grafts early in the season and to help the transition when the bag is opened).

 

 


   

My grafting 2017 , VdS and Abebereira.    

Yes, @Dave... That is the one... Italian made... can't go wrong...

@Drew51, Thank you for that info... I will keep an eye out for it....

Great pics and info.. as usual. Jaime... Thank you for sharing!

Nice looking grafts, Vlad... good work and congrats on the successful grafts.

Thanks for sharing your methods, Ray!