(in horticulture) a simple graft in which both stock and scion are cut diagonally.
(园艺)舌接
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Side-tongue grafts and whip grafts when well made and the union, including the entire scion, coated with paraffin, succeeded with little difficulty.
Paul recommends whip grafts, noting there is no need to tar the grafts against desiccation.
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The joined area is not as long and as sturdy as your regular tongue and whip graft nor the cleft graft.
Although whip grafts use more scion wood than budding does, they allow the grafted plant to develop more rapidly.
I've tried bud grafts, whip grafts and cleft grafts, all with the same bad results.
A whip graft consists of making a single angled cut through both the rootstock and the scionwood.
The triangle, cleft and whip graft joints are less susceptible to blight, since their surfaces close rapidly, making a perfect weld between the scion and stock, also minimizing desiccation.
We are working on the whip graft and hope to have it posted it soon.
While the whip graft is relatively simple in principle, it requires considerable skill in preparation in order to insure good cambium contact.
Fully grown trees may be topworked by crown or groove bark graft, or prune hard and whip graft sprouts later.
The simplest method to hold whip grafts together, and the best in my opinion, is masking tape.
At bottom left, asphalt grafting compound is applied to a completed whip graft to prevent wood tissues from drying out.
Firm moist topsoil around the whip graft to prevent drying.
The whip graft is fairly easy and heals rapidly.
It may also be used for topworking trees that can't be easily grafted with cleft or whip grafts.
While other types of grafts depend on the bark slipping well, the whip graft does not.
I either used whip grafts or cleft grafts, with a couple bark and bud grafts thrown in.
For a whip graft, use a cut identical to the one used on the rootstcok, and of identical length.
If stock and scion are almost similar in size, the whip graft is especially useful.