Zone of joint called Graft Union
Rooted cutting called Stock
Attached branch called Scion
3 Good Reasons for Grafting
1. Dwarfing
Stock = Shrub (Quince)         Scion = Tree (Apple or Pear)2. Cold HardinessTree makes normal fruit, but tree limited by root supplies, so is dwarf
Stock = Hardy Wild Species (Wild Rose)3. Disease Resistance
Scion = Less Hardy Species (Hybrid Tea Rose)Wild rose withstands frost heave in soil,
flowers are fancy hybrid type
Stock = Resistant Wild Species (American Grapes Vitis labrusca)
Scion = Susceptible Species (French Wine Grapes Vitis vinifera)Root aphid cannot attack roots of American grape,
vine makes good wine grapesAll those vines in France are not truly French
but FRANCO-AMERICAN grapes!
2 Not-So-Good Reasons to Graft
1. Multiple varieties on one plant
Stock = Good tough type (Hardy apple)2. Avoiding Cops
Scions = Several types of self-incompatible fruit varieties       (Macintosh, Delicious, etc)In small space you have cross pollinating varieties.
Down side:
Competition between varieties lower yield
Not synchronized so UGLY!Another Downer:
Tomato-Potato grafted plants compete with each other
neither any good!
Stock = Marijuana (Cannabis sativa)
Scion = Hops (Humulus lupulus)Smoke or brew Hops to get high,
cops cannot see marijuana stock.Down side:
No THC since scion leaves and flowers are HOPS!
Maintenance of Grafted Plants
1. Plant with graft union ABOVE ground!
Otherwise dwarf becomes tall,
hardy becomes susceptible2. Prune root sprouts mercilessly!
Root stock will have better connections to own shoot
Competition reduces yield3. Never prune below exposed graft union!
Excise desirable scion from plant...only stock left!
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