While familiarity with the term “grafting” is widespread among gardeners, a true understanding of what grafting is and why it is done is not so common. In a nutshell, grafting is a ...

By making use of the adult root system, grafting young and fresh branches completely replaces the old tree crown in a short time period. This approach has long been used for many crops ...

That scar is an artifact of a process called grafting, or fusing two separate pieces of wood into a new tree. From citrus to peaches, almost all fruit trees are grafted, and so are pecans.

People graft apple trees for many reasons. The main one is that apple trees planted from seed almost always produce fruit with inferior flavor to the fruit from the parent ...

Today, I explain the concept of grafting avocados. Avocado tree grafting involves connecting the branch of an avocado cultivar (the scion) with the rootstock of a different tree. As the two grow ...