Grafting on a tree trunk with a drill

Last year, I tried a previously unknown method of grafting onto a tree trunk using a drill.

What to what I instilled:

• apple tree to pear
• pear to apple tree
• plum to plum
• cherry to cherry

I'll be honest: all the vaccinations took root remarkably, except for the last one - the cherry on the cherry did not want to grow.

Today I want to demonstrate this simplest technology to you using the example of grafting cherries to cherries (different varieties).

To perform this procedure, we need the following tools:

• Caliper (optional but recommended)
• Secateurs
• Knife
• Drill
• Drill of the appropriate diameter.

Here's the branch I'm going to graft onto.

With the help of secateurs, cut off the stalk. Left 3 kidneys.

This winter has been warm and the buds are just about ready to open.

Using a knife, I cut off the bark on the handle to a length of 1.5-2 cm.

The drill picked up the same diameter as the diameter of the handle. For this, I needed a caliper.

In my case, the diameter of the handle and drill is 6mm.

We drill to the same depth as the bark on the handle is cut off.

And now just insert the cutting into the hole, aligning the bark of the scion with the bark of the stock.

If the hole turned out to be not deep and the cutting rested against the bottom of the hole, and the bark did not align, shorten the stripped part of the cutting with a pruner.

Coat the grafting site with garden pitch.

All! Waiting for the leaves to open.