Laura, yay good work, don't remove the covers, cut the top corners of the bags on either side ( small holes, just the diameter of a pencil) for air getting in and wait for another two weeks for leaves to grow. If the pots feel light, give the trees little bit of water. Don't spray water on the grafts.

Thank you sunshine!!! I will do just that! I have really appreciated your guidance and inspiration. :)

No problem, Laura :) Your curiosity and determination are a big part of your success!

Bob, I am happy for Laura for learning a skill, that she can use for a lifetime and teach others :)

If she has a successful graft this soon, what do you think were she going to be a year from now,scarry! It is all your fault Sunshine.

I am so happy to have learned and tried it a few times now...I was scared of it until I finally just took the plunge thanks to you guys. Yes, Bob, but the tiny future jungle plants will be shared with my friends :). Sunshine, I am making plans for a friendship tree like yours, but am not sure witch of my trees would have the most suitable rootstock.

Your fault too Bob...always showing off those perfect grafts ;)

Looking really good Laura.

WOW thats amazing Laura!!! Really impressive!! You make it look so easy haha! The citrus industry better watch out for you!!

Laura, this variant of a cleft graft, just added a v-cut , this way you do not have a open space. It is more time consuming, kind-of tedious. Exposed cuts is called church windows in bottom picture

Bob, is the budwood cut into a point? What is it called? I’d like to look up a video.

This type of graft is done on stumps(topworking), you have to use a stronger knife and a hammer, but what i do is incorporate in conjunction with a cleft graft. In mid picture you still see a split but that disappear when you use a rubberband first.

I am probably the only one doing this.

You might want to cut of the weaker branch, it is going to be in the way when you start shaping you tree.

Very interesting Bob. It looks hard. Maybe I’ll practice with sticks outside this spring. The thing is that I already hacked off a chunck off the top of my finger...God knows how much more damage I could do with a more complicated grafting technique ;)

That is a good observation Bob. Let me wait till it grows up a bit more before messing with it. I am afraid to move it! I did cut a couple of corners off the top of the bag like Sunshine suggested. On Saturday, it will be three weeks and maybe I’ll cut a bit more off the bag...

Bob, I used that same exacto knife you have in the picture (the yellow one). It works better than the “grafting” knife I ordered from Amazon. That yellow blade is sharp!