2024 Author: Gavin MacAdam | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-16 13:38
It's time to work in the spring garden. The period of grafting of fruit crops begins. As a result of a complex operation: tasty fruits will ripen in the wild, cuttings of valuable varieties will give a rich harvest, a tree damaged by rodents will get a second life. A good tool will help ensure a positive vaccine result
Choosing a knife
The main part of the knife is an unbending, durable stainless steel blade. The success of the entire operation depends on its quality and sharpening. The elongated straight blade is convenient for copulation grafting with cuttings.
A rounded blade is suitable for budding (with a kidney). It produces clean, thin cuts. An auxiliary bone at the opposite end of the knife helps to separate the bark from the wood.
The cutting edge is ideally honed to the thickness of a razor blade. High-quality material holds sharpening well, on soft metal - after 2-3 cuts, notches form that interfere with work. It often has to be edited.
The comfortable wooden handle with indentations for each finger will help you to hold the tool confidently in your hands and prevent slipping during operation. The dense wood of the cutting will require a lot of effort on the part of the master.
Sharpening technique
Useful for sharpening:
• bars of different grain size;
• whetstones;
• green GOI paste smeared on the seamy side of the leather belt.
The copulation knife is sharpened on one side. The blade is pressed against the bar with the index finger. The course of movements is backward translational, ensuring uniform sharpening along the entire length.
On both sides, the eyepiece knife is sharpened with arcuate movements, first coarsely on a coarse-grained bar, then on a finer whetstone. Thanks to this technology, burrs and tip blockage are evenly removed.
Whetstones, bars are periodically dipped in water to wash off the crumbling abrasive material.
The paste is used for finishing the tool. Apply the composition in an even layer to the rough surface of the belt. The blades are pressed tightly to the surface, moving the edge forward to the end of the material. Turn the tool to the other side, slide in the opposite direction.
There are two ways to check the quality of sharpening. With good work of the master, the knife easily cuts free hanging paper, cleanly cuts the hair on the hand.
If you are not sure of your abilities, give the tool to an experienced person for high-quality sharpening.
Instrument care
Knives fail quickly without proper care. After gardening, wipe the blades with a damp cloth, then a dry flannel. For long-term storage, protect cheap tools from rust by lubricating the blade with machine oil or wrapping it in oiled paper. It is enough to keep quality steel in a dry place.
Related materials
For the vaccination, in addition to a knife, you will need:
• secateurs;
• strapping;
• garden var or plasticine for copulation;
• labels.
Thin branches are cut with pruning shears, cuttings are harvested, excess buds are removed.
The harness is an important part of the operation. It allows you to create a close contact of the scion with the stock. Promotes rapid fusion of the original components, healing of open wounds. Protects against the penetration of pathogenic microbes.
For these purposes, use an electrical tape or a strip of 8-15 mm width of a polyethylene film with a thickness of at least 100 microns. The length of the strip depends on the diameter of the trunk on average 15-30 cm. The material should stretch well, but not tear. The tape is applied with the sticky side outward to avoid damage to the bark when removed in the fall. Fix it by applying the last layers with the sticky side inward along the finished winding.
The upper cut is covered with garden varnish or covered with a thin layer of plasticine. This technique closes the evaporation from the wound surfaces, helps to protect from sunlight, pathogenic microbes.
Information about parental forms, the time of the operation is recorded on indelible labels attached to the seedlings. Pieces of plastic, thick aluminum foil are suitable as a base. The inscription is scratched with a nail, an awl or inscribed with a soft pencil. Markers, felt-tip pens in the sun quickly fade. A hole is pierced at the base. The label is fixed with a thin wire with a free ring on the stem below the binding.
Learn to hold the tool correctly while working. The cut, made in one pass of the knife, has a smoother surface, will ideally match the scion tissue with the stock, and eliminate voids that interfere with splicing.
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