Why and when is it better to plant fruit trees

To increase the diversity of varieties and the yield of berries and fruits growing compactly, effective methods of grafting trees have been developed on the garden plot.

Inoculation is the combination of parts of different plants in one.

The importance of the procedure for fruit, why inoculate

Grafting trees helps gardeners decide many practical tasks:

1. Reducing the period of receipt of the first crop. When growing fruit trees from the seed or seeds of the first crop, one has to wait up to 10 years. Graft trees are able to bear fruit in the second or third year after vaccination.
2. Increase the stamina and simplicity of fruit trees. Sensitive to weather and other conditions, varieties of fruit trees, grafted to their less demanding, often wild relatives, are becoming more resistant to adverse environmental factors.
3. Garden rejuvenation is another situation when it is necessary to plant trees.Adult specimens, whose yield has decreased, are pruned by planting young cuttings.
4. Combination in one copy of the properties of different varieties. The cuttings of tall varieties are grafted to the trunks of more compact trees, which simplifies the care of plants.
5. Preservation of varietal properties of the fruit tree. When multiplied by the seeds of many varieties of plants, especially hybrid ones, it is impossible to fully transfer the properties of parents to the second generation. When grafting fruit trees, perform their vegetative reproduction, while maintaining all the properties of this variety. Most varietal seedlings offered by nurseries, obtained by grafting.
6. Saving space. The graft allows you to combine branches of different varieties and even tree species on the same trunk.

Purpose of vaccinations for fruit

For the grafting of trees, a stock is needed - the base tree, which the plant will feed with its root system. Further endurance of the plant will depend on its endurance.

Graft - the stalk or bud of the plant from which the crown is formed and which will bear fruit. From the properties of the graft depends on the yield and variety of fruits received.

Stock should be:

• compatible with graft.
• adapted to the local climate.
• have a developed root system.

The stock can become a wild of the same or compatible with the graft species - a cultivated tree, a variety of which did not fit the gardener for some reason, or the upper part of which is damaged.

Summer grafting of fruit trees is carried out with fresh cuttings on young trees.

The importance of proper timing for the procedure

The best time for grafting trees in spring is the beginning of March - mid-April. In early spring, vaccinations are usually carried out by cuttings. For successful merging of parts of trees you need active movement of juices in the rootstock.The graft should be in a calm state, for this the cuttings should be kept in a cool place for as long as possible. Budding is carried out later, at the end of April - May. Stone-seed cultures are planted earlier, the time of spring vaccination of pome seeds later, since the movement of juices in them is activated later.

For some types of fruit trees, they are given an autumn inoculation. It can be successful if the warm weather lasts a long time.

Winter vaccination is a risky business. The exception when it is possible to plant trees in winter is plants overwintering in a nursery or indoors in tubs.

When is it better to plant apple trees

Apple trees are grafted in the order of fruit ripening - first early varieties, then later ones.

In the spring, when the buds bloom, the cuttings of apple trees that were kept in a cool place, protected from drying out, are still at rest. These are the optimal conditions for growing graft apples.

Grafting trees in summer coincides with the second active period of sap flow.August is suitable for summer grafting of apple trees. Inoculate with fresh cuttings. At this time, the bark is well separated on the stock, and the apical bud has time to form on the graft.

Features of grafting pear

For grafting pears, the ideal time is spring. Grafting pears in the spring is carried out in terms when the nights are already warm and finish before the tree blossoms. Graft pears are sensitive to cold.

The second important condition is good bark separation on stock The weather on the day of vaccination should be sunny and windless. Inoculation of trees in May will allow to fulfill all these conditions. Pears are also vaccinated in summer, but they are practically not vaccinated in autumn.

Grafting cherries and sweet cherries - when to do it

Cherries and cherries are stone trees, because they are vaccinated at the very beginning of the season. They can be vaccinated in both spring and summer.

The beginning of March is the optimal time for vaccination using the copulation method.Due to the active movement of the juice, the graft quickly grows together with the stock.

Another opportunity to tint cherries and cherries appears in the summer. Budding cherries with success can be done from the second half of July to mid-August.

How to choose the right time for plum inoculation

Experienced gardeners prefer to instill plum in the spring. Although you can spend grafting trees in the fall - the longer the warm weather continues, the higher the chances of successful engraftment.

Terms of choice for vaccination apricot

For successful grafting of apricot trees during budding, the main thing is that the cut-off shield with a kidney grows together with the stock in warm weather. Therefore, this method of vaccination is used for early onset of heat, from the beginning of April. Apricot tinting can be done both in spring and summer. With a warm and long autumn apricots are planted in the autumn.

Deciding when and how to plant trees, it is necessary to consider the purposes for which vaccinations are being carried out. Based on them, you can choose the best method of vaccination, choose the tool that is suitable for him. Grafting fruit trees requires knowledge and practical skills, but the result will surely please a diligent gardener!