Online grafting course

When I'm not gardening, I work in the Department of Horticulture at Cornell University. One of our professors, Ken Mudge, teaches an online grafting course that's also very hands-on. He sends plant material (hibiscus) and supplies that you actually use for the 'lab' part of the course. He also teaches the principles so that you can apply what you learn to other species and situations.

The picture is an 'arborisculpture' made by one of Dr. Mudge's students.

If you want more information on the course, please see our website at: http://www.hort.cornell.edu/grafting/

I took the bait and clicked on the link, onlyh to find out this course costs $300 !!!
While I'd love to learn grafting whos can afford to shell out $300 for an online course???

Joe,

try this link http://www.ces.ncsu.edu/depts/hort/hil/ag396.html

Thanks, MaVie.
I have books that include grafting, but I hate to read. I prefer demonstration. Live or video. I ran across a thread in another forum where this expert described how he grafted brugs by shaving about a third off each cutting, joining them together, binding them and they would grow into each other. Well, I made a graft like this 3 days ago. Today I checked it and both cuttings look happy joined together. They look like Siamese twins joined at their chest. If they actually BIND onto each other and grow with 1 trunk that I will declare success. It's nighttime now, but tomorrow I'll go out and take a photo. I'm going to try it again.

Joe

Joe, if u click on that url again, then click on grafting ... i does show figures of how things are done. here it is http://www.ces.ncsu.edu/depts/hort/hil/grafting.html

here is another one but it is air layering, not grafting ... http://www.mosserlee.com/howto/airlayer.html