Basic Tips For New Grafters #2: Different Grafts (Discussion Needed)

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Here is a thread I shared a while back. Watch the video in the first post. Around the 3:00 mark in the video he demonstrates a side graft.

Side grafting

This is a concept I really don’t see or hear anyone talk about. Obviously there must be significant downsides to this technique and I’m guessing one of them would be structural strength. In theory it seems this would allow you to put a scaffold anywhere you’d like one but how vigorous would this graft be if the tree was not cut back or topped above the side graft? The linked video shows a man using a side graft on a cherry tree at the 3:05 mark. It appears he cuts a vertical slit in the trun…