Question

Grafting is done in winter or early spring, when the scion wood is dormant. While grafting trees has many advantages, including retaining of desirable characteristics of the parent plants, and enhancing disease resistance and cold hardiness, there are some disadvantages as well.

Answer 1

Gafting is the process of joining a scion, which is the part of the stem that contains buds, to a root stock, or plant with an established root system, so that they appear to grow as a single plant. Grafting is done in winter or early spring, when the scion wood is dormant. While grafting trees has many advantages, including retaining of desirable characteristics of the parent plants, and enhancing disease resistance and cold hardiness, there are some disadvantages as well.