Past Events

Chapter Meeting - All Things Grafting (Even Subtropicals!)

Longtime member Richard Reid held forth on all things grafting. He explained terminology such as “cambium” (the cells between the bark and the vascular part of the plant where you are trying to touch the two halves of the graft for it to take) and “slipping” (when the bark easily slides off the branch, meaning the tree is in an active growth stage).

The goal of grafting is to line up the cambium of the root stock to the cambium of the scion, then hold them there until they basically grow together. The ideal time to do this is when the rootstock is growing and the scion is dormant, though that’s not a firm requirement. Richard provided us with several techniques from basic to advanced, and showed us how to accomplish each. He's hoping to join us at our upcoming grafting workshop on March 14.