Grafting fruit trees - combining two or more different trees into one - is a fun undertaking for gardeners. Here's everything ...

Grafting is an ancient technique practiced by horticulturists to create stronger, more productive, and often more resilient plants. Whether you're looking to produce disease-resistant fruit trees, ...

Plant grafting is a horticultural technique that involves joining two different plant parts, typically a rootstock and a scion, to grow as a single plant. This method is widely used in fruit tree ...

Cultivar and rootstock selection is critical for fruit growers, and can essentially be done only once for the life of a planting. Apple varieties are propagated vegetatively by grafting a known ...

Quince is used as a dwarfing rootstock for pear, depending on the scion desired and characteristics of the production area. Regarding pear production in Europe, Wertheim, a plant breeder in the ...

Grafting of vegetable seedlings is a common practice – in Asian countries. Here in North America, the practice is just getting a foothold, mainly for greenhouse production. Why graft? The idea behind ...

Seedling rootstocks are obtained by planting seed such as ‘Elberta’ peach seed or ‘Red Delicious’ apple seed. The young plant growing from the seed is called a seedling. If it is used as a rootstock, ...

You don't need to have an orchard to enjoy home-grown fruit. We show you how to get started. The most commonly planted fruit trees are apple trees but you don't always have to follow convention.