Yesterday I learned a new lesson about plants: Grafting - it's a method of asexual propagation for hardy plants. What I need is a base plant and a stalk of interest plant. Errr.... I won't pretend that I know much about the preparation, I was only taught to do the method. I did some surgeries on some poor plants :) Hopefully they'll be alive. I'll report in 3 weeks.
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| Grafting Step by Step |
Here is the theories, how to do it:
1. Choose a healthy base plant. Base-plant is grown from seeds so it'll have strong root system. The age differ from plants to plants, but the rule of thumb is that it already produce young "woody" stalk. Too young, it'll die. Too old, it won't be able to fuse.
2. Use a very sharp knife to slice up base-plant. It need to be precise on the middle.
3. How far should you cut? 2-3cm should be sufficient enough
4. Choose interest-plant: meaning it has desirable characteristic that you want to reproduce. You can take a stalk from adult tree that you wanted to clone. The stalk should be in "not-growing" state. This can be marked by no shoots on its tips. Remove all leaves on this stalk. Slice up the bottom part of the stalk to V-shape.
5. Insert interest-plant into the slit of base
6 & 7 They should be joined in perfect straight position. When the size of interest and base is not the same. Ensure that they meet at least on 1 side. Dun worry about the "empty" side. The idea is to fuse the cambium part of both, so we need to make both cambium to meet.
8, 9, 10. Wrap up the joining area with a plastic tape. wrap up tightly, do not leave any gaps between them.
11. Cover up the new plant with a plastic bag. Lightly tie the base of the bag, leave a small gap; you want to reduce the evaporation rate.
12. After 2-3 weeks or after you see new leaves have sprout, remove the plastic cover. And tadaaaaaa, they are all fuse nicely now. It is now just as good as its interest-plant :)
2. Use a very sharp knife to slice up base-plant. It need to be precise on the middle.
3. How far should you cut? 2-3cm should be sufficient enough
4. Choose interest-plant: meaning it has desirable characteristic that you want to reproduce. You can take a stalk from adult tree that you wanted to clone. The stalk should be in "not-growing" state. This can be marked by no shoots on its tips. Remove all leaves on this stalk. Slice up the bottom part of the stalk to V-shape.
5. Insert interest-plant into the slit of base
6 & 7 They should be joined in perfect straight position. When the size of interest and base is not the same. Ensure that they meet at least on 1 side. Dun worry about the "empty" side. The idea is to fuse the cambium part of both, so we need to make both cambium to meet.
8, 9, 10. Wrap up the joining area with a plastic tape. wrap up tightly, do not leave any gaps between them.
11. Cover up the new plant with a plastic bag. Lightly tie the base of the bag, leave a small gap; you want to reduce the evaporation rate.
12. After 2-3 weeks or after you see new leaves have sprout, remove the plastic cover. And tadaaaaaa, they are all fuse nicely now. It is now just as good as its interest-plant :)
1 comment:
I would be doing grafting soon, that depends on how does my avocado fruit would taste like. They mentioned,the fruit does not taste the same thru seed planting. Have to do grafting if similar taste is required. It is a very long wait for my avocado to bear fruit. It is like wating for durian. :p
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