Summer residents and gardeners often want to propagate an existing fruit tree that has proven itself well, but do not have the skills to perform grafting. In fact, you can get new seedlings from the mother apple, pear, peach or any other tree using a simpler method. The proposed method always works 100%, and it is very simple, so anyone can repeat it. You can form a seedling in this way in spring and even summer.
What you will need:
- Sharp knife;
- disposable plastic cup;
- insulating tape.
The process of seedling formation
On the mother tree, you need to select last year's branch, which does not yet have hard bark. On it, using a clean, sharp knife, the bark is removed along with the green cambium to white wood. You need to remove the ring to the width of 2 fingers.
Next, you need to cut the plastic cup lengthwise on one side. A hole is cut in its bottom with the same diameter as the cross-section of the selected branch below the ring of removed bark.
The cut on the wall must be continued to this hole. Then the prepared cup is placed on the side of the branch so that the bare part without bark is inside.
Now you need to secure the cup with electrical tape or tape, and then usually fill it with soil taken from under the trunk of the same tree. It is compacted and filled with water.
In subsequent weeks, the soil in the cup should be watered as it dries. In general, the same care is required as for a houseplant in a pot. Within 1-2 months, which depends on the type of tree, the branch will grow full-fledged roots, which are clearly visible through a transparent glass.
When the roots appear, the branch under the glass is cut off, it is removed, and the seedling can be planted separately.
Its survival rate is excellent, since the roots are not injured, as is usually the case with seedlings when dug up.
