The whip and tongue graft is best suited when the scion and root stock have similar diameters. I have a scion wood with about half of the diameter of the root stock. To use the whip and tongue with different diameter, I have two choices: align the scion on one size or make off the […]
Propagate fig tree by grafting
Last August, I grafted Col da dame Blanca-Negra onto my Celeste root stock. it has formed callus and a solid graft. It’s been growing couple nodes. The process is slow but I am sure that the root stock is taking the scion wood. Today, I tried additional three different types of grafting: Whip-and-tongue graft, cleft […]
Patch Graft
Patch graft is a grafting technique that use only bark from the scion and grafting it the the root stock. Unlike the whip and tong or cleft graft which woody part of the scion are grafting on the the root stock. Compared to the t-bud graft and chip graft, the patch graft might have better […]