What is finishing and why is it done?
Avocados can usually do well the annual pruning be forced to branch out and become bushier. However, this does not always work, because sometimes only an imagination forms after the capping Side shoot, which then develops into the actual main shoot - and the plant just grows again upwards. By refining, i. H. grafting a foreign branch of avocado onto the actual stem, you kill two birds with one Flap: On the one hand, your tree will probably branch out and on the other hand, this measure would be theoretical one Fertilization of the tree Also possible without a second tree, provided that opposite-sex flowers are formed on the grafted branch.
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This is what you need to refine your avocado
- a "document" (i.e. H. an existing avocado tree that is at least one year old)
- a "noble rice" (d. H. an avocado branch from a plant that is not related to the "rootstock")
- a sharp knife (preferably sterile, ergo cleaned and boiled)
- bast
- Tree wax
- a lot of instinct
How to refine your avocado
"Base" and "Edelreis" should be at least as thick as a pencil. Make a cut in the trunk of the "underlay" sloping Cut into it, this should be about four to six inches deep. You do the same with the "Edelreis". Now put the two parts together and wrap the interface tightly with raffia. Then seal the whole thing with Tree wax(€ 18.62 at Amazon *) and grant your Avocado the restthat she needs now.
Tips & Tricks
The best time for grafting is in spring, immediately before the hibernation is finished and the plants sprout again. Then the probability is very high that the avocado will accept the new shoot and it will grow.
