Grafting to repair a tree

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• 9 sections of explanation, worked examples and diagrams
• 1 practice task with hints and worked answers
• A quiz that marks itself as you go
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Other lessons in this sub-strand

1. What grafting is
2. Why grafting is done
3. The cambium: why a graft takes
4. Whip grafting
5. Cleft grafting
6. Choosing the material and tools
7. Working safely with grafting tools
8. Making the graft
9. Caring for the graft
10. Has it taken?
11. Why grafts fail
12. Grafting to repair a tree
13. Grafting: the whole sub-strand