opening the bark and inserting the bud.
A. Directions: Budding is one method in plant and fruit-bearing trees
propagation. Arrange the steps below in chronological order by writing
from A to L. Write your answer on your answer sheet.
Step Number
Procedure
Discard the soft tips of the bud sticks.
On the rootstock, about 15 or more inches from the trunk,
make a T cut across the bark.
Cut a bud from the bud stick which includes a thin piece
of attached wood.
Clip off the leaves from the bud sticks, leaving 1/2 inch of
the leafstalk for a handle.
Remove any shoots below the graft.
Slide the bud under the flaps of the bark on the rootstock
until the ends are firmly united. Using an electrician's
tape, tie the bud to the rootstock.
Wrap the ends tightly, but be sure not to cover the bud
with the tape.
On the second year, remove all growth from the tree except
the bud grafted shoots.
Cut bud sticks from strong shoots of the present season's
growth with mature buds that are slightly brownish in
color.
Choose branches from the rootstock that are the size of a
lead pencil up to 1/2-inch in diameter. Larger branches
have too thick bark for this method to work.
With a knife blade, lift the corners and carefully loosen the
bark
In two to three weeks, cut the tie so you will not girdle the
graft. The next year, cut the rootstock off above the graft
when the bud starts growing.​