Make 1 cut on a rose, and one plant blooms with 5 colors, growing wildly into a waterfall of flowers
Camellia clip grafting, quickly grow a mature stump
There are several grafting methods for camellias. Huahua will introduce the clip grafting method to everyone. Compared with other grafting methods, clip grafting has a super high survival rate and is very easy to do, letting you quickly grow camellias into mature stumps. Come and see how it's done!
1. Prepare the rootstock
Grafting is divided into scion and rootstock. The one being grafted onto is the rootstock. What Huahua introduces here is using Camellia 'Liexiang' (highly fragrant camellia) as the rootstock. Cut off the top branches of the Liexiang.
2. Carve a small groove in the rootstock
Carve a 3 cm long small groove in the rootstock, with the shape as shown in the picture below. The groove must be sized so the stem of the small camellia seedling can fit in. The small camellia seedling also needs half of its bark removed, just enough to match the small groove.
3. Clip the seedling into the small groove
As shown in the picture, place the seedling into the small groove.
4. Fix the seedling in the clip groove
Find some black tape and wrap a loop around the part where the seedling and the small groove are clipped together, so the seedling is fixed onto the rootstock. If you don't have black tape, you can also tie it with a plastic bag or string.
You can graft several scions onto one rootstock. If the rootstock diameter is 1-2 cm, graft 1 scion; if the rootstock diameter is 2-3 cm, graft 2 scions, and so on.
5. Make a high soil mound
The small camellia seedling used here has its roots above the soil surface of the rootstock pot after clip grafting. Therefore, you can use a bottomless plastic flower pot or nursery cup to cover the seedling roots and fill it with soil.
6. After half a year, cut off the seedling
For camellia grafting, generally after half a year the scion and rootstock will merge into one. Patient gardeners can wait 8-9 months before cutting off the seedling to separate it from the rootstock.
7. Remove the black tape
After cutting off the seedling, you can peel off the black tape, and you can see that the seedling and the rootstock have completely grown together. In this way, you get a large camellia plant!
Viewed from the side
Viewed from above
Rose bud grafting, 1 plant can bloom with 100 colors of flowers
Do you want one rose plant to bloom with 100 colors of flowers? Then hurry and learn the bud grafting method from Huahua. It is both simple and easy to survive!
1. Cut off a healthy leaf bud
Find a healthy and plump leaf bud, use a knife to cut downward from 1 cm above the leaf bud, cutting off about 3 cm, with a thickness of 3 mm.
2. Soak in water
Soak the cut-off leaf bud in clean water, or wrap it in a wet towel. This is to reduce water evaporation.
3. Make 1 cut on the rootstock
Use a knife to make 1 cut on the rootstock branch, also cutting 3 mm thick and 3 cm long. Be careful not to cut it all the way through, and leave a small piece of bark at the bottom.
4. Insert the leaf bud into the rootstock
As shown in the picture below, insert the leaf bud into the rootstock and let the leaf bud show.
5. Tie up the leaf bud
Use a plastic bag to tie the leaf bud onto the rootstock. First apply the tape from bottom to top, then apply it again from top to bottom. Do not wrap it too tightly, and the leaf bud must be left exposed. These are the steps of bud grafting, super simple, right!
6. Survives in 10-15 days
Rose bud grafting survives super fast. Generally after 10-15 days it has survived, and the leaf bud has become one with the rootstock, growing bigger and bigger! Graft roses of different colors together, and having 1 rose plant bloom with 100 colors of flowers is not exaggerated at all!
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