How does fruit tree grafting work and is it something I can diy at home with, say….apple trees?
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Fruit tree grafting is a technique of joining two different varieties of fruit trees together to create a new tree that has the desired characteristics of both. For example, you can graft a branch of a sweet apple variety onto a rootstock of a dwarf apple variety to get a small tree that produces sweet apples.
Grafting can be done at home with some basic tools and skills, but it requires some practice and patience.
You need scion wood from the desired variety and rootstock from a compatible variety. You cut both parts at an angle and join them together so that their cambium layers match. You secure and label the graft and wait for it to heal and grow.
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