Make sure that the cambium of the scions is lined up and in contact with that of the stump. Use this step-by-step guide to cleft grafting fruit trees and start a one-tree apple orchard. How many folks ...

Last week, I wrote about the various ways that grafting has been used to create street trees and repair injuries on girdled trees. This week, I will explain how to perform cleft and whip grafting. As ...

If you want to raise your favorite Gala apple variety, you can’t just plant a seed from a Gala apple and expect the resulting tree to produce fruit that will resemble a Gala. Instead, you must either ...

Answer: The lime would not do too well because it’s very susceptible to cold. You can try budding or cleft-grafting the orange or grapefruit. Budding is usually more successful. I’d do either during ...

The star like flowers of boronias have long enchanted bushwalkers in parts of Australia from the east to west coast. Add to this the delicate floral perfumes and cut flower qualities, and you have a ...

I'm Faith Lapidus with the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. We often think of agriculture as planting seeds and harvesting crops. But many crops do not come from seeds. Many kinds of trees and ...