How to Properly Graft Coniferous Trees: It is Important to Choose the Right Method
Grafting makes it possible to cultivate many plant varieties that reproduce vegetatively or by seed.
Coniferous crops can also be easily grafted, but it is necessary to know several features of this process.
We suggest paying attention to choosing the correct method of tree grafting.
Let's pay attention to the set of recommendations from the expert of the online publication "Belnovosti" and scientist-agronomist Anastasia Kovrizhnykh.
What needs to be taken into account
To ensure successful grafting, you must use only healthy rootstock – choose plants at least 30 cm high that have been grown in a container or soil.
The rootstock must grow in one place for at least one year - replanting before grafting is not allowed.
When considering the relationship between trees, it is important to understand that the rootstock and scion must be of the same species.
For example, a decorative species can be grafted onto a spruce tree – prickly, weeping, blue spruce, and so on.
Experienced gardeners believe that grafting takes root best on spruce, pine, cedar and fir, since their wood is softer.
