With the development of the times, more and more people are planting flowers and plants or trying to grow their own fruits and vegetables. In this process, what methods have you tried? Grafting is a very magical method!
At any time, we can combine two plants in this way to create a new variety! Or let two plants appear in the public's field of vision in different forms to increase the ornamental value of the plants!
Of course, this method is not widely used in horticulture, but is mainly used frequently in the fruit and vegetable industry.
A friend once left a message saying: Have you heard of it? Now someone is grafting potatoes and tomatoes together! And they also successfully gave birth to twins - potatoes and tomatoes!
People who have just heard this news will definitely think this sentence is a bit ridiculous, but it is actually true. And it has been proven that the operability is very high, even ordinary people can implement it!
▼The specific operation of "marrying" potatoes to tomatoes
As we all know, if you want to graft successfully, you must choose two plants with the same attributes for grafting. In this way, plants with relatively close genetic relationships to have a great chance of successful grafting.
However, although potatoes and tomatoes are common vegetables in the home, many people think that they are unrelated and cannot have any genetic relationship. In fact, they are both Solanaceae plants!
So when grafted into a new variety, the chance of success is not low!
Before grafting, we must first clarify the relationship between the two. Usually potatoes are used as rootstocks and tomato cuttings are used as cuttings! Usually, a strong potato seedling is selected first, and a strong branch is selected. All the upper parts of the branches are trimmed off, leaving only a relatively strong part, and a groove is made in the middle!
"Choose a strong tomato branch and trim the bottom part into a ladder shape." Then you can dig a groove in the potato branch and insert the processed tomatoes into the groove immediately! The two seem to be closely connected, but the cuttings often fall off as soon as you let go.
So we should use plastic wrap or plastic bags to tie the two together and fix them. And it is best to fix a stick around the grafted seedlings to provide support and minimize the squeezing of the rootstock by the cuttings!
At this point, the grafting steps have basically been completed!
To determine whether the grafting is truly successful, it also depends on whether the later management is proper!
▼Post-production management
After grafting, it needs to be placed in a cool and ventilated location, and if conditions permit, a greenhouse will be artificially built for it within 1 to 2 weeks to ensure that the ambient temperature and humidity are at suitable state.
suggested that after completes the grafting, the soil should be thoroughly wetted once. When the soil is half dry and half wet, we can take out a complete plastic bag and cover the grafted seedlings to minimize the risk of Water consumption due to metabolism.
"When bagging, you need to pay attention not to damage the grafted seedlings themselves, but also to leave a few small pores to ensure that the environment where they are located can still be ventilated with the outside world."
Big data proves that through this Method: After about two weeks of grafting, the rootstock and cuttings will become "two-in-one"! So at this time we can lift the plastic wrap and see if it has grown well.
If it grows well, you can take off the plastic wrap and perform normal maintenance. If it is not integrated and there are no lesions, you can wrap the plastic wrap again and wait for a while!
Note: After taking off the plastic wrap, pay more attention to these in daily maintenance!
The newly grafted seedlings are still relatively fragile, so they should not be directly exposed to direct sunlight during the maintenance process. They need to be placed in a location with sufficient diffuse light as much as possible. At the same time, always implement the rule of drying thoroughly and watering thoroughly when watering. When the soil is completely dry, water the soil thoroughly at once.
At the same time, before harvesting, fertilize once a month, and try to stay away from potato roots during the fertilization process to avoid damaging the potatoes underground and affecting the yield!
Moreover, the grafted seedlings will produce potatoes and tomatoes at the same time, so you need to be more rigorous in fertilizing to avoid the formation of drug residues.
recommends that you try more farmyard manure, such as fermented sheep manure or earthworm manure. This kind of thing is safer to use. While protecting the environment, it also ensures the safety of fruits and vegetables, allowing people who try to grow fruits and vegetables by themselves to eat greener and healthier fruits and vegetables!
In addition, also need to pay attention to the fact that the size of the fruit will become smaller after grafting, and the yield will not even increase!
"But it is undeniable that this method of grafting also has certain advantages, that is, combining the two together saves space and soil, so overall, grafting is a method worth trying to increase production!"
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