Grafting Citrus

Learn how to graft citrus trees using a great technique for home gardeners. The video demonstrates grafting orange trees with the citrus bark graft. The bark graft is easy for beginning citrus grafters and gives a high success rate. I have also found that bark grafting of citrus works better than bud grafting of citrus for top working an established citrus tree; the buds of the bark grafted citrus scion begin to grow sooner than citrus t-buds or citrus chip buds. I have used the citrus bark graft to make a navel orange tree into a citrus cocktail tree with more than thirty citrus varieties including mandarin oranges, blood oranges, grapefruit, pummelos/pomelos, and limes. I have also found the bark graft to be useful for other fruit trees such as stone fruit and pears.

How to order budwood:
   • Ordering Citrus Budwood for Grafting ...  

Some other citrus grafting techniques:
   • Grafting Citrus with the Z Grafting T...  

Grafting tools (including grafting knife and parafilm grafting tape):
http://fruitmentor.com/GraftingTools

California Pummelos (cool weather varieties from acidless parent):
http://fruitmentor.com/CaliforniaPumm...

Juicing acidless blood oranges:
http://fruitmentor.com/VanigliaJ

Link to share this video on how to graft citrus trees:
   • Grafting Citrus  

Discover more about citrus at:
http://fruitmentor.com

In California, the collection of any citrus propagative materials, including budwood and seeds, from non-registered sources is illegal. Any citrus trees grown or grafted in California must come from source trees registered with either:
(1) The Citrus Nursery Stock Pest Cleanliness Program, administered by the California Department of Food and Agriculture, or
(2) The Citrus Clonal Protection Program, located at the University of California at Riverside.
CDFA program: https://www.cdfa.ca.gov/plant/pe/nsc/...
CCPP: http://ccpp.ucr.edu/