Grafting Citrus Trees with the Patch Bud - Making a Fruit Cocktail Tree

Patch budding is a method of grafting citrus trees that is very easy and that gives a high success rate.

In the past year I performed many patch bud grafts of citrus and found that it works very well as a technique for adding new varieties to an existing citrus tree to make a multi-grafted citrus cocktail tree. Although the particular graft demonstrated in this tutorial is of a Mato Buntan pummelo, I also found that patch budding works well for grafting orange trees, grafting lemon trees, and grafting lime trees. I expect that it would work well for any type of citrus.

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Ordering citrus budwood from the CCPP:
   • Ordering Citrus Budwood for Grafting Citru...  

Other citrus grafting techniques:
   • Grafting Citrus Trees  

http://fruitmentor.com/PatchBuddingCi... (step-by-step)
http://fruitmentor.com/citrus-graftin... (Tools and Supplies)

In California, the collection of any citrus propagative materials, including budwood and seeds, from non-registered sources is illegal. Any citrus trees grown or grafted in California must come from source trees registered with either:
(1) The Citrus Nursery Stock Pest Cleanliness Program, administered by the California Department of Food and Agriculture, or
(2) The Citrus Clonal Protection Program, located at the University of California at Riverside.
CDFA program: https://www.cdfa.ca.gov/plant/pe/nsc/...
CCPP: http://ccpp.ucr.edu/