Today I wanted to talk about grafting trees.
Before we talk about tree grafting methods and tips, we need to talk about what tree grafting is.
Tree Grafting: The tree grafting is the conversion of a tree species into a different tree using a piece from the other tree. For example, the process of transforming a quince tree into a pear tree by using a branch of a pear tree for grafting.
There are many tree grafting methods available. Which of these methods will be preferred may vary according to the grafted tree and the season, as well as the preference and experience of the person.
Tree grafting is the most common method used for grafting trees, especially for fruit trees. However, there are various grafting techniques. Each type of grafting is used to accomplish various needs for grafting trees and plants. For instance, root and stem grafting are techniques preferred for small plants. Veneer grafting is often used for evergreens. Bark grafting is used for larger diameter rootstocks and often requires staking. Crown grafting is a type of grafting used to establish a variety of fruit on a single tree. Whip grafting uses a wood branch or scion. Bud grafting uses a very small bud from the branch. Cleft, saddle, splice and inarching tree grafting are some other types of grafting.
SOURCESince you can easily find tree grafting techniques and tips on the Internet, I will be content with briefly giving preliminary information about some of the most frequently encountered terms.
Rootstock tree: A rootstock is part of a plant, often an underground part, from which new above-ground growth can be produced. The meaning of this technical explanation is that, the rootstock tree is the tree we have and we want to transform into a different tree.
Scion: A scion is a piece of vegetative material taken from a tree that produces the fruit variety you want to graft. If we need to explain this technical explanation a little bit, the rootstock tree that we want transform to, and Scion is a part of the tree species we want to transform.
For example, we can name the root of the quince tree we want to transform as the rootstock tree, and the branch of the pear tree that we will use to transform it as a scion.
Although this issue may seem like an insignificant one, it is actually a method that is more important and used more than one might think. With this method, you can easily transform a tree that has lost its attractiveness or that is more abundant in the environment into a more valuable tree. A fruit tree begins to bear fruit in an average of 3 years and fruitfully in 4-5 years. However, with this technique, your tree will start to produce the fruit you want within two years. Since the roots of a tree developed with this method will be much stronger than a tree grown from the core, it will complete its development much faster.
Transformable PlantsPlums: Peach, apricot, almond, cherry
Apple: Pear,
Apricot (wild): Apricot, peach, plum.
Cherry: Cherry.
wild pear: Pear, medlar, quince.
Apricot: Plum, Peach, Almond, Cherry, wild apricot.
Peach: Apricot, plum, almond.
Quince: Maltese plum, medlar, pear , apple
Cherry: Cherry
Mulberry: vine, fig
Oak: Chestnut
Turpentine tree: Pistachio
To the Hawthorn Tree: Medlar
To the Pear Tree: Pear, medlar, quince.
To the red pine tree: Pistachio pine
Tangerine: lime
To the Citrus (Citrus aurantium) tree: All citrus fruits (a subfamily including citrus, orange, lime, tangerine, grapefruit and the like, citrus, kumquat), citron.
Rose : rosehip, eggplant, cherry laurel, Cherry, Apricot, Flame Tree, Apple, Quince, Plum, Peach, Medlar, Strawberry, Pear, blackberry, raspberry.
Pumpkin: Watermelon
Potatoes: Tomatoes
Seeds: Sea buckthorn, (Elaeagnus, Hippophae, Shepherdia) species
Tomatoes : Nightshade, golden berry (ground currant), eggplant, pepper, Mandrake, Hennagrass, Tatula, Tobacco, Fine Gourd Grass
Solanum capsicoides (Cockroach Berry) (eggplant tree) :Eggplant
Cucumber: Melon (Cucumis melon), Cucumber (Cucumis sativus), Loofah (Luffa cylindrica), Gourd (Lagenaria siceraria), Donkey cucumber (Ecballium elaterium),Ebucehil watermelon (Citrullus colocynhis), Watermelon (Citrullus lanatus), ("Sechium edule")
In addition, the plants for which the equivalents are written can be grafted among themselves. Example: Rose grafting on apricot.
Among the plants that can be transformed, the most interesting is the kind we call the rose. The range of transformation of the rose is very wide, while other trees and ground plants transform into similar species. On the one hand, it can turn into trees known as tall trees such as "cherry tree, quince and apple", and on the other hand, it can turn into ground plants such as "eggplant and strawberry".
On the one hand, it can turn into trees known as tall trees such as "cherry tree, quince and apple", and on the other hand, it can turn into ground plants such as "eggplant and strawberry". The rose is like a "TransformerS" of the plants.
Unlike most known dwarf species of it, rose is a woody tree. It is known that rosewood can reach up to 30 meters. This explains why it can easily transform into apple, pear and quince trees. Well, has anyone thought of grafting an eggplant on a branch of a rose 30 meters high? It must have happened.
This is not the result of a vaccine. A kind of eggplant. Some types of eggplant can be perennial, like here. This is the kind we know as "Chinese eggplant."
As a result, it is possible to transform many plants into each other with grafting methods.