Budding ? Budding ? What Is a One Year Old Budded Peach Seedling to Do Do Budding ? Whywhy Howhow Budding ?
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What is BuddingBudding ?? Fruit trees which have grown from seed may not give good 13 - Budding fruit. There are vari- ous other ways to make sure that trees fruit well. Depending on the variety and season there are differ- ent methods to im- The House 2", Chapter prove fruit trees. One way is by taking a local, wild fruit tree and transferring a bud from a tasty, good and heavy-fruiting tree onto it. This is called Budding. Budding is A one year old budded just one of the tech- peach seedling niques used to im- The Farmers' Handbook - "Near prove fruit trees so that they give more production. This chapter gives information about where, when and how to do budding, so you can do it at home to produce your own good quality fruit seedlings. to do do Budding ? WhyWhy HowHow Budding ? Benefits of Budding 1. Selecting bud wood for budding • the tree produces good fruit • to use time efficiently • the tree fruits sooner • to save having to buy fruit The first thing to do in budding is to select good buds • you don't need to wait for seedlings from the tree you want to propagate. If this is far away then other seasons and methods • to increase farm production; the whole branch containing the bud should be cut and • to be able to produce good • to develop new skills brought. Don't bring a trees in your own time • to increase production from branch which doesn't less land have good buds on it. When to do Budding ? Good buds can come Budding should be done in the early Summer when new from the current year's shoots are sprouting and sap is rising the most. growth, or from last year's wood. Materials Needed to do Budding plastic 2-3 good buds knife sharp hook local, wild The more seedling sprouting buds buds from a Selecting buds from (rootstock) on a single leaf good fruiting a good fruiting tree tree axil, the better. 2 The Farmers' Handbook, "Near The House - 2" Chapter 13 - Budding 3 1234567890123456789012345678901212345678901234567890123456789012123456789012345678901234567890121234567890123456789012 1234567890123456789012345678901212345678901234567890123456789012123456789012345678901234567890121234567890123456789012 1234567890123456789012345678901212345678901234567890123456789012123456789012345678901234567890121234567890123456789012 1234567890123456789012345678901212345678901234567890123456789012123456789012345678901234567890121234567890123456789012 1234567890123456789012345678901212345678901234567890123456789012123456789012345678901234567890121234567890123456789012 1234567890123456789012345678901212345678901234567890123456789012123456789012345678901234567890121234567890123456789012 1234567890123456789012345678901212345678901234567890123456789012123456789012345678901234567890121234567890123456789012 1234567890123456789012345678901212345678901234567890123456789012123456789012345678901234567890121234567890123456789012 1234567890123456789012345678901212345678901234567890123456789012123456789012345678901234567890121234567890123456789012 2. 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