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Growing Citrus from Cuttings – Rooting and Grafting Citrus in One Step

September 30, 2016 By Dan Willey Leave a Comment

This guide to growing citrus from cuttings shows how to root and graft a citrus tree in one step.

Grafting and rooting citrus cuttings in one step.
Grafting and rooting citrus cuttings in one step.

Success in rooting citrus trees from cuttings requires the proper temperature, humidity, light levels, and rooting hormone. This guide shows how to grow citrus from cuttings with a good success rate at home without a greenhouse and without accidentally bringing a deadly citrus disease into your yard.

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Grafting Fruit Trees Step-by-Step

September 17, 2016 By Dan Willey Leave a Comment

This step-by-step guide to grafting fruit trees shows how to graft a tree using a very useful technique called the Z-graft.

This step-by-step guide shows how to graft fruit trees such as citrus trees with the Z-graft.
This step-by-step guide shows how to graft fruit trees such as citrus trees with the Z-graft.

Z-grafting is a scion grafting technique that is very helpful for grafting trees in situations where the scion and rootstock have different diameters. I have found the Z-graft especially useful for grafting citrus trees when the scion diameter is greater than that of the rootstock. It is useful both for grafting new trees and also to add new varieties to established trees.

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