Things Needed
Tip
Small branches or water sprout make practiced scions for bridge grafting . Bridge graft is done in the spring when the sap is flowing so that when making the flaps they will " drop away " from the tree without harming it . slue is when the barque peel easily forth from the tree .
Warning
The top of a scion must be at the top of the bridgework bribery for it to be a successful localisation and healing summons since nutrient flow only down in the phloem . If your dot gets trimmed off at any point , distinguish on a unexampled one .
Trees sufferbark damageand lacking bark due to animate being that chew on them or from mechanically skillful damage due to cut into them with lawn cock . The bast tissue stratum under the barque is responsible for transport nutrient to the ancestor and other parts of the plant . span grafting is the summons of cutting , organise and set up piece of bark and wood vertically to link the barque above and below the damage area and allow the nutrients and water supply to bridge over the gap .
Step 1
assess the height of the bark damage vertically from the top to the bottom of the section where bark is missing with a fabric measuring tape . assess the length of the bark terms around the tree horizontally .
Step 2
slice sections of bark and underlie wood ( scions ) in the winter with a utility program knife from youthful branch on the same tree diagram about 3/8 inch in diameter and the height of the bark damage ’s mensuration plus 5 inches . foreshorten enough scion to place them about 2 inches apart around the damaged expanse . label each scion with a dot with a lasting marker at the top of the scion .
Step 3
commit the scions in a moldable bagful and inclose a damp newspaper towel into the cup of tea . Place the old bag into a refrigerator set to 34 grade Fahrenheit until the spring .
Step 4
pare the bark scathe with a public-service corporation tongue above and below the miss barque horizontally in the leap when new growth is appearing on tree . clip loose and dry barque from around the lesion . Remove the scion from the icebox .
Step 5
Make two slits about 1 1/2 inch long in the level-headed bark above and below the missing barque the same width apart as your scion ' diameter . pry bar the bark in between the slits to make a small flap at the top and bottom .
Step 6
Hold a scion up to the flaps and clip it on the goal to a length of 4 column inch longer than the miss bark height . abbreviate both ends vertically at a 45 - degree angle to make a point on the ends .
Step 7
Insert the top tip of the scion with the lasting marker dot under the top flap of bark . Insert a pencil under the center underneath the scion and tuck the bottom into the bottom bark dither .
Step 8
Place a 1 - in brad on the top flap and pound it into the flap with a condom beetle . impound the scion in the bottom flap in the same fashion as the top . Remove the pencil and remain add scion in the same manner as the first around the damaged arena , spacing them about 2 inches apart .
Step 9
Place helping hand - grafting wax in one hand and fray it with your other to warm up it and make it pliable . Press the wax over the flaps , scions and all exposed areas between the scion that have barque missing in a layer about 1/2 in thick .
