How to Graft a California Lemon

 California lemon plant propagation can be done in 2 ways, namely generative or propagation from seeds and vegetative propagation, namely propagation other than using seeds including grafting, grafting, grafting, cuttings and so on.

 One of the ways to propagate fruit plants is by grafting.

 Grafting is a technique of vegetative propagation of plants by wounding or tightening the branches of the parent tree and wrapping them with planting media to stimulate the formation of roots.  This technique has long been known by farmers and has a higher success rate, because grafting the roots grows while it is still in the mother tree.

 This method of plant propagation using the grafting method was chosen because it has several advantages compared to propagation using seeds, among which are:

 Has the same characteristics, quality and quantity as the parent, fruiting faster when compared to seedlings through seed, because the resulting seedlings are mature, the success rate is high and the tree is not too high and can even be adjusted as desired.

 To find out How to Graft a California Lemon, please refer to the following full review.

 * TOOLS AND MATERIALS

 Prepare tools and materials, namely in the form

 - Knife

 - Plastic for wrapping grafts

 - Raffia to tie the grafts

 - The graft medium is cocopeat mixed with compost.

 * Grafting stage

 1. Choose a california lemon tree branch that is medium-aged, not too young and not too old

 2. Choose from mother trees that are of superior quality, healthy, free from pests and diseases and high in productivity.

 3. Make 2 circular cuts 2-3 cm apart, then peel off the bark of the tree between them.

4. Scrape the peeled area until the cambium or mucus is completely clean, not slippery and dry.

 5. The next step is to wrap the cuttings, the method is to insert the graft / mixture of cocopeat and compost into a transparent plastic with the size of the plastic and the media is adjusted to the size of the stem to be grafted and then tie it.

 6. Cut the plastic containing the graft media and wrap it on the cutout until it is completely closed then tie it.

 Californian lemon grafts usually grow roots in 1-1.5 months of grafting.

 Thus a review of How to Graft a California Lemon, I hope this article can add insight and be useful for you.

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