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Good grafting knives Post by Driller64 » Fri Jul 25, pm Hello, I am new to this forum and need some help on grafting. A month or so ago I attempted to graft for the first time, Trichocereus pachanoi seedlings on Opuntia stock.

I was using a budding knife for fruit trees. I thought it would be sharp enough, but apparently it wasn't, because after having a difficult time getting through the stock, when I went to cut the seedlings, it crushed them instead.

So I quit the grafting attempt because I knew it would be no use trying to graft crushed seedlings. The seedlings were about two months old, so they should have been ready, right? So I think it is the knife that is the issue. What knives are normally used for grafting cacti?

Category: events and attractions outdoor activities. Grafting knives differ from other knives. They have thin, sharp razor-like blades that are beveled on only one side.

This allows the knife to cut through tough, woody material easily with a flat cut that provides the highest level of contact in the finished graft. What do you mean by grafting?

What is inverted T budding? What is grafting tape used for? What plant uses budding? What is a long knife? What must connect for a grafting on a plant to be successful? Does grafting change DNA? What are the benefits of grafting? Advantages of the grafting. How do you graft a plant? Can you graft two different plants? How many types of grafting are there? Can we graft two different plants? What Trees Can you graft together?

What are the advantages and disadvantages of grafting? Dis- Advantages of Grafting :. Why do you graft plants? Similar Asks. Popular Asks. They are easy to write on with a ball point pen. The ball point pen leaves an impression that makes the tag readable for many years unlike some tags where the ink washes off. Both sides of the tag can be written on, so the tag can be reused in case a graft fails.

The tags come with the wires as shown in the photo. For very large branches, the plant training wire shown below can be used instead of the wire that comes with the labels. I use this wire to tie a citrus tree to a stake: Plant Training Wire. After newly grafted trees start to grow, I attach them to stakes with this plastic coated wire. The spool includes a handy wire cutter. This wire is also useful for attaching plant labels to large diameter branches.

I use this to disinfect my grafting tools and pruning tools: Clorox Clean-Up. Clorox Clean-Up has chlorine bleach at a concentration above 1. This will kill any pathogens that would harm a citrus tree. Skip to content. Grafting knife with bark lifter The bark lifter tool on this knife works very well. It gives a nice clean cut and I like it that the blade folds into the handle.

Pruning saw for Grafting. Heavy-duty hand pruners. Safety Glove Safety Glove Here is a link to the glove: Safety Glove Some grafters use protective gloves like these to protect hands from cuts while grafting. Half inch parafilm I used it in my videos on bark grafting citrus, chip budding citrus, and cleft grafting citrus. Laboratory Parafilm This parafilm is commonly used in chemistry labs: Laboratory Parafilm. Laboratory parafilm It also works very well for grafting.

One-inch Parafilm This parafilm is useful when bark grafting to a large diameter branch: One Inch Parafilm.