Late February to Mid-April. This is when the tree wakes up, sap flows, and healing is fastest! Perfect for high success rates. ✅

 September to October. The graft heals over fall and waits to sprout in spring. ❄️ Requires winter protection.

Pro Tip: Always graft on a calm, sunny day. Avoid rain and cold weather!

 Use healthy, disease-free wild or seedling yangmei trees. Look for sturdy roots and a stem diameter over 0.6cm.

 Take annual branches from a healthy, high-yielding mother tree. Choose sun-exposed, robust branches with plump buds.

Pro Tip: For spring grafting, collect scions just before you graft. If storing, keep them cool and moist in damp sand.

 the rootstock straight across.

 the stump vertically down the middle (3-4cm deep).

 the scion base into a sharp wedge shape.

 the scion into the split, aligning the cambium layers (the green layer under the bark!).

 tightly with grafting tape.

 downward, angled cut into the rootstock's side (2-3cm long).

 your scion with one long cut and one short cut.

 the scion into the rootstock's cut, ensuring the cambium layers match.

 it tightly with tape.

 CRUCIAL! The rootstock will try to sprout its own shoots. Pluck them off immediately so energy goes to your new scion!

 After 2-3 weeks, the bud should swell. Once the new shoot grows 4-6 inches, loosely tie it to a support stick to prevent wind breakage.

 Water if the soil is dry. Apply light fertilizer after the shoot starts growing.

 Watch out for aphids on tender new growth!

Success Tip: The magic is in the alignment! Matching the cambium layers between scion and rootstock is what makes them fuse into one tree.