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Grafting

Grafting. http://www.mountmajura.com.au/images/graft.jpg. http://www.rth.org/occss/1998show/gymno%20graft%202_Thumb.jpg. Joining One Plant to Another “Permanently” Creating a Chimera. Grafting Process:. Select graft-compatible species (close relatives)

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Grafting

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  1. Grafting http://www.mountmajura.com.au/images/graft.jpg http://www.rth.org/occss/1998show/gymno%20graft%202_Thumb.jpg Joining One Plant to Another “Permanently” Creating a Chimera

  2. Grafting Process: • Select graft-compatible species (close relatives) • Match stem diameter of rooted cutting and small branch • Mirror image cuts on both cut ends • Align the vascular cambia of both • Tape the joint with grafting tape • Seal with grafting wax Scion Union Stock

  3. Three Good Reasons To Graft Reason Scion Stock Dwarfing Apple/pear tree Quince shrub Cold Hardiness Hybrid tea rose Hardy wild rose American fox grape Disease Resistance French wine grape

  4. Two Poor Reasons To Graft Reason Scion Stock Vigorous wild apple Pollination, Space Multiple cultivars Hops: Humulus lupulus Marijuana: Cannabis sativa Avoid Cops Multiple Varieties Tomato Potato Competition: is the playing field level? 9-THC is a product of leaf glands…not roots!

  5. Installation and Maintenance of Grafted Plants • Do not bury the graft union! • Callus grows roots • Dwarf becomes tall • Hardy becomes winterkill • Resistant becomes susceptible • Prune root sprouts mercilessly! • Shoots on self-roots are fierce competitors • Vigorous root sprouts shade scion • Never prune off the ugly union and scion! • You are left with just a cheap stock plant

  6. union A properly installed and maintained grafted tree scion stock http://plantdiagnostics.umd.edu/_media/client/diagnostics/gallery/normal_bulging_graft_l.JPG

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