>> Chip Budding
Application: An important method for propagating temperate fruit and ornamental shade tree species including apple and cherry, and many other species. In apple nursery stock production field, chip budding is gaining popularity over T- budding for several reasons:
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Timing:Field Chip budding of apple is usually performed during the late summer or early fall, although at Cummins Nursery they chip bud onto bare root understock, at the beach, in February, then cold store at SOC, and line out in the spring. |
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How to Chip Bud: |
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The bud should
be cut from the bud stick starting at the top and passing downward to
a point about 0.5 to 1.0 cm below the bud, passing through the bark and
into the underlying wood. A second cut is made below the bud at a slight
downward angle to intersect the first cut.
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This drawing
illustrates how the bud should be cut from the top down, but it was originally
used in the Cyclopedia of Horticulture by LH Bailey, 1928, to illustrate
how not to cut a T-bud, which should be cut from the bottom up.
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Cutting the
rootstock
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Placing the
bud
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Aligning the
cambia of scion bud and stock
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Chip bud wrapped
with plastic wrap. More typically it is wrapped with a budding rubber.
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Additional Information:
Source:
Grafting Home Page by Karen Scott and Ken Mudge, |
Source:
Hort 494 Chipbud Lab Exercise |