If you yourself want to be able to carry out multiple formations and variants in your fruit trees, in your plants, bushes, etc. You just have to start making grafts, try, be patient and follow all the steps strictly without skipping them and taking care of the smallest details that do make a difference.
There are many types of grafts, but it will also depend on the type of plant you are going to germinate. Some can be through seeds, other buds, etc.
The grafts can be diverse, there are those that are made by approximation, spike, split, bud, simple split, double split, subcortical lateral stake, branch stump, tongue, bridge, etc. Don’t worry… everything will surely sound a bit Chinese to you, but more than one of these grafts you will almost certainly have seen or put into practice.
We will explain it to you in the way that tries to be clear and fast (which will not be easy if you cannot see photographs of each step to take) but look at it online to get the right idea.
Instructions
- Approach grafts. Said in a very clear way so that there are no doubts, they are the grafts where two branches are joined and it is always done with the two whole plants.
- In order for it to set and to develop, they must be united and very close (glued) and united.
- In one of the trunks, a notch is made in the branch with a knife or razor and it must be exactly the same in the other branch (which will be where both will be joined) the parts must be identical, so be careful with the dimensions of the cuts.
- Then you always have to wrap it, cover it and cover it very well so that it does not spoil, fall or break.
- You have to take into account where you do not want branches to grow or become a trunk.
- Quick examples and the most common of this type of graft: pine, fruit trees.
- Scion grafting is a method of grafting a piece onto the rootstock with several buds. Obviously, the graft must be cut in the shape of a spear/skewer to embed it in the soil.
- The cleft graft(we will only talk about the simple one) because there is also known as saddle, bridge, English cleft and this one, the simple one.
- To do this method, the stem must be cut from one end and both ends must have the measurements so that when they are in contact, they can fit perfectly.
- Whichever is the rootstock, a small V-shaped slit must be cut and the spike (it is the graft) must have at least one pair of buds and a maximum of three.
- Do not forget that when joining them you always have to tie them with string, a cloth; adhesive tape, etc. (Always try to finish with wax to protect it).
- To the stem that will be the pattern, a slit is made in the upper part; always remember the cut, which is never straight but diagonal. Take what is the graft that always (don’t forget) must have several buds and cut it from the bottom so that they fit without problems. If they don’t fit well together, things won’t turn out well. You have to be meticulous with this.
- Put the pick in the pattern and tie it well. Protect it later with wax if it could be, although a trick that gardeners use and we tell you about here, is to use vegetable resin.
- Bud grafts: there are several grafts as it happened with cleft grafts. There are micro graft, ring, patch and grafts that are T-shaped. We will focus again on only one specific type and the most used and known will be the T-shaped.
- With a new branch, a cut is made at the bottom and in the shape of a T to, as always, end up protecting it as the last step. If you wait between two weeks and almost thirty days, you remove everything from the graft that you had put to grab it because you have to take into account that when it is “tied or strangled” the plant gets fatter. You have to detach it.
What do you need:
- A knife, to make cuts on the stems.
- Scissors.
- Alcohol to disinfect both the scissors and the knife or razor. Always before and after using it.
- A rag, cotton…
- Tape, rope, string… to tie the cuttings, stems.
- A plastic bag (to protect it).
- Land.
Tips
If you want to reproduce a fruit tree, the most convenient thing is grafting using buds with splinters.
The grafts are not always carried out at the same time of year; in fact, it will depend a lot on the type of plant and the type of grafting method. With conifers, for example, they are always done in winter.
Make it clear again, what a graft is. As we have already tried to explain, it is nothing more than placing/putting/inserting a piece of a plant that is alive inside another plant. Both parts come together and then live together.
The pattern (which we have mentioned quite a bit in this article) is, so to speak, the main floor, the base. The plant that will receive the graft.
The one that is the vegetative part that is coupled and united is what is called stem, cutting or graft. Both words are the same and are well said. Only, they are told in other ways.
Remember, that nothing will help which plant you go to or try to make grafts if you do not do them properly. You must bear in mind that to make a good graft or one that works and prospers, you have to place the stems in contact and be both compatible (very important). They must be able to have the vital substances so that they do not die.
To try and not gamble or be disappointed, when you start grafting and reproducing, start with a few branches. Don’t do it all at once or all over the tree. This way you will be able to check, see what has worked and what has not, if it has flowered and grown as it should, the type of stems you have used, etc.
As we always say, here at doncomos.com we try to help, but we are not experts, therefore, when in doubt or with any problem, go to a garden center or ask a gardener so that he or she can help you and resolve all your doubts. , tell you what to do and what not to do and, above all, find out the type of plant, tree or bush that you want to replant, reproduce, etc. And what season of the year should you do it? Why not. If you were thinking that it is always done in spring or summer because the heat greatly favors the plant to flower, in part, it is true. But it is not suitable for all plants. Each one has its specific season of the year (conifers, for example, are made in winter), therefore, if you want it not to end up failing, find out the correct season to do it.
The ones that usually have the best luck in the reproductions by stems are generally, the fruit trees. If they are done properly and always (we repeat) from the same type of tree, that is, a fruit tree, it should prosper and end up flourishing. If the plant is still green and blooming even though it does not bear fruit, it does not mean that it has not gone well. It just takes a while for it to finish pouring out the fruit. It is possible that up to a year without obtaining the fruit, but the next, the fruit will be large and abundant. You have to give them time, because not all fruit trees or trees grow in the same way.
