Inoculation of fruit-trees – business thin. But this science is quite available even to the beginning gardener. To know the main thing – that on what to impart and as it is correct to do it. For inoculation it is necessary to have scion – shank, stock – tree on which the inoculation will become.
For example, if you want to impart peach. Someone can have question and why in general impart peach? This culture has good drought resistance, but winter hardiness at peach low. And if to impart peach shank on other, more winter-hardy culture, it is possible to receive the fructifying tree capable to sustain even midland cold weather. The best stock for peach is the apricot. On the second place – the young tree of peach which is grown up from stone. Plum ranks third.
Stock and scion
The shank which is cut off from peach tree of necessary grade, having all qualities of maternal takes root. The apricot tree will act as stock. The shank needs to be prepared for inoculation. The inoculation will occur in the spring, but shanks (it is better if them is a little) are prepared in the fall. At the very end of fall before frosts the shank, long on less than 12 cm is cut off from the fructifying peach of the necessary grade. It is cut off obliquely, wrapped in material and stored in the cold basement.
If there is no basement, it is possible to build the special shelter in the open air. Shanks slightly get the earth, take cover the warming material, are filled up with sawdust and snow. So they are stored till spring. If shanks remain in the basement where during spring thaw it can be too warm, they should be got from the basement and to place in the fridge. It is important that in shank the sokodvizheniye has not begun ahead of time and it has not started in storage or heeling in growth.
Inoculation
One day before the planned inoculation which needs to be done at the end of March the shanks get from storage and examine. Then choose stock – apricot tree at the age of two-three years. In the morning of the next day special sharp knife or garden secateurs on shank the diagonal cut becomes. The same cut is done also on apricot, and the branch on stock needs to be chosen identical thickness with scion. Cuts are combined and densely rolled up by insulating tape. The insulating tape can be removed when the shank goes to growth and its length will be 20 cm. This way the simplest – is called kopulirovka. A little more difficult, but the way of okulirovka is more effective. In this case on shank do diagonal cut, and on stock – bark section in the form of letter T. The shank cut is inserted under bark and primatyvat insulating tape. The film can be shot in month. The imparted branch if it has strongly grown, needs to be cut off above the place of inoculation, having left on it only a few kidneys.