Most apple and other fruit trees are made up of two components, or two separate trees. The roots come from a root stock tree which is chosen for its disease resistance, flowering time and other factors. The trunk and branches start off as a clipping of a thin, young branch from a fruiting tree with the type of fruit you'd like to grow. That small branch is called "fruitwood". #orchardpeople #fruittreegrafting #grafting
In this video, Ken Roth from Silver Creek Nurseries in Ontario demonstrates how to use chip budding to graft a new tree. He should know! He creates thousands of new trees each year in this way.
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15 ноя 2019