Yeah Rick, originally I was just going to do one graft; but at the last minute I decided not to waste usable material. So yes; I noticed right away that it was a mismatch, but I was at the point of no return, so I kept moving forward.

It was a good learning experience. Now I know the Right instruments to use. I cut myself a small length of dowel to practice with. - Stick a longer piece in a pot of soil, and practice wrapping and sealing the smaller length on to it. :-)

I want to learn how to do it like the guy in the video (no bags), but I cut my plastic wrap slightly too small, so I put the bags on as a safety measure. The first rubber band may also be too tight. I had procrastinated about this for about 3 weeks, so I'm glad I got it out of the way.

Rob

Rob, It is all a matter of practice and learning as we try different methods. I had tried doing it with some plastic wrap that I had in a similar way to this fella's, but I have had better results with the baggy. This could just be a matter of not trying enough on my part.

The one difference I see with the plastic wrap as opposed to the baggy. If we live in a climate that does not have a high humidity level, then the results are not good. The baggy with warm temperatures keeps the relative humidity closer to where it needs to be for favorable conditions.

With the wrap, you would just have to make sure that the graft site was fully enclosed.

Love seeing others grafting trials. It is a great way for us to learn.

Rick

I used restaurant quality "Plastic Wrap Film", not that cheap supermarket "Saran Wrap". (For those of you who are unaware. For some unknown reason; professional food grade plastic wrap is Not available to the public.) So unlike grafting tape; it's not gas permeable.

I did buy some grafting tape today. I want to see the difference in texture and stretch ability. You have a good point though Rick, I live with very low humidity.

I'll try to find the video again that show's the technique I used. It seemed the best way for a beginner. As straight forward as it seemed, I quickly found out that I didn't have the right materials/tools/utensils. It sure would help to be bilingual. ;-)

Rob

Nice seedlngs, Rob. Good selections of seeds.

I got some seedlings wrap which is used by the forestry industry for shipping/wrapping seedlings for shipment. To flimsy.

I watched a video of FB the other day on a woman doing grafting similar to the way your video you posted. She used a heavier weight plastic film.

I started using the small plastic baggies you can get at the craft store here (Micheal's) and they come a multitude of sizes. I believe they are sold for beads.

I get large ones and medium ones. Cut of the top ziploc part for putting over top of scion/rootstock or the large ones I cut top off and sides to open up and drop right over top and secure with elastic bands.

On a few "V" grafts. I tapes around the union site and enclosed the whole tree (small) inside a large plastic bag and zapped it closed to create added humidity in bag. Opened it up every few days to exchange the air. This was with a Arabicum rootstock + Swazicum top scion. Worked out really well.

My thoughts on the Flat grafts based on what I see with the ones I have received. Is that the small scion used (about 1/2 - 2/3 the caliper of root stock) the scion almost disappears after time. Something to try next.

Rick

That's what I like about flat grafts. Sometimes at first they look ridiculous, but they grow together almost seamlessly. I think it would be hard to screw up a wedge graft, but they're not that attractive.

Here's the video showing the technique I tried. ("Injertar" means graft in Spanish.)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LWQp89D3glM

One thing I learned doing this; you need to use round rubber bands, not flat ones. They don't want to roll off the cylinder very easily. It's kind of an ingenious method though.

Rob