Chip refinement
The chip-finishing , and chip budding , Plattenokulation and chip finishing is a type of eye processing ( budding ), it is early in the spring and in the summer applied.
In Europe, these Veredelungsart is not so well known in the United States and in England , the chip-finishing but it is used for some time, in Israel it is in the plant breeding of citrus plants used.
Procedure: The underlay is cleaned of the side shoots in the area of the refinement point before the refinement date, then a horizontal, oblique downward cut is made approx. 2-3 mm deep on the underlay . The second cut is made approx. 3 cm above the first cut and guided downwards so that a wedge is cut out that is no longer needed and that can be thrown away. Then cut out a sleeping eye on an annual noble rice with the same cuts , which must fit exactly into the interface of the base so that the green layers of the bark ( cambium) align with each other. The inserted eye and the base are wrapped with raffia or a rubber band. When finishing in spring, the interfaces still have to be covered with tree wax, with summer finishing it is not necessary to spread.
Advantages over the ooculation:
- The base does not need to "loosen", so it can also be "chipped" if inoculation is no longer or not yet possible.
- When grafting it can happen that the refined eye is overwhelmed (e.g. when Acer platanoides 'Globosum' was refined earlier). This danger does not exist with chipping.
Disadvantages compared to the Okulation:
- Increased expenditure of time, as it cannot be connected with a quick inoculation bandage, but has to be connected with a rubber band. This work is expediently carried out by the refiner himself (not by a helper, as is the case with inoculating).
