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Budding and Grafting

Course CodeSGH23
Fee CodeSG
Duration (approx)20 hours
QualificationStatement of Attainment

Learn a wide range of budding and grafting skills through this online course.

Know what can be grafted onto what.

Lesson Structure

There are 9 lessons in this course:

  1. INTRODUCTION TO GRAFTING
    • Budding and Grafting Explained
    • Natural Grafts
    • Reasons for Budding and Grafting
    • Possible Drawbacks of Budding & Grafting
    • How A Graft Forms
    • How to Make a Grafting Cut
    • Rootstocks
    • Scions
    • Requirements for Successful Grafting
    • Graft Incompatibility
    • Seedling rootstocks
    • Clonal rootstocks
    • Correlation of scion buds and leaves on xylem and phloem formation
    • Graft incompatibility
  2. TOOLS AND EQUIPMENT
    • Important Tools
    • Knives
    • Pruning knife
    • Secateurs
    • Tying, wrapping and sealing materials
    • Other tools - saws, grafting machines
    • Care and maintenance of tools
    • Precautions when using tools
  3. METHODS OF GRAFTING & BUDDING
    • Summary of Different Grafting Methods
    • Approach grafting
    • Inarching
    • Bark and Rind graft
    • Apical grafting
    • Whip and tongue graft
    • Splice graft
    • Saddle graft
    • Wedge and cleft graft
    • Petiole wedge graft
    • Oblique wedge graft
    • Side veneer graft
    • Side tongue graft
    • Side cleft graft
    • Side stub graft
    • Scooped side graft
    • Epicotyl graft
    • Bottle grafting
    • Seed grafting
    • Whip grafting
    • Summary of budding methods
    • T-budding or shield budding
    • Double shield budding
    • Chip budding
    • Patch budding
    • Flute budding
    • Ring budding
    • Forket budding
    • I-budding
    • Tailors goose budding
    • Window budding
    • Grafting Hints (General)
    • Craftmanship of Grafting
    • Techniques for melon grafting
  4. WHAT CAN BE GRAFTED ONTO WHAT
    • Ranks of Classification
    • Families
    • Genus and species
    • Matching Scions with Rootstocks
    • Examples of Compatible Rootstocks and Scions
    • Grafting within a clone
  5. BENCH GRAFTING
    • Use of Bench Grafting
    • Bench Grafting Apples Using Whip & Tongue Method
    • Aftercare of Grafted Plants in Bench System
    • How to plant and grow bench grafts
    • Improving survivability
  6. ROOT GRAFTING
    • Use of Root Grafting
    • Root Grafting Roses
    • Nurse Root Grafting
    • Methods of nurse root grafting
    • Aftercare
    • Lilac Grafting
    • Some Species That May Be Root Grafted
    • Root cuttings and grafting
  7. SOFT TISSUE GRAFTING
    • Use of Soft Tissue Grafting
    • Green Wood Grafting
    • Steps in green wood grafting on grapes
    • Commercial Grafting of Tomatoes
    • Green wood grafting of custard apple
  8. GRAFTING WOODY ORNAMENTAL PLANTS
    • Choosing What to Graft
    • Grating various ornamentals
    • Acer, Aesculus, Betula, Camellia, Cedrus, Cercis, Cornus, Corylus, Cotoneaster, Elms, Eucalyptus, Fagus, Fraxinus, Gleditsia, Grevillea, Hamamelis, Hibiscus, Ilex, Juniperus, Liquidambar, Lireodendron, Magnolia, Malus, Picea, Pinius, Prunus, Prostanthera, Quercus, Rhododendron, Rosa, Thuja, Viburnum
    • Review what you have been learning
  9. GRAFTING FRUITING PLANTS
    • Why & When to Graft Fruit Trees
    • Grafting Techniques Used on Fruit Trees Cleft graft
    • Bark graft
    • Rind graft
    • Slit graft
    • Bracing
    • Bridging
    • Reworking
    • Top working
    • Frame working
    • Double working
    • Four flap graft (Banana graft)
    • tablishing Fruit Tree Rootstocks
    • Stock plants
    • Final Assessment