Sometimes it happens that the quality of plum fruit does not justify our expectations, or the tree begins to ache and die, and it is urgent to save it. The solution is to inoculate the plums onto another tree. How to do it correctly - in our article.
The timing of grafting plums
Producing this procedure can be the entire period from spring to autumn, only each season has its own characteristics. So, spring vaccination is considered the most desirable, since the probability of successful adhesion is the highest.
Vaccination of plum in the summer is often made in the event that the spring vaccination failed. There are all chances that the cuttings still have time to settle down and grow stronger to the cold.
Autumn vaccination is undesirable, because unexpected cold can come and ruin the stalk, and without letting it take root.
Methods of grafting plums
The most popular are the methods of inoculating plums in the spring, like grafting with a graft, cuttings and a kidney.
Vraschep is usually planted when the branches of the tree on which the plum is planted have a sufficient diameter and exceed the size of the cuttings several times. At the end of the branch, a cleft is made 5 cm deep, a plum of the plum is placed in it, then all together it is tightly rolled up and covered with garden varnish.
If the tree is not yet particularly developed, a kidney can be vaccinated. To do this, make equal cuts on the tree and on the cut and join them. After tightly roll them together.
Another way of grafting is when one branch becomes an extension of another. For this, the diameters of the scion and rootstock must coincide. The place from the joint tightly winds up to complete survival.
What is better to plant the plum?
Naturally, it is best to vaccinate a representative of the same species, that is, plums for the plum. In this case, the probability of coalescence of the cuttings and the rootstock is higher.
Also, a good vaccine recommended for a cherry plum , especially since plum is the most powerful stock for any stone fruit (not including cherries and cherries).
A good stock is also served by apricots. But the inoculation of plums for cherries should be avoided because of the strong difference in trees, which leads to a low level of survival of tissues.