Grafting and Budding Plants – Short Course - Available Online
Learn How to Propagate Plants with Grafting and Budding
Ready to grow stronger, healthier, and more unique plants? This practical course will teach you the essential skills of plant grafting and budding – two powerful techniques used by gardeners and professionals.
What You’ll Learn
How to graft and bud plants step by step
The different types of plants you can create
How to repair damaged or mature plants
How to grow disease- and pest-resistant plants
How to make creative and unusual plant forms
Why Take This Course?
Grafting takes time and practice, but the results are worth it.
You’ll learn how to:
Grow hardier and more productive plants
Increase the value of your plants
Use professional methods in your garden or nursery
Learn from Industry Experts
This course was created by a team with real experience in both plant science and hands-on nursery work. You’ll get clear, easy-to-follow guidance from professionals who’ve grafted thousands of plants.
Course Structure
100% online – study at your own pace
Suitable for beginners and plant enthusiasts
No prior experience required
LESSON 1 INTRODUCTION TO GRAFTING
Budding & Grafting Explained
Natural Grafts
Reasons for Budding and Grafting
Possible Drawbacks of Budding & Grafting
How A Graft Forms
How to Make a Grafting Cut
Rootstocks
Scions
Requirements for Successful Grafting
Graft Incompatibility
Seedling rootstocks
Clonal rootstocks
Correlation of scion buds and leaves on xylem and phloem formation
Graft incompatibility
Lesson 1 additional reading
Review what you have been learning
LESSON 2 TOOLS AND EQUIPMENT
Important Tools
Knives
Pruning knife
Secateurs
Tying, wrapping and sealing materials
Other tools - saws, grafting machines
Care and maintenance of tools
Precautions when using tools
Lesson 2 additional reading
Review what you have been learning
LESSON 3 METHODS OF GRAFTING & BUDDING
SSummary of Different Grafting Methods
Approach grafting
Inarching
Bark and Rind graft
Apical grafting
Whip and tongue graft
Splice graft
Saddle graft
Wedge and cleft graft
Petiole wedge graft
Oblique wedge graft
Side veneer graft
Side tongue graft
Side cleft graft
Side stub graft
Scooped side graft
Epicotyl graft
Bottle grafting
Seed grafting
Whip grafting
Summary of budding methods
T-budding or shield budding
Double shield budding
Chip budding
Patch budding
Flute budding
Ring budding
Forket budding
I-budding
Tailors goose budding
Window budding
Grafting Hints (General)
Craftmanship of Grafting
Techniques for melon grafting
Lesson 3 additional reading
Review what you have been learning
LESSON 4 WHAT CAN BE GRAFTED ONTO WHAT
Ranks of Classification
Families
Genus and species
Matching Scions with Rootstocks
Examples of Compatible Rootstocks and Scions
Grafting within a clone
Lesson 4 additional reading
Review what you have been learning
LESSON 5 BENCH GRAFTING
Use of Bench Grafting
Bench Grafting Apples Using Whip & Tongue Method
Aftercare of Grafted Plants in Bench System
How to plant and grow bench grafts
Improving survivability
Lesson 5 additional reading
Review what you have been learning
LESSON 6 ROOT GRAFTING
Use of Root Grafting
Root Grafting Roses
Nurse Root Grafting
Methods of nurse root grafting
Aftercare
Lilac Grafting
Some Species That May Be Root Grafted
Root cuttings and grafting
Lesson 6 additional reading
Review what you have been learning
LESSON 7 SOFT TISSUE GRAFTING
Use of Soft Tissue Grafting
Green Wood Grafting
Steps in green wood grafting on grapes
Commercial Grafting of Tomatoes
Green wood grafting of custard apple
Lesson 7 additional reading
Review what you have been learning
LESSON 8 GRAFTING WOODY ORNAMENTAL PLANTS
Choosing What to Graft
Grating various ornamentals
Acer, Aesculus, Betula, Camellia, Cedrus, Cercis, Cornus, Corylus, Cotoneaster, Elms, Eucalyptus, Fagus, Fraxinus, Gleditsia, Grevillea, Hamamelis, Hibiscus, Ilex, Juniperus, Liquidambar, Lireodendron, Magnolia, Malus, Picea, Pinius, Prunus, Prostanthera, Quercus, Rhododendron, Rosa, Thuja, Viburnum
Review what you have been learning
LESSON 9 GRAFTING FRUIT
Why & When to Graft Fruit Trees
Grafting Techniques Used on Fruit Trees Cleft graft
Bark graft
Rind graft
Slit graft
Bracing
Bridging
Reworking
Top working
Frame working
Double working
Four flap graft (Banana graft)
Establishing Fruit Tree Rootstocks
Stock plants
Final Assessment
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