About Lesson
Cleft grafting
- It is one of the oldest techniques of top working trees
- Mango, hazelnut, pecanut, grape etc are propagated through cleft grafting
- Rootstock of one year old and pencil thickness is selected • It is cut back in terminal region
- Vertical slits of 2.5 -3 cm length is prepared on rootstock
- Scion shoot matching to thickness of rootstock is selected
- On lower portion of scion matching incision is given
- The scion is inserted in incision made on rootstock
- It is wrapped using polythene tape
- The sprouting starts after 3-4 weeks
- After that the wrapping is removed