How to graft miniature roses (what miniature roses to use for grafting rose bonsai)

How to graft miniature roses

Today I bought 60 rose stems, and I am currently grafting them. Some of them have been grafted, and some have been grafted with miniature roses. In addition to the rose stems, I also bought some rose roots and grafted them with miniature roses.

The roses I grafted are all super micro roses, which are what we often call super micro. The flowers are very small, the branches are very small, and the buds are also very small. It is very difficult to graft this kind of super micro rose.

Common methods for grafting miniature roses

There are many methods of grafting, hundreds of methods, but many of these methods have evolved. The most basic grafting methods are budding, cleft grafting, double tongue grafting, cut grafting, T-bud grafting, etc.

However, these methods are often not suitable for grafting super-micro roses, because the branches of miniature roses are relatively thin and the buds are particularly small.

Commonly used grafting methods may not be suitable. When we graft miniature roses, we often use bark grafting, T-bud grafting, or some evolutionary methods.

I prefer to use bark grafting and T-bud grafting for grafting superminiature roses because these two methods are relatively easy to operate. The difficulty of grafting miniature roses lies in the fact that the buds are too small to be pinched.

However, when using bark grafting and T-bud grafting, we can leave some branches for easy pinching by hand, making docking easier. So I recommend that you use these two methods to graft Micro-Moon.

Tips for Grafting Miniature Roses

Many flower lovers know how to graft, but every time they graft, the plant dies, and almost no plant survives. What is the reason? It is because they lack control over the details of grafting.

Some minor problems can lead to grafting failure, so everyone must keep it in mind and pay more attention to the details of grafting. When grafting ultra-micro, we can use a razor blade to cut the branches. Why do we do this?

Because the branches of miniature roses are relatively thin, a razor blade that is too thick can easily damage the tissue and make the cuts neat. There are two advantages to using a razor blade.

First, the interface can be cut very smoothly, and second, the thickness of the cut buds is just right, making them easier to control .

If it is a grafted rose, it is best to choose a rootstock with branches, because the branches of the miniature rose are small, and it is difficult to form a crown all at once after grafting. So what should we do?

We can continue grafting on the branches, for example, grafting 2 buds on each branch. If there are 5 branches, that is 10 buds. After the buds grow out, we can top them to encourage them to grow 2-3 branches, so that the crown width can be formed quickly .

If you directly graft two buds onto the rose stem, it will not grow to the size of a ball in a year. So everyone must master this technique.

Grafting miniature roses is slow, and the cambium is not easy to align, so you have to be very careful. If all the details are done well, the grafting is relatively easy to survive.

For example, the survival rate of my grafted micro roses is very high, and many of the grafted branches are now blooming.

The grafted branches can bloom in the same year. One advantage of using miniature roses to graft tree roses is that there are more flowers, which has less impact on the rose stems and will not overwhelm the rose stems. If you want to graft tree roses, you can also try it.