2. BUDDING
BUDDING IS A GRAFTING TECHNIQUE IN WHICH A
SINGLE BUD FROM THE DESIRED SCION IS USED
RATHER THAN AN ENTIRE SCION CONTAINING MANY
BUDS.
BUDDING REQUIRE THE SAME PRECAUTIONS AS
GRAFTING.
3. PREPARATION OF ROOT STOCK
THE ROOTSTOCK SHOULD BE 3/16 – 7/16 INCH
CALIPER.
LEAVES AND SIDE BRANCHES MUST BE REMOVED.
REMOVE ANY SOIL FROM THE ROOTSTOCK.
THE ROOTSTOCK SHOULD BE CLEAN.
DORMANT ROOTSTOCK CAN BE USED.
4. PREPARATION OF THE BUD
WOOD
COLLECT THE BUDWOOD OR SCION IN THE DAYS
WHILE THE TEMPARATURE IS COOL.
MATURE BUDS ARE MOST DESIREABLE.
DISCARD TERMINAL AND YOUNGER BUDS.
REMOVE THE LEAVES BUT KEEP THE PETOILES.
BUDSTICK SHOULD BE PREPARED IN A COOL SHADED
AREA.
5. T OR SHIELD BUDDING
T- BUDDING IS A SPECIAL GRAFTING
TECHNIQUE IN WHICH THE SCION
PIECE IS REDUCED TO SINGL.E BUD.
THE VASCULAR CAMBIUM SHOULD BE
ACTIVELY GROWING.
THE CUT SHOULD BEGIN ABOUT ½ TO
¾ INCH BELOW THE BUD.
BUDDING KNIVES SOULD BE KEPT
VERY SHARP.
IF THE BARK DOES NOT SLIP EASILY,
THIS INDICATES THAT THE BARK IS
NOT IN ACTIVE GROWTH.
6. CHIP BUDDING
CHIP BUDDING SEASON IS LONGER
THAN T-BUDDING SEASON.
THE FIRST CUT ON BOTH STOCK AND
SCION IS MADE AT A 45 – 60 DEGREE
DOWNWARD ANGLE TO A DEPTH OF 1/8
INCH.
CUT ON BOTH THE SCION AND THE
ROOTSTOCK SHOULD BE EXACTLY THE
SAME.
WRAPPING IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT
IN CHIP BUDDING.
7. INVERTED T-BUDDING
IT IS SIMILAR TO T-BUDDING IN THAT
BOTH METHODS OF BUDDING FOLLOWS
THE SAME INCISIONS ON THE
ROOTSTOCK AND BUTSTICK EXCEPT
THAT IN INVERTED T THE HORIZON
CUT IS MADE AT THE BOTTOM OF THE
VERTICAL CUT. THIS IS DON‟T TO
PREVENT THE POSSIBLE ENTRY OF
WATER FROM THE TOP OF THE T CUT
WHICH MAY CAUSE ROTTING OF THE
SHIELD PIECE.
8. I - BUDDING
IT IS A METHOD OF BUDDING IN
WHICH INCISIONS IN THE SHAPE OF
AN „I‟ IS MADE IN THE BARK OF THE
ROOTSTOCK ENDS. A RECTANGULAR
BUD IS THEN INSERTED.
9. FLUTE BUDDING
THE BARK IS REMOVED FROM THE STEM
OF THE ROOT STOCK ALMOST
COMPLETELY ENCIRCLES IT EXCEPT THAT
THERE REMAIN A NARROW STRIP OF BARK
(~1/8 THE ROOTSTOCK CIRCUMFERENCE)
THAT CONNECTS THE UPPER AND THE
LOWER PARTS OF THE ROOTSTOCKS.
10. PATCH BUDDING
IT IS THE SIMPLIEST TO PERFORM
AMONG THE VARIOUS METHODS
OF BUDDING DUE TO EASE IS IN
REMOVING OR PREPARING
RECTANGULAR PATCHES OF BARK.
THE COMPLETE REMOVAL OF A
RECTANGULAR SHAPE PATCH OF
BARK.
THE PATCH OF BUD IS CUT FROM
BOTH THE ROOTSTOCK AND THE
BUDSTICK BY TWO PARALLEL
HORIZONTAL CUTS.