Chip Budding Lab
Practicum
Vocabulary
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Branch
Vocabulary Parts of a Branch
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Leaf- makes food for
plant.
Vocabulary Parts of Branch
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1) Terminal bud- contains new
growth for plant.
2) Lateral bud- found on the
plant where the petiole
attaches to the branch
3) Leaf Scar- where a leaf was
attached but now it is no
longer there.
4) Bud Scar- marks the area
where this seasons growth
started. Last winter it was the
terminal bud.
Picture of parts of branch
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1) Terminal bud on
branch
2) lateral buds
Picture of parts of branch
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3) leaf scar
Picture of parts of branch
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Bud scar
Vocabulary
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Petiole- the part of
the plant that
connects the leaf
blade to the branch
Vocabulary
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Terminal bud gives
growth that makes
the tree get taller
Vocabulary
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Cambium cause
growth in trees so
that they get fatter
Vocabulary
Grafting- a process of
putting together two
plants using a way
that makes sure they
will grow together like
one plant
Vocabulary
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The top right picture
shows a branch( green
color) being put on
another plant.
Scion- is the branch with
green color
Root stock -is lower fatter
part
Bottom picture is root
stock by itself
Example of a Grafted-tree
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The fatter part of the tree
is the Scion
The Scion becomes the
shoot of the plant
The skinny part is the
root stock
The root stock becomes
the root part of the plant
The area where they
come together is the
graft
Vocabulary
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Bud- a part on the
plant shoot that can
grow into a branch, a
leaf or a flower
The picture on the
right shows a leaf bud
opening
Vocabulary
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Chip Budding –is a
special type of
grafting that takes a
lateral bud from one
plant and puts it on a
different plant
A bud that will
become a branch is
removed from the
scion
Collecting Bud Scion Demonstration
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When doing Chip
budding the scion is
call bud wood
If the movie does not
play double click on
the picture to see
movie
Step one in getting bud from bud
wood
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Cut this years growth
Look for bud scar and
cut above
Step 2 Remove leaves
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Remove the leaves
from the bud stick
Step 3 select buds
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Buds to be used have
part of the petiole left
The green part on the
brown branch is part
of a petiole
Step four place bud stick in can
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The bud stick is
placed in a can with a
wet paper on the
bottom
Demonstration of preparing root
stock
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If the movie does not
play double click on
the picture to see
movie
Demonstration of removing bud
and chip budding
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If movie does not
play double click on
the picture to see
movie
Chip budding
Step one
Preparing root stock
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Select smooth even
area on rootstock
On Root stock make a
short cut (5mm)
below area where you
will place bud from
bud stick
Step 2 Making top cut
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Start another cut 3.54cm above the first
cut
Step 3 remove piece of wood
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Join the two cuts by
moving the knife
downward
Step four
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Remove wood piece
and leave flap
Step five
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Select bud stick and
try to get same size
as root stock
Step Six
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To remove a lateral bud
from bud stick:
Make a short cut .5cm1cm below a bud.
Start another cut above
the bud and slide the
knife down under the bud
It should fit the cut on
the rootstock.
Step seven
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Match cambiums
Step eight
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Put lateral bud under
flap of root stock
Step nine
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Wrap tape around top
and bottom of lateral
bud so that it is tight
Step ten
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Place a tag with the
plant name of the
Scion
Equipment and materials
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Budding tape- used to
put the lateral bud on
the root stock.
Grafting knife- used
to perform chip
budding.
Equipment and material
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Marking pen – use a
pen that when the tag
gets wet the writing
will not go away
Tag- is used to put on
tree after you have
finished chip budding
so that you know the
type of tree you have
made.
Diagram of Chip budding process
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Follow steps one
through seven
Step one
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Select a plant that is
suitable for budding.
Cut off some strong
vegetative shoots
with mature buds
Step Two
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Discard the softer top
growth on each budstick.
Remove all the leaves
from the stem
Step Three
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Make a .5cm cut
down into the
rootstock stem
Slice down to it from
3cm up the stem
Remove the chip
Step Four
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Make exactly similar
cuts on the bud-stick
Make sure that a bud
is included half way
down the chip
Step Five
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Tuck the bud-chip
into position on the
rootstock.
Cover the chip with
clear bud tape
Then label the
budded plant
Step Six
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Remove the tape
once the bud has
joined with the
rootstock
Step Seven
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Cut the rootstock
right back, close
above the bud, in
winter
The bud will start to
grow next season
Lab Report
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Give lab to Kevin Jones by September 26
You can send report by email:
[email protected] or hand the report to
me on September 26
Lab Report style
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Title for lab: Example: Chip Budding Lab
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Lab objective: In this part of the lab report, you write why we did
the lab
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Materials: In this part of the lab report you write what equipment
we used to make the collection You can include pictures in this
section
Lab procedure: In this part of the lab report you write what we did
in lab. You can include pictures in this section. Write in a step by
step style. Example: 1) We removed lateral bud by first making a
cut below lateral bud
Lab Report Style
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Lab results: In this part of the report write
what you accomplished. Example: I
performed chip budding five times
Conclusion: In this part of the lab report
write what you learned about chip
budding