Walnuts breed quite easily, but it has a feature - a long growth process. Using seeds for planting a nut, the first fruits should be expected after 8-10 years. To increase the quantity and quality of the crop, experienced gardeners began to plant plants. Through the use of vaccination, you can speed up the process a couple of times - the tree will begin to bear fruit 5 years after it has been planted. To get the crop faster, it is worth exploring the features of seasonal vaccination and some secrets.

Do I need to do this

Walnut, like any other crop, needs to be vaccinated. This helps most accurately convey the qualities of the desired variety. Many gardeners would not mind eating healthy fruits grown in their own garden or in the garden. The temptation is great to plant the first nut seeds you like, but in this case there is a risk of changing the maternal properties for the worse. The main goal is to get a good grade cuttings.

To plant a walnut is necessary in the following cases:

• if you want to get a seedling that has all the properties of a mother plant;
• for cuttings of an unusual variety that are not distinguished by frost resistance or strong immunity;
• when the tree gives insufficient fruit;
• the branches of an adult tree are old, there is visible damage or drying is observed.

Did you know? Nutrition 100 g of peeled walnut is comparable to 300 g of wheat bread, 700 g of potatoes or a liter of cow's milk.

The most effective way

Walnut grafting is a serious and preparation-intensive procedure, however effective. There are four types: budding, copulation, split procedure and behind the bark. The technique is not too different from grafting other trees, but the likelihood of engraftment is an order of magnitude less. Before the procedure, the vaccination site and the vaccine must be cleaned of dust and particles of the earth. All tools must be wiped with alcohol before starting. Also, do not forget to wash your hands and make sure that secateurs and knives are sharp enough.

Cowling is a method of grafting fruitful and ornamental plants with an eye taken from the handle of a selected cultivar.

The method is used most often in the summer, with the following procedure:

1. The one-year shoot of a green cuttings is cut with a special knife, which has 2 parallel blades. The incision is made along the entire diameter of the branch, and the kidney should be between the resulting holes.
2. On the reverse side, make an axial incision to remove a piece of the cortex from the kidney carefully.
3. From the scion, you need to remove dust and particles of the earth with a slightly wet cloth. After that, a similar half-ring is cut out on the trunk at a height of 7–10 cm from ground level.
4. To the place of the removed rectangular shield, it is necessary to attach a half ring with a kidney, cut from the handle, then wrap the place of inoculation with film or cellophane so that the eye remains visible.

And - in the stock make a T-shaped incision; b — inserted peephole of a cultivar; in - at the inserted eye, if necessary, cut off the part protruding from the horizontal notch; g - the peephole is fixed with an elastic grafting tape; d - the peephole is fixed by a budding patch with a clip.

After 15–20 days, check if the vaccine has taken root. If the color of the grafted kidney remains green - this is a sign of a successful “operation”. The bandage should be slightly loosened, and after 2-3 months, when the scion grows well with the stock, completely remove.

If all budding procedures are performed quickly and correctly, the chances that the vaccine will take root increase. It is recommended several hours before this procedure to practice on other nut shoots. So that the sun does not overdry the vaccine, it is better to do it on the north side of a seedling or branch.

Seasonal Vaccination

The season affects the performance and quality of the fruit tree:

1. Spring considered the best period for the upcoming procedure. Due to the intensive sap flow, the growth of the stock and scion is successful and quick. Cuttings at the age of a year or two are suitable for the process used, the main condition is to keep them with unexcited buds on a thin layer of tree bark. However, grafting occurs on an awakened stock.
2. Summermore precisely, the middle of July - August is the maximum time for vaccination. It is then that the 2nd stage of the movement of juice begins.
3. Winter season (February - early March) involves the procedure in a room with a temperature of + 15 ° C. Pre-prepared cuttings and dug seedlings are stored underground, dug in raw sand or sawdust, and the roots of the stock are wrapped in a plastic film.
4. Autumn vaccination usually not used by gardeners. The fact is that a sharp cooling can occur and the stalk simply does not have time to take root.

Video: Walnut grafting in spring and summer

What trees can be grafted

To plant a tree, it is not necessary to use only a walnut. When choosing, you need to focus on the climatic conditions of the growing region.

You can take into account the main cultural species:

• Gray;
• Manchurian;
• the black;
• in the shape of a heart;
• Hinji
• fruitful;
• Siebold nut (ayantholic).

To obtain seedlings, it is recommended to take seedlings of the above species aged 1-2 years. If we are talking about walnut seedlings, it is better to choose those that have not reached the year, because their survival rate is an order of magnitude higher. In order to seal this tree use peach, cherry, plum, hazelnuts, dogwood. If everything is done right, then in a few years a walnut will delight its owners with the first harvest of incredibly healthy fruits.