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Wednesday, February 13, 2013
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big moon
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Bethlehem CT
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This is the watermelon scion after it has been cut. The melon stem is an oval in shape. My first cut is done on the wide or longer part of the oval. This is the more difficult cut because you have less depth to work with. Then rotate the melon one quarter turn and make another cut. This will give your scion a nice point to insert into your hole that you have made. The wounded bleeding tissue is what is going to graft to the rootstock. If you have good contact and little movement between the rootstock and the scion, the graft should take. Think of it as you would a stitch for suturing cut skin.
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