When is the best time for grafting apple trees? What are the methods and techniques?

The fruit of apple tree is rich in minerals and vitamins, which is one of the most commonly eaten fruits. Its propagation technology generally uses seeds to raise seedlings, and the selected "scion" is grafted on the seedlings, so when is it better for apple trees to be grafted? What are the methods and techniques?

Grafting time of apple trees

When apple trees are grafted, time is very important, mostly between June and August or between March and April in spring, and the grafting of apple trees can be divided into tooth grafting and branch grafting, and the scion of bud grafting is mostly a tooth bud. This kind of grafting needs to be carried out between June and August, because only at this time can the scion grow well and the success rate of grafting will be relatively higher.

Grafting methods and techniques of Apple trees

Grafting method: twist the scion branches into empty tubes with only skin, cut them as required, and then graft them on the branches of the grafted seedlings.

Affixing method: remove the crown of the grafted seedlings, cut the epidermis into T-shaped openings with a knife, then straighten the scions of the empty tube according to the shape and size of the T-shaped openings, insert them into the openings of the grafted trees and wrap them up.

When grafting apple trees, the selection of scions is also very important. We should choose those fruit trees that are strong, productive and of good quality and free from diseases and insect pests, and choose new branches with full buds from the periphery of their crowns as scions, and after selecting good scions, they need to be cut out, inserted into buckets or pots and cultivated for about two days, which will increase the survival rate of grafting.

Grafting inspection and management

About 10 days after budding, you can check whether to accept work or not. The surviving buds are fresh in color, and the petiole falls off at the touch of the petiole. the binding should be untied, and the buds that do not receive life will turn brown, the skin will shrink, and the petiole will wither and wither, so it should be reattached immediately.

The Story of the Apple Tree

Legend has it that in the autumn of 1665, Newton sat under the apple tree in his yard and pondered the reason why the planets were moving around the sun. At this time, an apple happened to fall, and it landed at Newton's feet. It was a moment of discovery, and the fall of the apple was different from that of countless times in the past, because it attracted Newton's attention. Newton found the reason for the fall of the apple from the natural phenomenon that the apple fell to the ground-the action of gravity, an invisible force from the earth that pulled the apple down, just as the earth pulled the moon and made it move around the earth.

The story is said to have spread after Mrs. Barton, Newton's niece, told the French philosopher and writer Voltaire. Voltaire wrote it in the principles of Newtonian philosophy. The apple tree in Newton's hometown was later transplanted to Cambridge University. After Newton's death, he was regarded as a hero who discovered the laws of the universe and then was given a legendary color, and the story of Newton and Apple was widely spread.