chip budding part 2

PLEASE NOTE this is a demo only, normally you would be doing the operation on to a rootstock in the ground, or on to a branch of a live tree. This is a branch I just cut off a tree to show the technique, as I don't plan to do chip budding this summer but wanted to show the technique.

Note the way i lock my thumbs together to prevent the knife blade sliding. AS always 'knife not sharp enough to cut you badly, not sharp enough for the job!' so be careful. Work slowly, a sharper knife is actually safer as it will cut with less pressure, its when it slips that you get cut.

TIMING do this late July/early August (northern hemisphere), release the tape either at the end of the growing year or in early spring. Please note, this bud will not grow away in the year of budding, it should grow away next year. You need to cut the wood away just above it at a slanting angle as I show here. No wax is required.

There is another technique called shield budding which is similar, but its much more difficult. Don't bother.

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• chip
• bud
• budding
• graft
• fruit
• tree
• apple
• propagation
• stephen
• hayes
• fruitwise

[drcochran1]

As usual, a very instructive video. Some questions, though, if you don't mind. Do you completely wrap the whole chip including the bud? Do you remove the wrapping after the wound has healed? Why do you prefer chip budding vs. shield/T-budding? Thanks again.

[stephenhayesuk]

@drcochran1 I wrap the whole area. I prefer the chip bud as demonstrated here to the T or shield buding as its easier, I was shown how to do it by a profesional, and it works. I'm not saying the other ways don't work, but I know this way does and I like to keep it simple. I usually remove the tape in the late autumn for sometimes forghet and leave it on over the winter, doesn't seem to matter.

I'll try to put some videos of live chip budding up on real trees this summer

[adidasbooi]

what are you doing?? I dont understand why? whats the point?

[stephenhayesuk]

@adidasbooi Thanks fro the enquiry. This is a demonstration of the technique of chip budding an apple tree. Obviously, as I say, this is a bench demonstration, this wood isn't going to grow, its easier to show the technique close up this way.

This is how fruit trees are propagated, the bud is the chosen variety and it will grow away as such in the stock (or would if the stock was alive and in the ground). The stock controls the size of the resulting tree, the bud controls the variety.

[adidasbooi]

@stephenhayesuk Ok. Sorry i am not very good at english so i don't understand all you try to explain in the video. You seem to have a lot of knowledge. Thanks for your answer and keep it up. Leo

[stephenhayesuk]

@adidasbooi Many thanks, no need to apologise for asking an honest question, it is my pleasure to pass on some of the useful knowledge I have gained from books and experience.

[ChocolateAi13]

can this be used for star fruit trees? 

[captaiiin]

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[Flyonthewall357]

Thank you. Great video. Very clear explanation. Best that I have seen on You Tube.

Can you use the same technique for peach trees. ie Yellow to cling peach?

[VERSATILE27]

Hi

Great. I have seen most of your videos and gained a lot from them. I have watched your few videos carefully and it is amazing to see how you use your thumbs to have a controlled cut.Are there any other techniques to hold knife?

May God bless you.

Thanks

[adidasbooi]

@stephenhayesuk No thank you for explaining! I liked it and will watch your other videos thanks!