Grafting and Budding: A Practical Guide for Ornamental Plants, and Fruit and Nut Trees (Landlinks Press)
Автор:Donald McEwan Alexander, William J. Lewis Год: 2008 Издание: [не указанo] Страниц: 88 ISBN: 0643093974 · Covers all methods for grafting and budding · Gives detailed step-by-step instructions· Clearly illustrated with photographs and line drawingsGrafting and Budding is an updated and expanded version of Grafting and Budding Fruit and Nut Trees and now includes the grafting of ornamental plants. It is a comprehensive and clearly written, practical guide on all of the grafting techniques the professional and home gardener is likely to need.The book begins with an introduction to vegetative propagation, which includes growing plants from cuttings as well as from grafts. It provides a brief history of the subject, explains how grafting works and shows why it is now the preferred technique for propagating most commercial plants. The following chapter introduces the reader to the tools that are needed and the basics of budding, grafting and multi-grafting. It gives step-by-step instructions for making grafts, advice on selecting scion wood, production and preparation of rootstocks and...
