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Download the Grafting Chapter

The Grafting chapter of the Facilitators Manual provides the detailed instructions (and support materials) you need to implement the mobilization meeting.  Download the chapter here.

Summary

Goal Farmers will learn and practice appropriate grafting techniques for fruit trees in their Forest Garden. Learning Objectives

1. Learn the concept and benefits of grafting.

2. Identify desired characteristics of a tree to use for scions.

3. Learn how to prepare scions.

4. Learn common grafting techniques.

5. Learn how to care for grafted seedlings.

Venue and timing This module should take place at the lead farmer’s or a participant farmer’s Forest Garden, once seedlings reach the correct size for grafting. Relevant Technical Manual Chapters Before this training event, the facilitator should read, review, and thoroughly understand the following chapters and sections in the Technical Manual:
  • Chapter 4: Seeds
  • Chapter 6: Fruit Trees (Grafting section)
Preparation
  • Identify fruit trees on or near the host’s farm that can be used as a source for scions.
  • 7-10 days before the workshop, the host farmer prepares scion branches (3 for each participant farmer): removes all leaves for 20 cm down from the terminal bud to promote swelling of the buds.
  • Inspect nursery to check if seedlings are the correct size for grafting (i.e. when they are around a year old or at least the thickness of a pencil).
  • Draw cross section of stem on flipchart paper.
  • On the day of the training event, collect two sticks for each farmer – one about 1 cm thick and the other about 2 cm thick and .5 m long – from living trees for farmers to practice making grafting cuts.
Supplies
  • Seedlings (3 per participant)
  • Sharp knife or utility knife (one for every 2 or 3 participant)
  • Alcohol or bleach for disinfecting the knives
  • Electrical tape or other weather resistant tape
  • Plastic (transparent and thicker plastic is best), sourced from a grocery bag or polyethylene tubes (tree sacks) to use for binding (often used in tree nurseries)
  • Grafting compound (optional, if available), such as tar or beeswax; if beeswax is used, be sure to have the necessary tools in place to warm the beeswax to liquid form.
  • Rubber Bands (optional), often a cheap and effective way of keeping the cambium layers of you graft in tight contact.
  • A selection of fruits from the market
Total time 3-4 hours Handouts in Farmer’s Workbook
  • Side Grafting
  • Crown Grafting
 

Agenda

Opener: How do we find the perfect fruit tree? (30 mins)
  • Discuss characteristics of a high quality fruit tree
  • Discuss market benefits of grafted fruit varieties
Activity 1: Preparing and collecting scions (45 mins)
  • Discuss the characteristics of a good scion source
  • Demonstrate how to prepare and collect a scion
  • Farmers practice preparing and collecting scions
Activity 2: Grafting demonstration and practical (2 hours)
  • Demonstrate local grafting techniques
  • Demonstrate side graft
  • Farmers practice grafting on seedlings in nursery
Activity 3: Caring for grafted seedlings (45 mins)
  • Review the steps
  • Discuss aftercare of grafted seedlings
  • Debrief grafting practical
Take Home Activity 4: Grafting practical (15 mins)
  • Practice grafting on sticks and agroforestry trees
  • Collect scions and graft them onto your fruit tree seedlings
  • Follow-up
 

What you need to know

Whether you intend to sit the FG Pro certification exam, or lead Seedling Propagation module extension activities, you must be able to answer the following questions to succeed. 

Seeds: quality, collection, extraction & storage

Grafting

           
Updated on May 30, 2017

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