I was just curious. I have had successfull splice grafts on pear and cleft. The cleft seems to stay in place a little better while rapping as the root stock pinches the scion.
If you talk about grafting on an existing tree, I’ve found cleft graft to be easy. Once you stick the scion into the opening that you split, you have two free hands to wrap the grafting union.
With splice graft, you have to use one hand to hold the grafting union while trying to wrap the graft with the other hand.
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True, but on the other hand splice grafts tend to make very nice grafts and to me appear more “elegant”. When bench grafting I prefer splice/whip and tongue grafts over cleft grafts.
Right now I’m chopping up peach twigs to practice 
Will definitely try cleft. So far I haven’t found anything that I thought was super easy.
Susu,
You can try grafting on a branch of a peach tree, even for practice. You will realize that it is harder to maneuver because the branch is attached to a tree.
Grafting a rootstock in your home is easier. You can move thing around in any angle at will.
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Cambium cross or cambium match?
I’ve wondered about this when doing cleft grafts with rootstocks and scions that are different diameter. Is it better to match one side or angle it so that there is cambium cross on both sides. I know they both work, but what is better in the long run? Has there been a study on this?
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Here is some textbook info on the original question.
Source:
Hartmann, H.T. “Hartmann and Kester’s plant propagation: principles and practices.” 8th Edition. (2010). Pearson. p. 417.
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Will practice on the tree. Yesterday was the first nice day after so many weeks of below normal temps. Hopefully things will change from here on. So we can be outside little bit more.
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I think the primary concern is just matching as much as you can…a"tilted" cleft isnt better than a cleanly aligned one that matches up, but beats a cleft lined up perfectly but offset to where cambium fails to match.
Clefts i tend to tilt slightly. Whip and tongue i either line up directly, or it the scion and stock mismatch significantly sometimes i align one side 100% and the other side has to take what it can get
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Cambium cross
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My concern is that with all the wrapping-up, I’m going to jostle the graft out of position
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That’s the wonderful thing about a cambium cross, you can move the graft all you want while wrapping it and the cambiums will still remain in contact.
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