Grafting

An alternative method of propagation to rooting cuttings. Instead, a cutting (scion) is attached to an established “root stock”. Once the graft is healed and a healthy vascular system (the xylem and phloem) is established, the new grafted branch will have all of the genetics of its original “mother tree”. Grafting is often used to propagate varieties which tend to have weak root systems on “root stock” that is known to have strong root systems. Some varieties tend to be weak rooters, but will graft more easily. There is also the ability to build a “frakenfig” tree, with multiple varieties, growing on a single root stock trunk.