Budding Grafting Knife

What is Grafting

The principle of grafting is to join the grafting stock to the rootstock of another and make them a single living unit. This new plant will have the fruiting and flowering ability of the grafting stock with the strength and growing qualities of the root stock.

Where and when to start

Grafting is carried out in spring season. Choose your grafting stock the stems you want to graft with new roots only from the shoots that have grown in the previous year.

How to Graft

Use the pruning knife to cut back unwanted growth in a vine by holding a leaf away from you, putting tension on the stem and cutting with a sharp slicing motion away from your body. Keep the plant health/ by cutting stems at least 1/2 inch away from the branch from which they're growing.