New to grafting stone fruit - want to graft pluots- need guidance

[mamuang]

If you have not read this thread, it contains very good info about grafting. A long thread but is worth it for beginners.

First time grafters: what's working, what isn't?

And I quote: “Another method of modifying the growth of apple trees is by upside down budding or grafting. More than 25 years ago I budded one-year apple whips, placing the buds where the permanent branches were wanted, but the buds were inserted upside down. This work has been repeated and a photograph of such a tree is shown in Figure 3. The buds start growing toward the ground, but the branches started gradually growing upward to form a spreading tree with unbreakable crotches. In pears, su…