How to graft cloves

I. Bud grafting

This method is usually done in July and August, and there are many options for rootstocks, including privet, water wax, tassel and cloves.

1. Generally speaking, the privet requires that its bud be cut off, and the process will be a little troublesome, because it is often long, but if it is not cut, it will not be a lilac but a privet.

2. We need to use the stronger leaf buds that grow in the same year for our scions. In the process of grafting, we need to cut off the leaves on the top of the scion, leaving only the petiole, and then we have to cross-cut about one centimeter above the bud, and then cut down about three centimeters from the middle of the notch, so that it appears in the shape of "T".

3. Then we peel off its skin and insert the cuttings into it. The two need to be closely combined, and then we use plastic film to tie it up.

4. Usually the petiole on the scion will fall in two to three weeks. If it falls, the bud will survive. At this time, we can cut off the plastic strip.

Second, branch grafting

1. This time is generally determined in early spring, and the length of the scion needs to be between eight centimeters and ten centimeters, leaving it with two pairs of bud nodes, and then the lower part of the scion is cut into a bevel.

2. Generally speaking, the true face of this selection needs to be a clove seedling that has been growing for a year or two. Generally, it should be cut off five to ten centimeters from the ground, and then cut a crack vertically from the section. After that, all you have to do is insert the scion.

3. The two also need to match closely, and then all you have to do is tie it up with a plastic bag.

4. In order not to lose too much water on the edge of the knife, we need to bury it with very wet soil, and after the buds on the scion grow out, we need to remove the covered soil.

5. We can pick sticks in autumn and winter, bury it in the ground, and branch it in the following spring. Generally speaking, the scion can grow to about 50 to 80 centimeters in that year, and we need to cut the branches short in the second year, so that its lateral branches will grow better.

Lean on the connection

This is to cut its scion and rootstock directly, and then tie it together. When the new callus grows from the blade, the top branch is cut off from the top of the interface, as well as one centimeter below the scion.