Grafting jujube trees - video by Shengrui Yao

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I love that video. I tried grafting some jujubes this spring, and not a single one took. They might have dried out in the fridge. I notice that she cut the tree to a nub before grafting, but my jujube is 3 feet high, and I’m afraid to cut it back and have it die…

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I doubt it would die. They are very tough trees.

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In Dr. Yao’s video both grafts were to the main stem of the root stock. Do jujube grafts also take on smaller side branches, such that one tree could be grafted with several different scions? What would be the smallest diameter viable for a graft? (Lots of generous folks on this forum and I’d like to be have stock in place for cuttings this winter/spring.)

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Jujubes are fairly easy to graft, including the possibility of making grafts on several branches of the same tree. Any standard techniques (cleft, whip and tongue, bark) should work.

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Thanks, Stan. Are pencil-diameter branches the minimum for grafting? I assume second-year or older wood is best to graft to, is that right?

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pencil diameter is great, but if your budwood is on the thin side, you can also do barkgrafting and it does well too.

also, it doesn’t have to be 2nd yr wood to graft to, as a one yr old stem will accommodate a graft with no problems :slight_smile:

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I wanted to say the same thing that Raf has said in the comment above but he beat me to it. :slight_smile:

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