Chip budding
Chip budding is a grafting technique.
A chip of wood containing a bud is cut out of scion with desirable properties (tasty fruit, pretty flowers, etc.). A similarly shaped chip is cut out of the rootstock, and the scion bud is placed in the cut, in such a way that the cambium layers match. The new bud is usually fixed in place using grafting tape.[1]
Chip budding can be done in mid- to late summer, unlike most grafting which takes place in the early spring.[1] The bud will usually not begin growing until the following spring, though you can determine if the grafting succeeded before that by seeing whether the bud swells or shrivels.[2] The next spring, all other shots than that from the scion bud are removed, which will then become the source for the new top of the plant.
References
External links
- chip budding part 2 - Demonstration of chip budding by Stephen Hayes