T-budding

Question 1

T-budding

Time of year

Answer 1

Mid to late summer, in cool weather.

Question 2

Choosing rootstock

Answer 2

Rootstock can be bought from growers and nurseries or raised from seed or cuttings.

Choose for characteristics eg. Disease resistance or ease of propagation.

Question 3

Rootstocks for roses

Answer 3

R. laxa
R.canina
R.multiflora

For standards R. rugosa may be used.

Question 4

Planting rootstocks

Answer 4

In autumn, in a nursery bed.

30cm spacing.

Question 5

Choosing bud wood

Answer 5

Well watered - helps soften epidermis, making it easier to lira and create pocket for the bud.

Select strong growing, ripened shoots. Firm but not woody.

For roses select a flowered shoot 30cm long with 3 to 4 growth buds.

Question 6

Storing bud roots.

Answer 6

Remove all leaves and place in plastic bag to prevent desiccation.

Question 7

Cutting bud

Answer 7

Select bud.
Cut healthy bud with strip of bark extending 2.5cm above and below bud.
Carefully remove woody material behind bud.

Question 8

Cutting rootstock.

Answer 8

For roses rootstock should be cut cut just deeply enough to pierce the bark.
Make T shaped incision 5 to 10 cm above soil level (longer for standard roses).
Horizontal cut - 13mm long
Vertical cut - 2 to 4cm long

Question 9

Inserting bud into T shaped pocket.

Answer 9

Flaps of T should be eased outwards to reveals green cambium layer.

Prepared bud is then inserted behind the open flaps.
Bud should be just below the horizontal cut.

Surplus tail should be trimmed away.
Secure graft with rubber binding or damp raffia.

Question 10

After care of T budding

Answer 10

Remove raffia/rubber binding when shoot starts to grow next spring.
Water.
Support.
Check for pests and diseases.
Weed