Grafting isn't always easy - To big for whip and tongue to small for cleft grafting, not a candidate for rind

[clarkinks]

Thats kind of a side graft. See the attached .pdf

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…