Has anyone ever tried patch budding on citrus? Most literature I've read says that it's reserved for pecans, walnuts, and trees with thicker bark.

Phillip

Any specific link? It could just be a synonym for similar other grafts.

Well, I had the opportunity to use my patch budding knife. Not exactly what it was intended for, but I think I fixed something that I goofed on several months ago.

I was trying my hand at chip budding onto the trunk of my new apple tree when I accidently cut too deep. To make matters worse, I kept carving to try to make it better, but the more I did the larger of a hatchet job it was. I knew the tree would be girdled so I was at a loss of what to do. I had received my new Tina patch budding knives, so I thought I'd try to cut a piece like a puzzle piece and replace it. Joe had sent to me a winter banana apple scion that was about the same size so I thought I would give it a try (I figure I couldn't do much more damage). I unwrapped my experiment yesterday after a couple of months, and everything looked great. I had expected to see a dead chunk of wood with large callous around it, but it turned out that it was ALIVE!! It is actually greener than the rest of the trunk. If it wasn't for the different colors, it would almost look like I hadn't butchered the tree in the first place. I also tried inarching which I'm not sure will take. The branch is still green, but it doesn't seem to be doing much.

Anyway, I thought I would share my experiment. I did a quick sketch below. Time will tell how the tree does, but so far, it looks like it's doing great.

Joe, btw, you had mentioned winter banana was a good intersection. How so?

Phillip

I thought I had replied to this thread earlier, but I probably hit the "back" button instead of "submit".

Patch budding on pecan was my first attempt at grafting. I only had one that worked out of at least 5 or 6. Then I found the 4 flap banana graft and have had at least 80% with that on pecans. I even made my own patch budding knife with removable homemade blades.

I am sure the quality of the Tina knife made it much easier to do. Glad your experiment worked.

Bark grafts and four flap work really good on persimmon.

Dear dauben,
I can remember seeing some pictures of Citrus trees, topworked with the spanish "La Plata" methode, which is patch budding.

As you see, patch budding also works on Citrus....
I guess, I have this picture somewhere in Literature or on my photo collections...