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GRAFTING TECHNIQUES I like this technique and use it mostly. The local citrus nursery now uses it on thin skewer thickness plants with single node "chips". As before for a rooted cutting in a tube, it is necessary to pull upwards with the left hand while applying downward pressure with the cutting blade at the right angle. Otherwise the pressure will break the roots off. This time two cuts are made, the bottom cut more like 45 degrees. The scion needs a long cut on one side and a short 45 degree one on the other to roughly match the slot.
Here is a picture sequence which may help give the idea. |
Bottom cut | Long cut as before | Scion long cut side | Short cut under flap |
Locked in | 3-node sample scion | 1-node will do |