Tuesday, July 27, 2010

Candycot budded rootstock looks ok so far..

We budded more of the Lovell (peach) rootstock to candycot. If I didn't say this before:
 Budding is a technique of propagation where a vegetative bud removed with a bark is united with another plant (rootstock). It's an alternative to grafting. The following diagram helped me when I was first introduced to this concept by Lane.