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Hannah Perry
 
May 12, 2021 | Wine Geek Wednesday | Hannah Perry

Wine Geek Wednesday

 
 

🍇Grafting Grape Vines🍇
 

Grafting is a propagation technique that allows us to alter the grape variety of the existing vines, which already have a developed root system, without uprooting and replanting the vines. This can be an economical way of changing a whole vineyard rather than re-planting. We start grafting vines before the bud begins to grow, so in late February for early varieties and early March for later varieties.
 

Here's How It Works:

 

Grafting grape vines is like performing a transplant surgery as it is time consuming and requires a lot of patience and care. The process begins with placing a shoot system (a scion) of one species on the root system (a rootstock) of another. The only requirement for grafting and budding is viable cambium contact. The cambium is a single layer of cells located just below the bark. This area leads to the formation of the graft union of the scion and rootstock. 

 

 

There are many grafting techniques that can be used. This one is called the cleft graft. It is for larger diameter vines and the scion must be dormant. There is a five step process for the cleft graft:
  1. Cut off the top of the vine about 30 minutes or so before grafting.
  2. Split the rootstock with a blade or chisel.
  3. Hold the split open and prepare the scions by cutting one end to a “v” shape.
  4. Place one scion on each side to fit with the cambium.
  5. Tape the split area together and use grafting compound to seal the splits to keep excess moisture out and seal moisture in.
 

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