This video tutorial for beginners demonstrates how to graft a fruit tree using the whip and tongue method. Specifically grafting a peach scion onto a nectarine stock but can be used for any grafting between trees for example stone fruits or between varieties of citrus. This is particularly useful in a small yard when growing fruit for domestic use. Here follows a step-by-step approach.
1. Select a suitable scion stick about 8mm in diameter and match it to a twig of similar diameter on the stock tree.
2. Cut both scion and stock with matching angles so that they fit together seamlessly with no exposed cut surface.
3. It is most important for the cambium layers are in contact with each other.
4. Cut a slit about 2/3 up each cut surface in opposite directions.
5. Interlace the two ‘tongues’ thus formed to stabilise the union.
6. Bind the union with grafting tape to seal the moisture in.
7. Remove any flush from the stock promote sap flow up the scion.
8. If successful the scion with flush in about 3 weeks

Here are some time stamps for browsing the content of this video:
00:00 Beginning
00:29 Scion and stock components of fruit tree graft
00:48 Grafting equipment
01:37 Graft cuts on scion and stock for a whip and tongue graft joint
03:10 Anatomy of the cut surface of the wood for grafting
05:37 Binding graft union with grafting tape to stabilise and seal the graft union
07:20 Removing any flush from the stock to promote flushing of the scion
07:53 Anatomy of the whip and tongue graft joint


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